THE MOTION PICTURE CLUB - Key Persons
Alicia Vinci is the newest addition to Screenvision Media's Exhibitor Relations team, recently coming on as an Account Manager at the end of 2021. She has been in the industry for over five years following a Visual Media Arts degree from Emerson College. Her experiences also lie within theater exhibition after getting her start as a Film Buyer & Marketing Manager for Bow Tie Cinemas. Outside of work, you can find Alicia tending to her rooftop garden in Brooklyn and taking walks through the park with her two bulldogs.
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- Member of the BOARD of DIRECTORS
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- Chairman of the Executive Committee
- Director of Sales for Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Chadd Barksdale is currently working as a Director of Sales for Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. He has been part of the Disney Distribution team for 19 years now and has worked on both coasts in various departments such as Exhibitor Relations, Sales Administration and Special Events. He is currently serving his 10th year on the MPC board. Originally from Southern California, he received his degree in Business Administration from Pepperdine University. Chadd is the proud father of two children and currently resides in Los Angeles, CA.
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- Member of the BOARD of DIRECTORS
Christopher Ott is currently the Director of Digital Training and Ad Compliance for Exhibitor Relations at Screenvision Media. Chris originally traveled across the country visiting theatres big and small working with employees and owners alike. Chris currently resides in the Chicagoland enjoying golf and Formula 1. He has been in the industry for 17 years with a background in videography and editing.
David Ostrander has been in the industry for over 18 years and currently serves as Vice President, within Screenvision Media's Exhibitor Relations team. In addition to negotiating exhibitor contracts, David proudly refers to himself as a Frank Sinatra aficionado. He has a Bachelor of Sports Management from St. John's University and a Master's in Business Administration from Adelphi University. David resides in Long Island, NY with his wife and two daughters, who never want him to leave the exhibition industry mainly because of free movie perks and access to over-sized convention candy bags.
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- Vice President
- Sales Manager in Film Distribution at Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Emily Zarow-Lange is a Sales Manager in Film Distribution at Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. She has been in the film industry for 10 years, working in both sales and exhibitor relations areas of distribution. She got her foot in the door starting her film entertainment industry career at Sony Pictures Classics. After growing up in the Greenwich Village area of Manhattan, she went on to receive her Bachelor of Science degree in Business Marketing at Ithaca College, and currently resides on the Upper East Side.
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- Member of the BOARD of DIRECTORS
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- Member of the BOARD of DIRECTORS
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- Vice President of Marketing
Jared Milgram is the Vice President of Marketing and Food & Beverage for Bow Tie Cinemas. In addition to serving proudly on the MPC board and Karaoke Oversight Committee for the last six years, he has spent the last nine destroying the greens at the Engineers Country Club. Jared is a die-hard Philly sports fan and in his spare time he moonlights as both a Rabbi and a Robert Goulet impersonator.
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- Vice President
- President of JG Theatrical Distribution Consulting
Jodi Gwydir is currently the President of JG Theatrical Distribution Consulting. She started as a youngster working summers at a booking agency, through school at an independent theater and temping at Disney (where she literally bumped into Paul Newman, yes, his eyes really were that blue) and then landed at Paramount for 20 years. She followed that with 12 years as Vice President Sales and Operations at The Weinstein Company, Vice President of Central Division Sales at 101 Studios and Consulting at Neon. Throughout this time The Motion Picture Club has been dear to her heart. Jodi is happily married with two wonderful daughters who are under stick instructions not to go into the film business.
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- Member of the BOARD of DIRECTORS
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- Member of the BOARD of DIRECTORS
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- Digital Media Master
- Manager of Regional Sales at Sony Pictures
Jordan Lange is currently a Manager of Regional Sales at Sony Pictures. Prior to Sony, he spent over 8 years at The Walt Disney Studios, working his way up to an Eastern Division Theatrical Distribution Sales Manager. He initially broke into the Sales side of the business with FilmDistrict, after transitioning from the world of film production, where he worked on the producing team of several independently financed horror films. Jordan grew up in Wheaton, Illinois. He received a soccer scholarship to Lake Forest College where he majored in English and went on to receive a Master's degree in Public Relations and Advertising from DePaul University in Chicago.
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- Member of the BOARD of DIRECTORS
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- Member of the BOARD of DIRECTORS
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- Member of the BOARD of DIRECTORS
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- Member of the BOARD of DIRECTORS
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- Member of the BOARD of DIRECTORS
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- Member of the BOARD of DIRECTORS
After coming out of the Army, (our side), Richard came into the Motion Picture Industry in January 1968. His first job was at Embassy Pictures as the National Print Booker. He then joined 20th Century Fox in 1972 as New York Head Film Booker. After a couple of short lived jobs in the industry, he joined Universal Pictures in November 1975 as a cartoon and film booker working his way up to the New York, Washington, D.C. & Pittsburgh Sales Manager. He was at Universal for 42 years to his retirement in 2018.
He joined the Motion Picture Club in 1990 and was elected to the Board Of Directors in 1991. At present, he is still very active in the Club.
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- Member of the BOARD of DIRECTORS
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- Director of Sales for Twentieth Century Fox
- Sergeant - at - Arms
Veronica Neely is a Director of Sales for Twentieth Century Fox who works to deliver the highest results for all of Fox's films. She has worked at Fox for the past 15 years moving up the ranks to her current position handling the sales of all first run films within her respective territory while overseeing and guiding the sales of Fox's extensive repertory library. She has a love for all film and is delighted to be a part of finding an audience for all that Fox has to offer. Veronica enjoys spending her summers at the Jersey Shore with her family and friends.