Board of Directors

Jay Greer, President
Compass College of Cinematic Arts

David E. Austin, Executive Vice President
Bridgestone Multimedia Group

Rick Eldridge, CEO/Producer
ReelWorks Studios

Geary Maiuri, Board Secretary
Dean Emeritus of Student and Community Services, Macomb Community College

Bill McKendry, Founder, Compass Arts Academy
Founder and Chief Creative Officer, HAVEN

Myron (Guy) Sawyer, Jr., Board Chairman
First Vice-President, Robert W. Baird

Advisory Board

Stephen Afendoulis, J.D., Tampa, FL
Attorney, Varnum Law

Ralph Winter, Los Angeles, CA
Executive Producer, X-Men Trilogy, Fantastic Four, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver,
Tim Burton’s Planet of the Apes, X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Bob Brown, Sand Point, MI
Producer, Charity Island Pictures, Founder/Managing Director, Sandwalker Studios

Mark Clayman, Los Angeles, CA
Producer, Pursuit of Happyness
One Way Entertainment

Susan Campochiaro Confrey, New York, NY
Owner, Actor-Talent Manager-Artist Development
Career Breakthrough Unlimited 
Producer, Lightfield Entertainment

Harold Cronk, Manistee, MI
Director and Founding Partner, 10 West Studios

Chris DeLaney, Orlando, FL
Retired Department Head, Artworks at EA Sports

Rick Eldridge, Charlotte, NC
CEO/Producer, Reelworks Studios

David Weiss, Los Angeles, CA
Treasurer, Writers Guild of America
Screenwriter, The Smurfs, Shrek 2
Writer’s Guild of America West’s 2019 Animation Writers Caucus Animation Writing Award

Korey Pollard, Los Angeles, CA
1st Assistant Director: Grey’s Anatomy, House, Nashville, The Middle
Former 1st Assistant Director, Fox Network Groups, 20th Century Fox

Edgar Struble, Newhall, CA
Music Director, Composer, and Producer

Music Director: Academy of Country Music Awards, American Music Awards

Dick Rolfe, Grand Rapids, MI
Former CEO, The Dove Foundation

Steve Sammons, Salem, OR
Vice President, Marketing Communications
Corban University

Gary David Stratton, Ph.D., Knoxville, TN
Dean of Arts and Sciences, Johnson University