LMGI Board
Elections
The newly elected 2019-
2020 LMGI Board members
are Ken Haber, Edward
Mazurek, Georgette Turner
and Walter Roshetski,
along with returning Board
members Mike Fantasia, Lori
Balton, JJ Levine, Jimmy
Ayoub, Les Fincher, Wes
Hagan, Matt Chamberlin, Matt
Palmer, John Rakich, Mac
Gordon and Alison Taylor. The
Guild thanks departing Board
members: former President
and recent Treasurer Eric
Klosterman, Dorion Thomas
and LMGI business members
Mario Ramirez and Dan
Taylor for their years of hard
work and dedication to the
Guild. The LMGI held its
organizational meeting June
23 to elect the 2019-2020
Executive Committee and
Board Officers. Introducing
our Directors:
L to R: Montreal panel moderator
& LMGI members Ann Goobie,
Arnaud Kaiser, John Rakich,
Michele St-Arnaud and Alison
Taylor. Photo by Karl Jessy
The LMGI was well
represented as the Directors
Guild of Canada Quebec
District Council hosted an
event at the beautiful BanQ
Vieux in Old Montreal.
Creative industry professionals
from Quebec and beyond
gathered for 'Locations:
A Window on the World.'
President Mike Fantasia
1st Vice President JJ Levine
2nd Vice President Lori Balton
Treasurer Georgette Turner
Secretary John Rakich
Jimmy Ayoub
Matt Chamberlin
Les Fincher
Board Members
Mac Gordon
Ken Haber
Wes Hagan
Edward Mazurek
Matt Palmer
Walter Roshetski
Alison A. Taylor
Locations: A
Window on the
World
Their first such event, one
highlighting the creativity
and talent of location
professionals both in English
and French.
Keynote speaker & French
location manager Arnaud
Kaiser, LMGI discussed
challenges of working on
locations in France, which
led into a panel of local
professionals from different
disciplines about working
together with the Location
Department. Closing out
the day was the panel
'Finding the Perfect Spot:
The Challenges of Location
Managers,' featuring LMGI
members Ann Goobie,
Arnaud Kaiser, John
Rakich, Michele St-Arnaud
and Alison Taylor. Thanks to
Adrian Knight, LMGI, Chantal
Barrette and Bethan Mowat
from LMGI industry partner
DGC Quebec, Hans Engel
Ryan Tonelli and Ariane
Benmergui from DGC National
for their gracious hospitality
and hard work in putting
together such a great time,
the first of many to come.
