Board

Adam Peck is a television, film and theatrical producer as well as a talent and literary manager based in Los Angeles and New York. He is the Owner and President of Synchronicity Productions and runs Synchronicity Management.

Peck represents a diverse range of clients working in television, film, theater, music, animation, literature, fine art and new media providing strategic counsel, production financing and corporate consulting while assisting clients with licensing, booking, website development, magazine placement, marketing, PR and events.

Currently he is producing the nationally touring hit show Afterbirth: Stories You Won’t Read in a Parents Magazine and last year, in partnership with greeting card giant American Greetings, he launched an animated series of online and mobile phone greetings, wallpapers and ringtones based on the character “Cranky Girl.” Greeting cards are now on sale at Target and there are plans for more licenses and an animated show and book series.  This year with members of the Jackson family he will be releasing the anticipated new album from Brazilian pop sensation T-Rio in addition to further developing their television show, comic book series and apparel lines.

He Executive Produced and financed the CBS telefilm Holy Joe starring John Ritter and he Co-Produced and financed the CBS telefilm An Element of Truth starring Donna Mills.  Peck was also the Associate Producer of the hit six-hour NBC miniseries A Woman Named Jackie starring Roma Downey which won the Emmy Award for “Best Miniseries.” He was also Co-Executive Producer of Kelsey Grammer’s improvisational comedy series “World Cup Comedy” which aired 26 one-hour episodes here on PAX/NBC.

He produced Eliza Jane Schneider’s Freedom of Speech which won “Best Solo Show” at the NYC International Fringe Festival before having a limited run at New York’s P.S. 122 and the Eugene O’Neil Theater Center as Speaking in Tongues.

Peck began his career by working in film finance and television development and production for the Persky-Bright Organization in New York after graduating with a degree in Radio-TV-Film from Northwestern University and studying film theory and criticism at Le Sorbonne in Paris.

is a Los Angeles-based director, teacher, and actor who is currently the artistic director of the award-winning Echo Theater Company, which he founded in 1996. Most recently, he appeared in the critically acclaimed Los Angeles premiere of Marc Schultz’ Everything Will Be Different and co-produced the world premiere production of Wirehead for The Echo. He recently directed The Illustrious Birth of Padraic T. Duffy, the world premiere of Kate Robin’s What They Have at South Coast Repertory, the Los Angeles premiere of Jessica Goldberg’s Body Politic , Ovation nominated, Kate Robin’s Anon, Sarah Ruhl’s Melancholy Play, the world premiere of Paul Zimmerman's Pigs and Bugs, and the world premiere of Eat Me by Jacqueline Wright, which was nominated for six LA Weekly Awards including Best Director. He produced the Echo production of Bryan Davidson's War Music at the Los Angeles Theater Center, which won three Ovation Awards including one for Best Premiere Play and one for Best Ensemble.

Chris founded and was Artistic Director of the Ojai Playwrights Conference from 1996 to 2000. Additionally, as a director, he's worked with and staged plays by Adam Rapp, David Lindsay-Abaire Christopher Durang, Ellen McLaughlin, Napoleon Ellsworth, Bernardo Solano, Deborah Prior, Neal Bell, Kira Obolensky, Herman Daniel Farrell III, and Quincy Long, among many others.

His work in film includes his adaptation of Neal Bell’s Out the Window, which he produced and directed, and his recent short Sunnyslope, which was awarded Best New York Film at the New York Film and Video Festival and nominated for Best in Fest at the Great Lakes Film Festival.

As an actor, Chris has appeared on Broadway (Homefront), Off Broadway (Machinal at the Public, Aristocrats at Manhattan Theater Club and Orphans with Steppenwolf) and has numerous regional credits, among them Golden Boy, All My Sons, The Marriage of Bette and Boo, and 2. His acting credits in film and television include Zodiac, Fight Club, Apollo 13, The Game, Jurassic Park, Alien 3, and Jacobs Ladder, as well as appearances on "Sleepercell", "ER", "NYPD Blue", "Boston Public", and "Ally MacBeal" to name a few.

Additionally, he was a proud member of the acting ensemble of the Eugene O’Neill Playwrights Conference at the National Theater Center under Lloyd Richards. Chris was an adjunct professor of drama at SUNY Purchase and maintains a workshop in Los Angeles.

