Members: Vote for OMPA's 2022 Board of Directors
OMPA's Board of Directors provides key leadership and insight for the organization. They are industry representatives elected by OMPA members annually.
Voting closed Tuesday, December 21, at Noon PT.
Voting Guidelines
- Only OMPA Pro, Student & Employee memberships may vote.
- Vote for a maximum of 4 board members.
- Include write-in candidates in your total vote count.
- If you vote for more than 4 people, your ballot will be disqualified.
Candidates
These 8 people were nominated by members and selected by the board for the value they can bring to the organization's leadership. Please take a few minutes to learn more about the candidates before casting your vote.
Geff Zamor
BIO & CANDIDATE STATEMENT
Director & Owner of Good Morning Soldier (GMS) Media & Advertising
Pronouns: he/him/his
Based in: Portland
BIO
Part of my job description is well...being a jack of all trades. I am extremely organized, I have to be. The only job I've ever had has been in the Media Industry. I started off as the kid on the Carl Juniors set holding the bucket of hamburgers.
And 20+ years later, I run a Portland Video Production company that works with all different types of clients –– from corporate America, to small businesses, to local nonprofits. I take the upmost pride and privilege in the work I do.
I was trained in old-school Hollywood. Traditional, intense, and most of the time a bit too tough. Because of the importance of molding and changing with the times, I've redone my way of training and mentoring the new generation, and have had success with young professionals working on our sets and at our production company.
CANDIDATE STATEMENT
Why are you interested in serving on OMPA's Board of Directors? What’s your past involvement with OMPA?
I am a Black Filmmaker. I am a small business owner, and I am a collaborator. I have done one job for 22 years, and that is media production and advertising. I have learned skills along the way and collaborated with people from all different backgrounds and experiences.
Media production and filmmaking is at its best when people come together, lead by example, teach, and continue to make sure that this field is a more equitable industry for ALL.
I want to work with a board of professional individuals who gather around the same pillars that OMPA stands for and join in collaboration as we continue to advocate for the profession that we love and have a privilege to work in. My one involvement in the last few years with OMPA has been with the Portland Film Festival. Specifically, we edited footage of Boys & Girls club filmmakers for their submission into the Portland Film Festival.
What is your vision for OMPA and the community at large? How do you see yourself contributing to this vision?
The film and media industry in some ways is stuck in the past. I want to be part of any organization or any initiative that is moving The Agenda forward. An agenda that invites everyone to the table and pulls up a chair, an organization that puts heads together from different walks of life and says how can we make this thing work better for everybody.
RaShaunda Brooks
BIO & CANDIDATE STATEMENT
- Independent Filmmaker
- Based in: Portland
- Pronouns: she/her/magnificent
BIO
I am an independent filmmaker who has created content for local business and artists such as My People's Market, YGB Portland, and Brown Calculus. I also support Black creatives via Open Signal Labs. My work and collaborative efforts also extend to how I curate vibes and space for the BIPOC community here in Portland via workshops, activations, and other forms of community support.
CANDIDATE STATEMENT
Why are you interested in serving on OMPA's Board of Directors? What’s your past involvement with OMPA?
Being able to connect with like minded individuals and learn more about the film and media industry in Oregon.
What is your vision for OMPA and the community at large? How do you see yourself contributing to this vision?
Being a leader in the innovation in Oregon and the larger PNW region in the tv and video space. For diversity to not be a term used yet a consistent marker for quality of work.
Annie Tonsiengsom
BIO & CANDIDATE STATEMENT
- Owner & Producer at Actual Industries
- Based in: Portland
- Pronouns: she/her/hers
BIO
I've spent my entire life in this industry creating other people's messages -- whether it was teaching people to cook, or selling the latest shoe technology. For the past 12 yers, I have worked as a small business owner who has run a production company based in Portland. Before that, I worked for 8 years as a freelance producer and director. I care deeply about creating opportunities for BIPOC and other underrepresented communities who also want to create and use their voices to tell their stories. Individuals who deserve this industry as a career path just as much as anyone else who has had the privilege to consider it. I can offer exactly where I am and who I am right now, mid-career and at a point where perhaps I can bridge old guard and new talent. I have the drive to create opportunities and to create content that represents the experiences of the many, but most importantly those who have not had a voice or power the longest.
CANDIDATE STATEMENT
Why are you interested in serving on OMPA's Board of Directors? What’s your past involvement with OMPA?
I have served one term (2 years) on the OMPA board. During that time, I've served as co-chair of the DEI committee and on the Executive Committee. Were I to be reelected, I would continue to push the evolution of the OMPA. Radical transformation cannot happen by upholding the status quo. Everything about the past two years: a pandemic, a racial justice uprising, attacks on our democracy, social unrest, a burnt out workforce looking for their lives and well-being to come first -- all of this demands a re-examination of industry culture and the practices that perpetuates harm, discrimination, and racism. We can be a community of artists, creatives, technicians, and media professionals who are also activists. Individuals who not only tell stories but who also create the change we want to see in the world.
What is your vision for OMPA and the community at large? How do you see yourself contributing to this vision?
I’ve worked on a variety of sets throughout my career and as a mother, I want the next generation to be able to show up as their whole selves and see that creative careers are possible for them. No role is beyond their reach. There are no glass ceilings they can’t smash through because they are a person of color or they are a women/non-binary person. Systemic inequities and racism need to be part of the conversation every day, in every corner of the industry by every level of worker and professional. We can create community by talking to many, finding those already doing this work and uplift and support their efforts. Redirect the OMPA’s reach and influence to motivate others to take up this work and find change in their part of the industry. The OMPA can affect and effect policy that not only supports the media production industry, but an industry that stands for more than being an economic sector. Many can do this work, it is not unique to me. I’m passionate about these issues and will do this work inside and outside of the OMPA. My hope is to start these conversations in as many spaces as I can and inspire others to take up this change however they can as well.
Darcy Diamond
BIO & CANDIDATE STATEMENT
- Executive Producer at Production Squad
- Based in: Bend
- Pronouns: she/her/hers
BIO
I am the Executive Producer at Production Squad. I've been managing large scale photo/video productions for 25 years. Previous to that I was an Art Buyer and leading agencies like TBWA Chiat/Day & Publicis Hal Riney. I moved to Bend, OR 11 years ago and became passionate about trying to bring together a production community that was missing in Central Oregon as I started to see productions coming in and traveling crew in from out of state. I have an extensive view on large scale photography productions and photo/video productions with clients like Verizon, Walmart, Amazon, Bustle Media Group, etc. with incredible photographers and directors all over the world.
CANDIDATE STATEMENT
Why are you interested in serving on OMPA's Board of Directors? What’s your past involvement with OMPA?
Building the production community in Central Oregon. I started Bend Production Society and conduct quarterly meetings to get the production community together and started a Directory in hopes of keeping local crew working. I also started Bend Locations and Talent Squad as well to serve the production community and potential clients.
What is your vision for OMPA and the community at large? How do you see yourself contributing to this vision?
To help keep our production community connected and incorporating more photography based productions into the mix as well as establish a stronger Central Oregon community.
