Cinema Audio Society Announces New Board of Directors

Outgoing President of the CAS, Mark Ulano announced the results of the Board of Directors election. "This is a bittersweet moment for me as I pass the leadership of the CAS after terming out from four years of serving as the President of the CAS. I am thrilled to pass the gavel to Karol Urban CAS as the incoming President. And I welcome the newly elected board as well as the incumbents," said Ulano. "The depth of talent on this board tells me we have a deep bench and that the future of the organization is in good hands."

The recent CAS board election include two new executives. Karol Urban will replace President Mark Ulano as he has termed out. Steve Venezia with replace Treasurer Peter Damski who opted not to run for re-election as Treasurer.

For 2019 the Executive Committee with include newly elected Urban and Venezia as well as Vice-President Phillip W. Palmer CAS and Secretary David J. Bondelevitch CAS who were not up for election.

The incumbent CAS Board of Directors (Production) that were re-elected are: Peter J. Devlin CAS, Lee Orloff CAS and Jeffrey W. Wexler CAS. They will be joined by newly elected Amanda Beggs CAS and Mary H. Ellis CAS who are taking the seats of outgoing board members Chris Newman CAS and Lisa Pinero CAS.

Incumbent board members (Post-Production) who were reelected are: Bob Bronow CAS and Mathew Waters CAS and they will be joined by newly elected Board Members Onnalee Blank CAS and Mike Minkler CAS who will be taking the seats of board members Karol Urban CAS and Steve Venezia CAS who are now officers.

Continuing to serve as their terms were not up for reelection are: for Production Willie Burton CAS and Glen Trew CAS and for Post-Production Tom Fleischman CAS, Doc Kane CAS, Sherry Klein CAS, and Marti Humphrey CAS.

The new Board will be installed at the 55th Annual CAS Awards Saturday, February 16th.