The Visual Effects Society (VES) has elected new officers to its board of directors. Carl Rosendahl, chairman of Palo Alto, Calif.-based Pacific Data Images, has been elected to serve as VES first chair. And Richard Hollander, president and senior creative director of the feature film and theme park division of Rhythm & Hues Studios, Los Angeles, has been elected VES secretary. Rosendahl and Hollander will each serve two-year terms, expiring in January 2001.
They join returning officers Jim Morris who is VES chair, Mark Galvin who serves as second vice chair and Toni Pace-Carstensen, treasurer. Morris is president of Lucas Digital LLC, San Rafael, Calif. Galvin is exec. producer at ShadowCaster, Los Angeles. And Pace-Carsetensen serves as segment producer for Walt Disney’s upcoming Fantasia 2000. The returning officers’ two-year terms expire in January 2000.
"Under the guidance and leadership of the officers and the board of directors, the Visual Effects Society is poised to continue its growth and development as the leading organization for the visual effects industry," said exec. director Tom Atkin. In fact, since its founding in ’97, The Visual Effects Society has become the world’s largest organization of visual effects professionals, with members in the U.S., U.K., France, Germany, Australia, Canada and other worldwide territories. VES hopes to continue its growth with the further development of membership in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Rim.