Jeff Rago is a freelance entertainment reporter and producer who has contributed to both national (Extra) and international (CNN) news programs as well as entertainment websites (ComingSoon.net). From red carpets to one-on-one rooms to intimate sit-downs, Jeff has gotten up close and personal with some of the biggest names in Hollywood including Johnny Depp, Zach Braff and Beyonce. Currently, Jeff co-hosts and produces the web series “In Bed With…” spending time in his pajamas with his celebrity guests. Before entering the world of entertainment, Jeff spent over 13 years in the hospitality industry. His last position was at LA Inc, The Convention and Visitors Bureau as Director, Client Services. It is there that he earned his credential as a Certified Meeting Planner (CMP). He still consults with a select group of companies and clients. Jeff is a graduate of Northwestern University with a B.S. from the School of Speech majoring in theater. He also earned a Certificate in Broadcast Production from NYU when he was transitioning careers. Learn more about Jeff at http://jeffrago.com.

has been producing theater in Los Angeles and New York for over a decade, both independently and as Producing Director of the multiple award-winning Echo Theater Company. Current projects include the hit nightclub act All Hail The Queen: Hail Yes! starring Olivier Award Winner Lesli Margherita which will be touring later this year and the recent West Coast Premiere of Mark Schultz’ Everything Will Be Different.  Past productions: West Coast/World Premieres of Jessica Goldberg’s Body Politic (Ovation nom. Best Play & Best Ensemble), Kate Robin’s Anon, Adam Bock’s Thursday, Sarah Ruhl’s Melancholy Play, and the Ovation Award winning War Music by Bryan Davidson.  Other credits include the solo shows A Series of Comedic Lectures by John Lehr (Zipper Theatre, NY / Powerhouse, LA), Gorgeous! (Room 5), Tom Lenk's: Will You Be My Special Friend? (Acme Comedy), and the premieres of  Save Me From Sister (Hudson Backstage), Michael John LaChiusa's First Lady Suite (The Blank), and The Grave White Way (Lambs, NY / Hudson Backstage, LA). Additionally, Lauren is a founding partner of bass/casting, a bi-coastal feature film, tv, and theatrical casting company.

Lillah McCarthy serves as senior vice president of original programming for TNT and TBS, focusing on the development and production of new drama series for TNT and new comedy series for TBS. She is based in Los Angeles and reports to Michael Wright, executive vice president, head of programming for TBS, TNT and TCM (Turner Classic Movies). Since joining the Turner networks in 2003, Ms. McCarthy has been instrumental in the development of all original series for both networks. TNT hits include: The Closer, starring Emmy winner Kyra Sedgwick, Rizzoli and Isles, starring Angie Harmon, Saving Grace, Leverage, HawthoRNe, Dark Blue, Memphis Beat and the critically acclaimed Men of a Certain Age. New TNT series airing in the summer of 2011 are Stephen Spielberg’s Falling Skies and Franklin & Bash. For TBS, Ms. McCarthy was instrumental in the development and production of the highly acclaimed My Boys and the new hour comedy series Glory Daze. She also supervises late night and alternative with the TBS team and is thrilled to have Conan on our network. Previous to her work with TBS and TNT, McCarthy was the executive producer of the dramatic series Early Edition (starring Kyle Chandler) for CBS. Prior to that, Ms. McCarthy worked for both the ABC and FOX networks. Beginning as a current programming executive at ABC, she eventually worked her way to the position of senior vice president of series programming for FBC, where she was instrumental in the development and production of both comedy and drama series during the network’s early years. Some of the series for which she was responsible include: The Simpsons, Married…With Children, Get a Life, Herman’s Head, True Colors, Parker Lewis Can’t Lose, Alien Nation and 21 Jump Street. During her extensive career, McCarthy has proven herself as a network executive, studio executive, producer, manager and director. She has directed half-hour multi-camera television comedies, run her own literary and talent management company and served as executive vice president for Kopelson Productions and, early on in her career, as vice president of development for Stephen Cannell Productions. Lillah McCarthy began her career in the entertainment business as an actress. The daughter of actor, Kevin McCarthy, she is a graduate of Connecticut College and the National Theatre Institute. She serves on the board of Women in Film, where she has helped to initiate a television director shadowing program. She is the proud mother of a fourteen year old girl. TBS and TNT are networks within Time Warner’s Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., which creates and programs branded news, entertainment, animation and young adult media environments on television and other platforms for consumers around the world.

