Steve Clements
Steve Clements, an award-winning producer, writer and director in broadcast, video and industry, is both executive presentation trainer and academic professor.

Through the Atlanta-based Executive Speak/Write (www.executivespeakwrite.com), co-owned with his wife Claudia Coplon, Steve enables professionals to maximize oral presentation skills for interactions with peers, stakeholders and the media.  Since 1999, he has sat as Cree-Walker Distinguished Professor of Television & Communications at Augusta State University (part of the University System of Georgia).  

Lastly, for the past 13 years, Steve has co-owned Diamond Educational Productions, producing 30 videos for distribution to universities throughout the world.

Prior to arriving in Georgia, Steve produced over 3,000 national television broadcasts (detailed in his media text book, Show Runner: Producing Variety and Talk Shows for Television).  In these roles, Steve trained experts to greet national audiences, including Parade Magazine medical editor Dr. Isadore Rosenfeld, chef Wolfgang Puck, fitness guru Richard Simmons, and talk show hosts Bob Goen and Pat Sajak; produced Hour Magazine with Gary Collins, the new Mickey Mouse Club for Disney, Body by Jake and others; and wrote for Welcome Back, Kotter; Three’s Company and Dinah Shore.

Steve Coulter
Steve is an Atlanta-based actor, writer and director. His film and television work include HBO’s “Warm Springs”, “I’ll Fly Away”, “One Tree Hill”, “Prison Break”, and “Mr. Brooks” with Kevin Costner. Steve wrote and directed the award-winning short film “The Etiquette Man”, which was selected by the Sundance Channel and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.  He currently writes and directs for Tyler Perry’s new television series, “House of Payne”. Steve has taught the On-Camera Scene Study, Text Analysis, and Audition workshops at IMAGE for 14 years.

Inger Eberhart, Secretary
Inger has over 15 years of business experience in Operations, Finance, Management, and process improvement with companies such as AT&T, IBM, and Coca-Cola.  She has written numerous articles on career change, finance, human resources, and other technical articles and guides.  She is the founder of SynergyInc.ws, a motivational video production company and recently founded Vsynx.tv, an internet television station featuring hypervideo.  Inger has her B.S. in Psychology, an MBA and is pursuing a Ph.D. in Media Psychology from Fielding Graduate University.  She is a member of The White House Project, American Association of Political Consultants, the American Psychological Association and volunteers her time for The Atlanta Women’s Foundation’s Women On Board and Destiny Fund programs and OHC 212 Productions.

Ashley Epting
Ashley is the Executive Producer of THE HILL, filmed in Athens, Georgia in the summer of 2007. He graduated from the Gallatin School at New York University where he studied film production and dramatic writing at the Tisch School of the Arts. Ashley worked for Hugo Boss in NYC as the assistant to the Director of Public Relations before moving to Birmingham, AL, and serving as the Coordinator for the Sidewalk Festival, where he worked on the Academy Award® Nominated short JOHNNY FLYNTON. This facilitated his move to Los Angeles where he worked as a development assistant with Akiva Goldsman's production company, Weed Road Pictures which produced STARSKY & HUTCH, MR. & MRS. SMITH, & CONSTANTINE while he was there.  Ashley currently serves as CEO for Epting Events and Center Stage Catering.

Scott Evans
Scott Evans is a Principal with Ernst & Young LLP and serves as the firm's Southeast Area Director of Real Estate Advisory Services. He has over 18 years of diversified advisory and transaction experience with institutional and corporate clients. Specific consulting assignments include capital markets transactions, portfolio strategies, market studies, loan restructurings, portfolio valuations, lease negotiations, strategic asset plans, acquisition/disposition due diligence, corporate property diagnostics, litigation support and process improvement studies.

Dwayne Jorgensen
CIA, CFE, is an expert in Corporate Governance and Internal Audit Services, and was recently assisting The Controller Group, LLP, a Texas-based management consulting firm. Before working with TCG, Mr. Jorgensen created the Sarbanes-Oxley Services & IT Governance global practice for CTG, and was North American Practice Director of internal audit services for Jefferson Wells International. He oversaw the growth and development of both firm’s internal audit service lines in the United States and Canada. Post-Sarbanes-Oxley, he has become a recognized expert n the areas of 301, 302, and 404 compliance. Prior experience includes directing the business process outsourcing practice for the Atlanta office of Arthur Andersen, LLP, where he was elected a principal of the firm. He was a senior manager for Coopers & Lybrand, LLP, and director of internal audit and secretary of the audit committee for a Flagler System, Inc. Mr. Jorgensen is a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, and has a Bachelor of Arts degree in pre-law with a major in accounting and finance from the University of Illinois-Urbana.

Tom Karsch
Tom is the former Executive Vice President and General Manager for Turner Classic Movies and Turner South. He resigned in March of 2007.  In 1980, he received a Bachelor of Arts from the School of Public Administration (SPA) at American University in Washington, DC. He has worked for Showtime, TNT, and American Movie Classics. He resides with his wife and two sons in Atlanta, GA.

