Our Mission: To promote a thriving film and video production community in West Michigan. Starmap

Contacts

Mailing address

WMFVA
6646 Portage Road
Portage, MI 49002-3717

Board of Directors

Deb Havens

Chair

Producer/Owner, Traveling Moon Productions

Elected January 22, 2010, term ends January 31, 2013.

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Glen Okonoski

Vice-Chair

Associate Professor, TV and Digital Media Production, Ferris State University

Appointed April 8, 2008, term ends January 31, 2013.

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Michael Betz

Treasurer

President, ImageStream – Creative Communications

Appointed February 8, 2011, term ends January 31, 2013.

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Dawn Butler

Member At Large

Special Effects Make up Artist, FX Makeup by Dawn

Elected January 12, 2012, term ends January 31, 2015.

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Gabriel Del Castillo

Member At Large

Elected January 27, 2012, term ends January 31, 2015.

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Darius Mathis

Member At Large

Director/Cameraman

Elected January 29, 2011, term ends January 31, 2014.

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Liz Merriman

Member At Large

Elected January 27, 2012, term ends January 31, 2015.

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Jeffrey Ott

Member At Large

Partner, Warner Norcross & Judd, LLP

Elected January 22, 2010, term ends January 31, 2013.

Leland Wyrick

Member At Large

Actor/Filmmaker

Elected January 29, 2011, term ends December 31, 2013.

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Meetings of the Board of Directors are the second Tuesday of each month. The meetings are open to WMFVA members, but members of the public may attend upon request. If you would like to address the Board of Directors or if you are not a member but would like to come to find out more about joining the Alliance, please contact the Chair in advance.

Minutes from our meetings can be found in the document archive (login to view).

Committees

Membership

Dawn Butler

Development

Deb Havens

Events

Karen Kleinheksel, Darius Mathis, Leland Wyrick

Web

Chuck Peterson

4Wall

Charley Van Portfliet, Host

The Alliance Network

Christine Morse, Marketing Chair