Tara Karsian has guest starred on such television shows as: "In Plain Sight", "Prison Break", "The Mentalist", "Entourage", "Saving Grace", "The New Adventures of Old Christine", "Bones", "Lovesprings International", "Without a Trace", "CSI", "Desperate Housewives, "Malcolm in the Middle", "Six Feet Under", "NYPD Blue", "Everybody Loves Raymond" among others.   For the last 4 years of "E.R"., she played the hospital’s social worker, Liz Dade. Her film roles include: Terri (2011 Sundance Premiere), The Number 23, Envy, Ready Ok? (alongside fellow company member Carrie Preston) and Single White Female. Tara is Associate Artistic Director and an acting member of the Echo,  for which she appeared in the world premiere of Pigs and Bugs and the West Coast premiere of Anon. She has, also performed and directed in the ECHO’s last two One-act festivals and was a producer for Everything Will Be Different.  She has proudly has taught for ACT OUT, the ECHO’s theater outreach program for incarcerated youth.

is a literary agent at The Rothman Brecher Agency in Beverly Hills. She represents writers and directors whose credits include "CSI", "Castle", "Private Practice", "Smallville", "The Cleveland Show" and cable series " Leverage", "The Big C", "Saving Grace", "Burn Notice", "The Closer" and "Haven". Before becoming an agent, Vanessa was a manager at Tavel Entertainment.  She developed series, feature films and MOWs for clients Helen Hunt, Amy Brenneman and Craig T. Nelson, such as the Emmy-nominated "Judging Amy" (CBS) series and the Emmy-winning "Summer's End" (Showtime) movie. She started her career with a variety of jobs, including working as a development person on a foreign-financed film for Richard Attenborough, a casting assistant for James L. Brooks, a 2nd 2nd AD and a Key Set PA.  Vanessa graduated from Bryn Mawr college with a Bachelor's Degree in Russian Studies with a history concentration and a literature minor.

Anne Fletcher is an American film director and choreographer. In her first roles Fletcher appeared as a dancer, in films like The Flintstones and The Mask. She also developed choreography for the Oscar-nominated film drama Boogie Nights with Mark Wahlberg, Burt Reynolds, Julianne Moore and Heather Graham. Over the next ten years, she continued to choreograph mainstream fare including: Bring It On, The Family Man, The Wedding Planner, Along Came Polly, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Hairspray and Step Up 2. In recent years, Fletcher has established herself as a leading filmmaker and has directed three hit movies. The first was Disney’s breakout dance hit Step Up which she followed with the Katherine Heigl starrer 27 Dresses, and most recently she topped the box office charts with the romantic comedy The Proposal.

A native of Hampton, Arkansas, Harry Thomason attended Southern Arkansas University and continued graduate studies in education at the University of Arkansas.

A college scholarship athlete, Thomason was a football coach and art teacher in secondary schools for six years before he decided to pursue filmmaking as a career.

He has produced award winning television movies including A Shining Season and the mini-series The Blue and the Gray . He produced or directed several popular television series including "The Fall Guy".

In 1983 he married writer Linda Bloodworth and together they formed Mozark Productions. She created and wrote and he produced and directed television series such as "Designing Women", "Evening Shade", "Hearts Afire" and many others.

Thomason has been nominated for numerous awards including the Emmy ("Designing Women"), the Directors Guild award ("Designing Women"), the Christopher Award (A Shining Season) and The People’s Choice Award (The Blue and The Gray)

He was nominated for the Writer’s Guild Best Documentary Screenplay for the critically acclaimed The Hunting of the President. He has also been awarded the National Women’s Political Caucus, GOOD GUY AWARD. In addition, he has been named as the Entertainment Publicists’ Guild as Man of the Year.

