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ASIFA-Hollywood Board of Directors

PRESIDENT — Antran Manoogian
Antran Manoogian has served as president of ASIFA-Hollywood for over twenty years. He joined ASIFA-Hollywood in 1978 as a student member when he was in high school. Within a short period of time, Manoogian became an active volunteer in the organization primarily working on ASIFA-Hollywood's annual Animation Art Festival, as well as with helping out with other programs throughout the year. In early 1989, Manoogian was elected to the board of directors of ASIFA-Hollywood. Later that year, he was appointed president of the organization.

Along with serving as president of ASIFA-Hollywood, Manoogian has worked in the animation industry for over two decades. Working primarily as a Producer, Manoogian has worked at numerous studios including Bagdasarian Productions, DIC and Walt Disney Television Animation.

Besides his involvement with ASIFA-Hollywood, Manoogian is also a member of the Academy of Television Arts and Science, Women In Animation and the Society for Animation Studies.

Manoogian is a graduate of the California State University, at Northridge, with a BFA in Radio-Television-Film, with an emphasis in film production.

VICE PRESIDENT — Tom Sito
Tom Sito joined ASIFA*East in 1974, and moved over to ASIFA/Hollywood in 1982. Tom has been an animator at most of the major studios, and his credits include classics like WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT?, THE LITTLE MERMAID, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, ALADDIN, THE LION KING, SHREK and many more. Tom co-directed OSMOSIS JONES, he is president-emeritus of The Animation Guild Local 839. He teaches animation at USC, and as such he is a sought-after lecturer around the world. He is the author of three books: DRAWING THE LINE: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE ANIMATION UNIONS FROM BOSKO TO BART SIMPSONS, TIMING FOR ANIMATION Version 2, and the animation chapter to the anthology JEWS IN AMERICAN POPULAR CULTURE.

Tom became a member of the ASIFA/Hollwood board of directors in 1989, and was elected itÔø‡Ôø‡Ôø‡s vice president in 1992. He began by creating the ASIFA Evenings With series, where he interviewed past masters like Joe Grant. Dave Tendlar, Bill Melendez, and Maurice Noble. In 1990 he headed the creation of a 100th Birthday Banquet for Betty Boop creator Grim Natwick. This became a gathering of the legendary animation artists from Hollywood's Golden Era. Tom Sito also started the Afternoon of Remembrance for the community to say goodbye to their departed colleagues, which has become an annual ToonTown tradition. He is a member of the SIGGRAPH Historical Committee, WIA, The National Cartoonist Society, and a founding member of ASIFA/Hollywood's Animation Educators Forum. In 2010 Tom was awarded the June Foray Award for a lifetime of service to the animation community.

TREASURER — Jerry Beck
Jerry Beck is a well known animation historian and cartoon producer. His twelve books on the subject include The Animated Movie Guide, Looney Tunes: The Ultimate Visual Guide and The 50 Greatest Cartoons. He is a former studio exec with Nickelodeon and Disney, and is currently a consulting producer to Warner Bros., Universal and Disney for their classic animation dvd compilations. Beck has programmed retrospectives for the Annecy and Ottawa Animation Festivals, The Museum of Modern Art and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. He has taught animation history at NYU, SVA, the AFI and UCLA. He is also the co-writer of the animation blog, Cartoon Brew.

SECRETARY — William C. Turner
Bill Turner joined ASIFA-Hollywood as a student and a fan in 1978. Almost immediately he began volunteering, helping at Annie Awards, cel sales and anywhere he was needed. In the early 1990's Bill was asked to join the Board of Directors as Secretary and to take control of the memberships. Since that time membership has grown from about 800 to over 4500.

Bill used the networking opportunities of ASIFA-Hollywood to land a job in animation in 1993, first as a runner, but soon moving into production as a coordinator, technical director and production manager. He has been happily and steadily employed by Walt Disney Television Animation since 1998.

Stephen Worth
Stephen Worth is the Director of the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive. He's a well known expert on vintage animation art with over 20 years of experience as a Producer for Bagdasarian Productions, Ralph Bakshi and John Kricfalusi's Spumco. He is the recipient of three Annie Awards, including the June Foray Award for significant and benevolent impact on the art of animation.

Jeff Wike
Jeff is currently serving as Director of Research and Development for Dreamworks Animation in charge of the technology in support of previz, layout, character setup and animation. Jeff joined DreamWorks in 1996 and has been credited on Shrek Goes Fourth, How to Train Your Dragon, Monsters vs. Aliens, Madagascar 2: The Crate Escape, Kung Fu Panda, Shrek the Third, Flushed Away, Over The Hedge, Madagascar, Shark Tale, Sinbad, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, The Road to El Dorado and The Prince of Egypt. Prior to DreamWorks, he had an extensive career in technology developing software for the department of defense, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, developing the first expert system to fly on the Space Shuttle, and leading many R&D projects for TRW in the area of 2D and 3D image processing, robotics and artificial intelligence. Wike received his Bachelor of Science in Engineering from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and his Masters in Computer Engineering from the University of Southern California. He is an active member of the VES and has been on the board of ASIFA-Hollywood for the
past 4 years.

Frank Gladstone
Frank Gladstone has been working as a professional animator, producer, director, writer and teacher for nearly 40 years. From 1973 to 1989, he managed his own Emmy awardwinning studio, Persistence of Vision, producing commercials and educational films, and has since held management positions for Disney, Warner Brothers and DreamWorks, among others. He is currently the CEO of his own company, Gladstone Film, consulting on animation, filmmaking skills and story structure at major studios world-wide. Additionally, Frank continues to teach about animation, film history, production techniques and cinematic fundamentals at studios, secondary schools, colleges and professional guilds around North America, in Europe, Asia and the Caribbean. Frank has served on the board of directors of ASIFA Hollywood and the Visual Effects Society.

Danny Young
Danny Young joined ASIFA-Hollywood immediately after moving to Los Angeles in 2008 to pursue a career in animation. After volunteering in various capacities and demonstrating a sincere appreciation for the organization and its intentions, Danny was brought on to help fill a role in outreaching to the video game community. He has also co-established and continues to co-produce the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive Podcast. Professionally, he has had the great opportunity to work on three feature films at Rhythm & Hues since 2008 and is currently realizing his dreams in commercial work at Blur Studios. ASIFA-Hollywood and projects like the Animation Archive have been instrumental in developing and encouraging his potential and have ceaselessly offered the inspiration and motivation to do so. He is more than happy to give back what he can.

B. Paul Husband — General Counsel
Attorney Paul Husband joined ASIFA-Hollywood as an animation fan in 1990. He participated in presenting programs at ASIFA-Hollywood meetings and functions such as the Animation Opportunities Expo and in the ASIFA-Hollywood portions of the World Animation Celebrations. Inspired in his participation in the world of animation by his association with ASIFA-Hollywood, in 1995 he co-founded AniManagement LLC, a talent agency devoted to serving artists and writers involved in animation. He worked in the animation field as a licensed talent agent until 2000. He continues to represent producers, directors, artists and writers as an entertainment lawyer. He has also been involved with the ANNIE Awards in multiple functions, including as a judge in several categories over the years. In the early 1990s he began attending to the legal needs of ASIFA-Hollywood as a volunteer. In 1997, he formed ASIFA-HollywoodÔø‡Ôø‡Ôø‡s sister organization, the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Aid Foundation. He also served as a Director of ASIFA-Hollywood from 1995 until 2000. In 1998, Mr. Husband was honored by receiving the ASIFA-Hollywood Certificate of Merit. Paul has served ASIFA-Hollywood as General Counsel since 2000.