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Conference Committee 

• Works with staff to plan the main conference content including panels and sessions and keynote speakers (Selects conference theme)
• Works with staff to plan the second annual member event
• Receives conference/event bids and makes recommendations to the board
• Organizes the GSCA Achievement Gala and Awards Presentation
• Organizes all aspects of film submissions, screenings, and technical needs
• Coordinates rehearsals
• Develops conference/event programming to increase the understanding of the giant screen experience with education

Conference Committee Members:
Dick Vaughan, National Media Museum, Chair
Tammy Seldon, GSCA, Co-chair
Jenn Bentz, Pacific Science Center
Daniel Ferguson, Cosmic Picture
Morgan Gabereau, Tenare Pictures and Communications
Elaine Greene-Yancey, McWane Science Center
Bob Griesmer
Bob Harman, MacGillivray Freeman Films
Doug Jackson, MediaMerge
Richard James, Cinema Group
Tim Knapp, Technicolor
Ingrid Lae, Science World
Julie LaRoche, Old Port of Montreal Society Inc.
Jennifer Lee, National Geographic
Ken McKibben, MediaMerge
Richard Mohabir, IMAX Corporation
Jackie Mollet, Saint Louis Science Center
Glenn Pedersen, IMAX Corporation
Daniel Rapo, FotoKem
Janine Reed, IMAX Corporation
Tammy Seldon, GSCA
Glenn Shaver, Ontario Science Center
Gerald Smith, The Moody Foundation
Derek Threinen, Pharos Research and Consulting
Alvis Wales, Oxmoor Corporation, LLC
John Wickstrom, Museum of Science & Industry
John Zendt, Moody Gardens Inc.

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Member Services Committee

• Develops annual membership drive campaign and assists in recruitment of new members
• Monitors and recommends membership dues
• Develops, recommends and communicates membership benefits and services
• Determines membership categories and eligibility
• Contributes to conference programming to increase the understanding of the giant screen experience with education
• Develops and maintains a member code of conduct
• Establishes standards for, and methods of, information sharing among members such as industry reporting of attendance figures, production costs, and box-office results

Member Services Committee Members:
Doug King, Saint Louis Science Center, Chair
Gretchen Jaspering, GSCA, Co-Chair

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Marketing Committee

• Assist members to maximize ticket sales by brand and film marketing
• Provide a professional development forum for giant screen marketers
• Identify and communicate best practices in marketing
• Conduct market research

Marketing Committee Members:
Gretchen Jaspering, GSCA, Co-chair
Andy Wood, Giant Screen Films, Co-chair
Deidre Albert, Marbles Kids Museum
Kathy Almon, MacGillivray Freeman Films
Mary Altman, World Golf Hall of Fame
Bob Breck, Science Museum of Minnesota
Ed Capelle, K2 Communications
Mary Jane Dodge, MacGillivray Freeman Films
Frank Gonzales, Cinemark
Ted Hatfield, Regal Cinemas
Andrea Hill, Exploris
Angela McGovern, Cineplex
Shingai Ngara, Old Mutual Properties
Jim Patterson, Krungsri IMAX Theatre
Tanya Vomacka, Museum of Science and Industry
Victoria Wilson, National Media Museum

Industry Development Subcommittee:
Rick Gordon, RPG Productions, Co-chair
Don Kempf, Giant Screen Films, Co-chair

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Lifelong Learning Committee

Principal Aims

• Summarize the learning that occurs through giant screen experiences and recommend how this knowledge can be applied.
• Identify how the filmmaking process can optimally plan for desired and unexpected learning outcomes based on published research and collected descriptions of successful practices.
• Inspire, assemble, and analyze independent pre- and post-film evaluations of giant screen films and their supporting exhibitions, programs, and collateral materials in order to better inform the process of making giant screen films and their supporting programs.
• Inspire, assemble and analyze new samples of international data on student, teacher, family, and adult expectations of, and reactions to, giant screen experiences in order to better inform the process of making giant screen films and their supporting programs.
• Promote individual and cross-institutional research that seeks to forward the aims of the Lifelong Learning Committee.
• Encourage innovation in the design and development of supporting exhibitions, programs, and collateral materials.

Communications

• Create opportunities for idea and information exchange among the Association’s membership around the above and related matters.
• Communicate Committee updates and findings on the above and related matters to the Association’s membership and to the industry-at-large using the web site, other publications, conferences, and other meetings.

Achievement Awards

• Establish criteria to inform the selections of GSCA’s annual achievement awards of best film for lifelong learning and best educational support materials.

Liaison

• Liaise with other committees, in particular the Conference Committee in terms of professional development sessions, Member Services Committee in terms of maximizing the value of membership, and Marketing and Promotion Committee in terms of increased awareness about the giant screen experience among the broader filmmaking industry and the general public.

Lifelong Learning Committee Members:
Jeffrey Kirsch, Reuben H. Fleet Science Center, Chair
Mary Nucci, Rutgers University, Co-chair  
Alice Apley, RMC Research    
JoAnna Baldwin Mallory, Partners Healthcare         
Julie Brown, IMAX Theatre Sydney             
Janna Emmel, MacGillivray Freeman Films Educational Foundation  
Tim Hazlehurst, Marbles Kids Museum 
Nancee Hunter, National Geographic Giant Screen Films
Valentine Kass, National Science Foundation
Steve Kempf, Giant Screen Films         
Emlyn Koster, Liberty Science Center, Chair
Wayne LaBar, Liberty Science Center 
Brad Lisle, Foxfire Interactive Corporation
Greg MacGillivray, MacGillivray Freeman Films                         
Chris Palmer, MacGillivray Freeman Films Educational Foundation    
Kurt Pryzbilla, Nanotoon Entertainment  
Deborah Raksany, Giant Screen Films  
Jane Susak, Museum Victoria IMAX Theatre Melbourne
Bill Watson, National Museum of Natural History

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Professional Development Committee

• Recommends general policies on professional development
• Develops and expands professional development programming at the main conference and the annual event
• Establishes professional development programming through alternate channels such as the Web
• Recommends topics and speakers for conferences and events
• Understands the professional development needs of members
• Stays abreast of professional development initiatives and activities

Professional Development Committee Members:
Diane Carlson, Pacific Science Center, Co-chair
Patricia Keighley, DKP 70MM Inc., Co-chair
Therese Andrade, IMAX Corporation
Ron Bartsch, The Henry Ford
Mark Bretherton, IMAX Theatre Sydney, Australia
Dean Briere, Discovery Place, Inc
Paul Fraser, Blaze Partners
Tim Knapp, Technicolor
Toni Myers, IMAX Corporation
Jim O’Leary, Maryland Science Center
Tina Ratterman, Big and Digital
Cherie Rivers, Giant Screen and Digital Theater Consultant
Christian Scheidegger, Swiss Transport Museum
Phil Streather, Principal Large Format
Lisa Truitt, National Geographic Entertainment
Paul Wild, National Geographic IMAX Theater, Victoria, British Columbia
Toby Winsett, Denver Museum of Nature and Science