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Where Are They Now?

Does a semester as an intern in Los Angeles lead to the ultimate prize -- a job? There are no guarantees, of course, but signs indicate that Pendleton Center graduates are in a very good position to find entertainment-related employment*, as evidenced by the following program participants:

  • King of Queens
    Craig Andujar ’96, visual special effects specialist
  • Anthony Carbone ’98, editor; Dawn Garcia ’98, casting manager; Lee George ’98, assistant to the producer; Gabriel Landau ’02, production assistant; Tom McCudden ’96, editor; and Erin K. O’Brien ’97, production coordinator -- all work under coproducer J. Rupert Thompson ’85 on Fear Factor
  • Jordan Coe ’01, production assistant, Meet the Folks
  • Jill Effron ’97, writer’s assistant, and Robyn Mesher ’01, production assistant, That ’70s Show
  • Gregg Goldin ’95, creative executive, MTV Films

  • Beth Haiken '94 with The Guardian actor Simon Baker

    Beth Haiken ’94, manager, media relations, CBS
  • Carl Hansen ’99, freelance location coordinator based in Los Angeles
  • Laurie Hoppes ’97, media relations coordinator, prime-time entertainment, ABC Television Network, Miami
  • Christopher Hyssong ’96, freelance production assistant, film and TV
  • Kevin Jolly ’95, visual effects editor, recently on Spiderman and Charlie’s Angels
  • Rachel Kaplan ’97, account executive, S. Roberts Specialty, Cranston, Rhode Island
  • Brian Krick ’00, interactive media buying and planning, I-Frontier, Philadelphia
  • Diane Najuch ’96, feature films production coordinator and associate producer, AMC’s Backstory
  • Amy Neiman ’97, creative department, MCA Records, Los Angeles
  • Erik Olsen ’98, creative executive, Silver Pictures
  • Evo Rondini ’99, production coordinator; Patrick Garney ’01, production assistant; and Courtney Wieden ’01, production assistant, King of Queens
  • Pam Warner ’02, sports information, University of Florida
*All TV and film positions are based in Los Angeles unless otherwise noted. Some jobs may have changed since our research was completed.

 

 

   

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A. Ozolins, Ithaca College Office of Publications, 30 July, 2003