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LMGI COMPASS
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Fall 2023
The LMGI invitied LMGA
founding members
(and JJ Levine) to a
brunch at the Omni
Hotel in downtown LA.
Robin Macdonald/
LMGI recorded their
recollections of the
LMGA's early days on
video as a project of the
LMGI 20th Anniversary
Committee.
L-R: Leslie Thorson,
Cassandra Heredia, John
Grant, Debbie Page, JJ
Levine, Lisa Blok-Linson, Flint
Maloney, David McKinney,
Nancy Lazarus, Diane
Friedman, Pamella D'Pella,
Scott Trimble, Beth Tate and
Bruce Chudacoff.
2006
Orin's campaign to get us into the TV
Academy, the photo shows, the Fam Tour,
the mixers, the trade shows, the panels,
the start of a newsletter, the philanthropic
projects—all these events and seeds of
ideas were there at the very beginning, and
we were just getting started!
Jody Hummer: The founding of the LMGA showed
me how to put ideas into motion and I believed in our
goals for the Guild, heart and soul. I served on the Board
for the first two years of our life. During this time, we
learned together, as a group of fiercely independent
thinkers, how to work as a team to make something
solid from our thoughts, ideas and dreams.
JUNE 28
2023
Second Guild President
Kayla Thames-Berge:
I want to gratefully acknowledge our
earliest supporters. Without such a firm
foundation, future success would not be
possible. Thank you for your visionary
support of the LMGA.
(from the first draft issue of the LMGA Newsletter, July 2005)
Cassandra Heredia: An organization has a legacy.
It gets started by people who commit to something when
it is just an idea. Beth got people engaged. We got to
work with each other in ways that went way beyond the
job and my level of respect for my colleagues increased.
Beth Tate: The idea has to be right place/right
time but at any moment, it can deflate and fizzle out.
Keeping it moving those first years was tough. But having
photography exhibits like In The Zone and LAST LOOKS
bound us together. These shows put us on the map!
In upcoming issues of the LMGI Compass, we will continue the
story of the Guild's evolution. In Part 2, we cover a stunning decade
of debate and decision-making. A new path is charted, and the Guild
moves into the future.
Photo by Erika Howard
