Orlando, Florida, USA – “Every year, we have to thank the many
Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) volunteers who commit to running for International and Division Board positions,” said Rick Rothschild of Far OUT! Creative Direction, President of the TEA's International Board, speaking on 16 Nov 2011 from the IAAPA Attractions Expo. “Once again, an exceptional cadre of industry professionals have stepped forward and have been elected by their peers to provide leadership and governance to our alliance.”
Rothschild also thanked outgoing International Board Directors John Wood, Sally Corp. and Scott Mallwitz, Cuningham Group, for their years of service, and outgoing Presidents of the TEA's Eastern and Western Division Boards respectively, Brian Morrow of SeaWorld and David Aion of AION Company. Additional thanks were given to outgoing Europe & Middle East Division directors Alan Wilkinson, Electrosonic Ltd. and Hester Kloosterboer, The Smile of Experience, and outgoing Western Division Director Adrian Fischer of SeaWorld.
TEA's International and Division Board Directors serve three-year terms, with the possibility of being re-elected to one additional consecutive three-year term. Associate Member representatives to the boards serve two-year terms, with the possibility of being re-elected to a second consecutive two-year term. Terms began Nov. 16, 2011.
2011-2012 TEA Election Results - International Board
President: Rick Rothschild, Far OUT! Creative Direction*
David Aion, AION Company
Scott Ault, BRC Imagination Arts*
Tommy Bridges, Alcorn McBride
Chris Conte, Electrosonic*
Kathy Golding, PTS* (Associate Representative)
Brian Leonard, Dillon Works!*
Peter McGrath, Walt Disney Imagineering*
Liz Terry, Attractions Management (Associate Representative)
Europe & Middle East Division
President: Philip Hartley, Philip Hartley Associates Ltd.*
David Camp, AECOM
Gerd Guegel, Moods in Pictures*
Klaus Sommer Paulsen, Creative Network Agency
Philip von Stratum, P&P Projects
David Willrich, DJ Willrich Ltd.*
Eastern Division
President: Joanna Del Moral, VOA Associates
Pete Carsillo, WDI
Yvette Whittaker, Falcon's Treehouse
Kimberly Ridenour-Sims, Thorburn Associates
Western Division
President: Lynn Allmandinger, Dennis A. Murphy Drafting
Walter Brennan, exp.
Justin Brooks, USC (Associate Representative)
Jordan Coleman, JB Coleman LLC
Dave Crawford, WDI
Nancy Emerson, NBC Universal
Lenny Larsen, RGH*
Paul Osterhout, Contour Entertainment
David Price, VSI
Kristy Scanlon, Threshold Entertainment
*Indicates re-elected to a second term
About TEA
The TEA (Themed Entertainment Association) is an international nonprofit alliance founded in 1991 and based in Burbank, Calif. TEA represents some 7,000 creative specialists, from architects to designers, technical specialists to master planners, scenic fabricators to artists, and builders to feasibility analysts working in more than 650 firms in 30 US states and 40 different countries. TEA presents the annual Thea Awards and the TEA Summit and hosts the annual SATE Conference (Storytelling, Architecture, Technology, Experience). TEA also produces a variety of print and electronic publications, including the TEA/AECOM Theme Index, TEA Project Development Guidelines, TEA Annual & Directory and Thea Awards Program magazine.
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