Simon Kornblit
Simon Kornblit served as Executive Vice President and Head of Worldwide Marketing for Universal Pictures from 1987 through 1993. He was responsible for the marketing for all Universal films which included the advertising, media, research, promotion and publicity activities. Kornblit supervised the marketing of over 100 films during his tenure at Universal Pictures, including JURASSIC PARK, FIELD OF DREAMS, SCENT OF A WOMAN, KINDERGARTEN COP, FRIED GREEN TOMATOES, BACK TO THE FUTURE, CAPE FEAR and TWINS. Prior to Universal, he was Executive Vice President and General Manager of the advertising firm DDB Worldwide’s Los Angeles branch. From 2001-2003 he served as Director of the Film Institute, a new program he helped establish for Continuing Education at Kennesaw State University. Kornblit has guest lectured on Movie Marketing to students at the Goizueta School of Business at Emory College, Georgia State University, UCLA and the University of Southern California, as well as college and industry sponsored career forums. He also served as a consultant to the Digital Arts & Entertainment Laboratory at Georgia State University. He has served on the Board of Governors of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences/Atlanta Chapter and the Georgia Film, Video & Music Advisory Commission. Kornblit is a voting member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He also serves as Co-Chair of the Advisory Board of Photo Forum of the High Museum of Art.

Teodoro Maus
Founder of the March 17 Alliance and named one of the 100 Most Influential Atlantans by the Atlanta Business Chronicle, filmmaker Teodoro Maus served as Mexico's consul general to Atlanta from 1998 to 2001. A fierce advocate of immigration rights for Latinos living in Georgia, Maus also served on 2002-2003 Advisory Board for The Georgia Council for the Arts.

Caroline E. Moise, Vice Chair
Caroline brings a background in non-profit fundraising to the IMAGE Film & Video board. Her experience includes a position as Annual Fund Director with Atlanta Women's Foundation. Ms. Moise held several positions with Emory University in the areas of development, event coordination and regional programming. She also served as Coordinator, Transportation for the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games from 1994-1996.

Camille Pacht, Treasurer
Camille has over 15 years of domestic and international experience in corporate strategy, corporate development, mergers and acquisitions, business development and client service with global companies such as ING, Ernst & Young and The Bank of New York. She recently founded Optimum Holdings, a private investment company and currently serves on the Board of Champion Land Company. Camille has been involved with local film productions and loves film.

Scot Safon
Scot is Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for CNN Worldwide, where he is responsible for the branding, marketing and promotion of CNN’s multiple networks and services. He is based in CNN’s world headquarters in Atlanta.  After joining CNN in August 2002 as its Senior Vice President of Marketing and Promotion.  Since then, he has supervised the development of all consumer and trade communication for CNN US Television, CNN.com, CNN International, Headline News, CNN Pipeline and all other CNN services.  His team is responsible for all audience development, trade messages and sales communications supporting CNN brands and programming.  He has overseen development of campaigns on behalf of such CNN programs as Anderson Cooper 360, Lou Dobbs Tonight, Larry King Live, The Situation Room,  American Morning and CNN Presents, the most-honored news documentary series on television..  His team has been responsible for handling marketing and sales communications during CNN’s award-winning coverage of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, the 2004 Presidential Election, the 2006 Midterm Election, the on-going war in Iraq and the Southeast Asia Tsunami disaster.  He has also overseen development of acclaimed campaigns for the top-rated In the Footsteps of Bin Lade, God’s Warriors and Planet in Peril specias and the CNN.com “Power of CNN Under Your Command” campaign, the first-ever branding campaign for the world’s #1 news website.  Scot Safon has been named a 2006 “Brand Builder” by Television Week magazine, and his campaigns for Anderson Cooper 360 and CNN=Politics have been named “Campaigns of Distinction”, the only news campaigns to be awarded the honor in 2006 and 2007 respectively.

Valerie Vance
Valerie Vance is President of V&V Entertainment currently developing, writing and packaging television and feature projects to include working on the new edition of “The Courageous and the Proud” a novel written by her husband Samuel Vance about his life in Vietnam, receiving the Silver Star and Purple Heart. She is also works with Foster Entertainment, a syndication company that targets the worldwide television marketplace with packages of high quality programming. Valerie is a member of Georgia Production Partners and is on the Board for the Atlanta Coalition of Performing Arts.  Prior to that, she was VP of Sales for Coyote TV a syndication company, based in Phoenix, Arizona.  Her career encompasses over fifteen years of creative and business experience in the Motion Picture and Television industry with in-depth emphasis in development,  She  has worked for highly respected agencies, i.e. ICM, Mamakos & Associates, Hill Mandelker Films, Viacom, and  Universal Studios and Screen Actor’s Guild in Los Angeles.  In Dallas, Texas, she orchestrated the birth of Vandale Productions.  The company was fully capitalized, with $2.5 million dollars for the production of her first movie “Night of the Eagles” aka “Riverbend”, starring Margaret Avery and the late Steve James.   She received a prestigious commendation from the Mayor of Dallas, for “Achievement”.  “RIVERBEND" was nominated at the Houston Film Festival for the “Lone Star” award for “Best Original Feature Story”.  “Riverbend”, was also reviewed at the Cannes and Mefed Film Festivals, with great reviews by the Variety, claiming that this picture was the answer to the feature “Mississippi Burning”. She and her husband were guests on Entertainment Tonight, promoting their movie.

John Wickson, Treasurer
John has over 16 years experience in higher education administration and international business, including over 12 years in leadership roles in financial planning, strategic planning, market analysis, alliances, sales and operations for Delta Air Lines.  During this time he also served as a Board member of the SkyTeam Cargo US Joint Venture, a cargo export sales joint venture between Delta Air Lines, Korean Air Cargo and Air France Cargo.  In addition, since 2005 he has served on the Board of the Alliance Française d’Atlanta, a 501(c)3 corporation and part of a worldwide network of cultural organizations promoting French language and culture.  Since 2006 he has been the treasurer and chairman of the finance committee at the Alliance, and also serves on the Executive, Marketing and Nominating committees.  John is also a member of the Simon School of Business (Univ. of Rochester) Alumni Advisory Council.  John resides in Decatur with his wife, Gail Gunnells, and their three children.  He is currently working on a feature length screenplay.