Change In PACA Executive Board Leadership

Posted on 6/2/2014 by Jim Pickerell | Printable Version | Comments (0)

PACA, the Digital Media Licensing Association, has announced that Steve Spelman, incoming PACA President for the 2014 to 2016 term, has made the decision to resign from his position after leaving Corbis.

“Due to changes within the sales team in the New York office, I will no longer be working at Corbis, and as a result, I felt it best to resign as President of PACA,” Spelman said. “PACA is an extremely valuable and important part of our collective industry and my involvement over the years has been very rewarding. I look forward to rejoining PACA in the near future.”

The nominations committee quickly nominated and the board unanimously elected Sarah Fix of Blend Images as the new President of PACA. Sarah Fix was serving as Vice President on the current executive board and served as Secretary in the previous term. As VP Creative and member of Blend Images, LLC, Fix is responsible for overall creative direction, marketing, and photographer development. She began her career in stock photography in 1993 at Westlight, and has held various management and director level positions at Corbis, Brand X Pictures, and PictureArts before joining Blend Images.



“Steve Spelman will be deeply missed in his role on the Executive Board,” Fix said. “I am already rolling up my sleeves, working on a strategy and speaking with members. I look forward to working with our Executive Director Cathy Aron and an executive board that represents a variety of different types of agencies.”

The PACA 2014 to 2016 Executive Board also includes Julie Zentmaier of Science Source Images as Secretary, Chris Carey of Minden Pictures as Treasurer, past President Nancy Carrizales of Animals Animals/Earth Scenes, and four members-at-large, Geoff Canon of Masterfile, Keren Sachs of Shutterstock, Karl Schatz of Aurora Photos, and Elena Flanagan-Eister of Depositphotos.


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