Thomason was Strategic Director of the 1992 and 1996 Democratic Conventions. He and his wife Linda Bloodworth-Thomason were chairman of the 1993 Presidential Inauguration which he directed. It became the first Inauguration in the history of the United States to make a profit. That profit was used to help fund the 1997 Inaugural.

Thomason also produced and directed the SUMMIT OF EIGHT, a gathering of the top world leaders, in Denver Colorado.

Harry is currently involved in the series Linda has created for HBO, "12 Miles of Bad Road".

JENNY BICKS started her career in advertising in New York City and went on to write radio comedy before breaking into writing for film and television. Her series credits include Seinfeld, Dawson’s Creek and Sex And The City. She wrote on the show for all six seasons, rising to the rank of Executive Producer. Her work on the series earned her several awards, including an Emmy Award, multiple Golden Globes, and three WGA nominations. During this time, she also created and executive produced Leap Of Faith, a comedy series for NBC. After Sex And The City, Bicks created and executive produced Men In Trees, which ran for two seasons on ABC. In the feature world, her body of credits includes What A Girl Wants, The Nanny Diaries, and re-writes of several films, including Never Been Kissed. Her short film Gnome, which she wrote and directed, had its premiere at the Berlin Film Festival and went on to win awards at multiple festivals. Currently, she is writing Mother Nature with Reese Witherspoon attached to star, as well as a remake of the 1937 classic Stage Door. She recently completed a feature film musical based on the life of P.T. Barnum with Hugh Jackman attached to star.

Directing credits include Wicked, November, The Receptionist, The Ritz, Three Days of Rain, The Odd Couple, GlenGarry Glen Ross, Laugh Whore, Assassins (Tony Award), Take Me Out (Tony Award), Frankie & Johnny in the Claire de Lune, A Man of No Importance, Design for Living, The Vagina Monologues, bash, Another American: Asking and Telling, Love!Valour!Compassion!, Proposals, The Mineola Twins, Corpus Christi, Mizlansky Zilinksky, Blue Window, God's Heart, The Santaland Diaries, Snakebit, Three Hotels, Imagining Brad. Film: Love! Valour! Compassion!. As an actor: Angels in America (Tony nom) and The Baltimore Waltz. Recipient of Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, Helen Hayes, Clarence Derwent, Obie and Joe A. Callaway awards. He is a member of Naked Angels and an associate artist at The Roundabout.

Linda Bloodworth is the writer/creator of "Designing Women" and "Evening Shade", two of CBS Television's most successful comedy series.  She also created and served as Executive Producer, along with her husband, director Harry Thomason, on three other series, "Hearts Afire", "Women Of The House" and "Emeril".  She is currently in pre-production on the pilot of her new series for HBO called "12 Miles of Bad Road".

A native of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, Bloodworth graduated with a B.A. in English from the University of Missouri and moved to Los Angeles to work for The Wall Street Journal in advertising.   She later worked for the legal newspaper The Los Angeles Daily Journal as a reporter covering the L.A. Superior Court.  She then turned to teaching, serving two years as an instructor of English Literature at Jordan High School in Watts, California, before embarking on her career as a freelance writer.  Her early credits include being the first woman writer on "MASH" (for which she was nominated for an Emmy), as well as episodes for "One Day at a Time" and "Rhoda".

Bloodworth is the first American writer in television history to write 35 consecutive episodes of a series.

Married in 1983, Bloodworth and Thomason formed Mozark Productions for the development of quality entertainment.  The name of the company is derived from the combination of Missouri and Arkansas, their home states.

Linda Bloodworth has received many awards, numerous Emmy and Writers Guild nominations, including notably several for the Designing Women episode, "Killing All the Right People" which was written for and dedicated to her mother who died of transfused AIDS.  Her shows have also received a number of civic and cultural awards which include the Nancy Susan Reynolds Award for Sexual Responsibility in the Media from the Center For Population Options; the Humanitarian Award from Funders Concerned About AIDS; the first Eleanor Roosevelt Freedom of Speech Award from Americans for Democratic Action; the Trend Setter Award from the National Health Council in honor of her dedication to women's health issues; and the National Silver Satellite Award for outstanding achievement in the field of broadcast communications from American Women In Radio and Television as well as numerous awards from the Viewers for Quality Television.  She has also been honored by the Women's Legal Defense Fund in Washington, D.C. for her contribution to the advancement of women and families.

