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Press Release: Maria Kessler Becomes President of PACA
May 15, 2008
For Immediate Release
NEW PACA EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS DEFINE OBJECTIVES IN DESERT
President and Staff Meet In Arizona To Set Goals Including Expanding Copyright Education and Continuing Progress on Orphan Works Legislation
May 13, 2008 - Picture Archive Council of America (PACA) Executive Board members converged in Phoenix for a few days of extensive brainstorming and planning meetings. The retreat served as a kickoff of two-year terms for six Executive Board members. The new leadership looks to enhance a positive momentum the organization has enjoyed in recent years.
“I hope to continue to build upon the already solid foundations that PACA has laid in the past few years as a voice for copyright awareness and as a participating advocate for copyright protection,” New PACA President Maria Kessler stated.
Kessler takes over the reigns from Patrick Donehue, who remains an officer as Immediate Past President. Kessler, the Vice President of Creative Business Affairs at Jupiter Images, brings vision, dedication and enthusiasm to the role.
Kessler’s “cabinet” on PACA’s Executive Board features Christina Vaughan (Image Source) - Vice President, Nancy Carrizales (Animals Animals/Earth Scenes) - Secretary, Dave Herbig (Danita Delimont Stock Photography) - Treasurer, Ben Winters (UpperCut Images) - Members-At-Large and Michael Teaster (Getty Images) - Members-At-Large. Cathy Aron, PACA Executive Director, and Nancy Wolff, PACA Counsel, remain on the Board bringing continuity to the community.
The Executive Board broke from the extensive and collaborative meetings in Arizona with objectives clearly defined and initial plans outlined for achieving these goals. Most prominent on the list is Orphan Works legislation, which has proven to be extremely beneficial to PACA’s membership. Copyright education and the general protection of the copyright laws that sustain the industry are also top priorities.
Kessler firmly believes that a community acting together can make a difference. Under her guidance the Executive Board will continue to promote the organizations mission to foster and protect the interests of the picture archive community through advocacy, education and communication. “During the upcoming term I also hope to guide PACA in an effort to shine a brighter spotlight on available and emerging industry standards for meta data and image identification. I am looking forward to serving the members of PACA.”
Assisting the Executive Board are several PACA members who are rotating into the seats of Committee Chairs. The new Committee Chairs attended one day of the planning sessions in Arizona. They set goals for their committees for the year and added insight to some of the general topic on the agenda for the coming year. Here is a list of the new PACA Committee Chairs:
Carissa Fair (Animals Animals/Earth Scenes), International Conference Chair
Maura Mulvihill (National Geographic Society), Education and Communications Chair
Lynn Eskenazi (Jupiter Images), Legal Chair
Ron Harvey (Everett Collection), Finance Chair
Jonathan Thomas (Look Photo Agency/Built Images), Membership Chair
Laurie Campbell (Alaska Stock Images), Public Relations Chair
Robert Henson (Blend Images), Technology Co-Chair
Luke Vines (Image Source), Technology Co-Chair
Sonia Wasco (Grant Heilman Photography), Marketing Chair
Cheryl DiFrank (Stock Connection), Nominations and Elections Chair
Lauretta Dives (The Picture Desk), Ethics and Grievances Chair
PACA, the Picture Archive Council of America, is the trade organization in North America that represents the vital interests of stock archives of every size, from individual photographers to large corporations, who license
images for commercial reproduction. Founded in 1951, its membership includes over 100 companies in North America and over 50 international members.
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Cathy Aron
PACA Executive Director
Tel: 949-282-5065
Email:
URL: www.pacaoffice.org
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