Board of Directors
PRESIDENT
Flo Selfman
Entertainment/literary/arts public relations consultant and proofreader/copy editor, Flo Selfman was IWOSC president from 2003-2006 and 2007-2009; currently serving her sixth term, 2009-2010. She has been an IWOSC member since 1990, and has served on the Board since 1991, holding many board positions including Vice President, Director of Membership, and Director of Marketing. She is a resident of Los Angeles's Westside.
You can learn more about her at her website, wordsalamode.com.
Contact:
(323) 653-4555
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VICE PRESIDENT
Roberta Edgar
Author/ghostwriter/editor/screenwriter, Roberta Edgar is CEO of SixtyisSexyNow, targeting baby boomers and beyond. Previously, Roberta served as Secretary, Director of Membership, and most recently as Vice President (2003-2008). She is also IWOSC's annual LA Times/UCLA Festival of Books chair. She resides on Los Angeles’s Westside. You can learn more about Roberta at wordsalamode.com.
Contact:
(310) 552-4905
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SECRETARY
Lisa de Vincent
Lisa de Vincent recently moved to Los Angeles to pursue her dream of working and writing in the entertainment industry. She believes IWOSC has been instrumental in advancing her career and connections. Besides writing freelance articles, she is fine-tuning a treatment for a television series, finishing a horror screenplay and a murder mystery, and setting up her own webpage. Lisa resides in Brentwood.
New to the board in 2008-2009
Contact:
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TREASURER
Pamela S. Leven
Pam Leven has handled IWOSC money for more than a decade and is always pleased to report on the organization’s fine fiscal health. She is a business writer who contributes to corporate and custom publications and offers her services to corporations and professionals. Pam lives in Culver City. Pam's website is WordsWillFly.com.
Contact:
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DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS
Position open
DIR OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Gary Young
Author/actor/playwright; member since 1999, current Director of Professional Development. President of the Publishers Assn. of LA, book co-author of "Loss and Found," coordinator for the National Very Special Arts Festival at the Kennedy Center in DC, Executive Director of the Lifetime Achievement Foundation and Vice Chair of the Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights. Gary lives in Calabasas.
Contact:
(818) 222-5554
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DIRECTOR OF MEMBERSHIP
James F. Mills
James F. Mills is a North Carolina native who relocated to Southern California after receiving his MA in Communications Studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He writes manuscripts and screenplays in between freelance journalism assignments for various local magazines and websites. He resides in West Hollywood.
New to the board in 2008-2009
Contact:
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DIRECTOR OF MARKETING
John Seeley
John Seeley, current Director of Marketing, is president of Heart Fire Press Publishing and BookMarketingWiz.com, a coaching company for writers. His books are distributed internationally, in several languages. He has widely appeared on radio and TV throughout the US and in publications from The New York Times and Woman’s World to the Hong Kong Trader. John is truly a marketing wiz, and hosts the Write On! radio show for writers. He currently lives in Los Angeles.
Contact:
(949) 645-5100
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DIRECTOR-AT-LARGE
Avram D.Gold
Avram is a graduate of USC Department of Cinema, and has worked in both production and post production of television, feature films and commercials. He was also a resident member of Friends and Artists Theatre Ensemble in Los Angeles where he wrote, directed and produced two one-act plays. Avram later authored and directed the sixty minute film, "Thanksgiving." He currently works for Warner Brothers Studios and has earned two Emmys and five Golden Reel Awards. Avram lives in Pasadena with his lovely bride of 36 years and plays vintage drums in a “weekend-warrior” jam-band.
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EX OFFICIO / Immediate Past President
Alice Campbell Romano
President 2006-2007.
Contact:
(310) 470-6222
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