In 1990, Ladies Home Journal named Linda Bloodworth one of America's Fifty Most Powerful Women.  In July of 1992, Bloodworth produced the acclaimed documentary, The Man From Hope, which introduced Bill Clinton at the Democratic National Convention in New York.  In 1993, Bloodworth and Thomason served as Co-chairs of the Presidential Inauguration.   In 1996, she directed and produced A Place Called America, which introduced President Clinton at the 1996 Democratic National Convention.  She also directed and produced the President's farewell film for the 2000 Democratic National Convention entitled Legacy.

Linda released her debut novel, Liberating Paris, a national bestseller, from William Morrow in September of 2004.  She will soon direct her first feature film (which she also wrote) based on the award-winning documentary Southern Comfort about the lives of five transgendered people.

To honor her late mother, Bloodworth created The Claudia Foundation, which provides scholarships for qualified girls in Arkansas and Missouri who would otherwise not be able to attend college.  Bloodworth has donated over one million dollars to these scholarships, which have put 105 young women through colleges and universities across the country.

Miguel currently serves as the CFO of Teach For America. Prior to joining Teach For America, Miguel Rossy was responsible for leading the finance function and critical infrastructure growth initiatives in New York Life’s Investment Management unit. Rossy brings 16 years of financial and strategic management experience from the corporate world, including incremental leadership roles at Brinker International, where he provided business strategy and financial analysis support to the company’s fast-growing Mexican Division, and led Brinker’s company-wide strategic planning efforts. Most recently, he served as vice president and divisional CFO of Chili’s, Brinker’s leading brand with over 1,000 restaurants in 23 countries. Rossy earned his M.B.A. in 1995 from Columbia Business School.

She has played everything from chatterbox wives to wicked stepsisters on TV, and from Gertrude Stein to Shakespeare's Falstaff on stage. At age 80 plus, the plucky comedienne shows no signs of stopping any time soon.

Following her college graduation, she began performing comedy in nightclubs and gained early experience with appearances in resort areas. Her stage debut in 1947 with a role in The Goose and the Gander starring Gloria Swanson led to hundreds of stock roles. She made her off-Broadway debut in the play Come What May in 1950. She earned a Tony nomination for her Broadway work in the singing revue Catch a Star in 1955, and then enjoyed a number of brash showcases in such musicals as On the Town, Once Upon a Mattress and The Unsinkable Molly Brown.

In 1965, she co-starred on TV as one of the wicked stepsisters in the endearing Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical Cinderella (1965) (TV), which starred Lesley Ann Warren as the princess-to-be. In later years she guest-starred on countless TV shows and won recurring/regular roles on the last season of "Too Close for Comfort" (1980) and  "She's the Sheriff" (1987).

Since the late 1980s Pat has become a voice-over favorite on numerous animated programs -- notably for Disney as the sea witch Ursula in The Little Mermaid (1989). Television appearances have included a 3 episode arc on "ER" and a nomination for a Daytime Emmy for her work in AMC’s "The Royale". She has also appeared in films such as Songcatcher, Nancy Drew and Freedom Writers where she had the great privilege of playing Miep Gies.

Pat now resides in Cape Cod, MA.

Zeljko Ivanek earned a 2008 Emmy Award for his portrayal of Ray Fiske on "Damages". Other notable television work includes the HBO mini-series John Adams, recurring roles on "Homicide: Life on the Street", "24", and HBO's "True Blood"; and "Oz";, as well as countless guest appearances.  He will also appear regularly in the upcoming NBC series "The Event". Ivanek is also a veteran of over 20 feature films including In Bruges, Live Free or Die Hard, The Hoax, Dogville, Unfaithful, Black Hawk Down, Hannibal, Dancer in the Dark, A Civil Action, and Donnie Brasco to name a few. Zeljko Ivanek's many stage credits have earned him three Tony® nominations and a Drama Desk Award and include American, UK, and World premieres of works by Martin McDonagh, Neil LaBute, Athol Fugard, Neil Simon, Richard Nelson, Caryl Churchill and David Hare, as well as Peter Brook's production of The Cherry Orchard. He is a graduate of Yale University and The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.