Lisa Eichhorn – Board President
Reading native, Lisa Eichhorn is an actress, writer and producer. She made her film debut in 1979 in the John Schlesinger film Yanks, opposite Richard Gere, for which she received two Golden Globe nominations. Her international career has included film, theatre and television. She appeared alongside Lee Remick in the Merchant-Ivory production “The Europeans” (1979), …
Tracy Hoffmann – Board Vice President
Tracy Hoffmann currently serves as CEO, Hoffmann Publishing Group Inc., helping local, regional, and statewide organizations, associations and community groups re-energize their communications, grow member engagement, and increase brand awareness through turnkey development of quarterly, semi-annual, and annual print and online magazines, guides, and directories. He’s guided the firm since 1990, providing advertising, marketing, publishing, …
Brian McCoy – Treasurer
Brian currently resides in Wernersville with his wife Elise. He holds a B.S. from Penn State University, is a Chartered Financial Analyst® charterholder, and earned his MBA from Kutztown University. Since 2003, he has been with Connors Investor Services, having previously worked at First Union Bank in Reading, PA, and Evergreen Investments in Charlotte, NC. …
Dr. E. Michele Ramsey – Secretary
Dr. E. Michele Ramsey is an associate professor of Communication Arts & Sciences and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Penn State, Berks College. Michele’s co-authored book,Major Decisions: College, Career, and the Case for the Humanities, was published in March2020 by The University of Pennsylvania Press. She’s won a number of awards for her teaching, research, and …
Tracy Schott, MS, MSW – Past Board President
Tracy Schott is a producer/director and founder of Schott Productions. She has created hundreds of film and video projects, including television commercials, web-content, corporate communications, theatrical and event content. Tracy produced ReadingFilm’s LOCATION! LOCATION!, directed the Emmy-nominated DREAM WEDDINGS and is the producer/director of the award-winning documentary film examining intimate partner violence, FINDING JENN’S VOICE. …
Levi Landis
Levi Landis is a nonprofit executive with 20 years of experience in management, administration, arts, and education. He is currently the President and Executive Director of GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, where he has launched over two dozen major programs; opened five new studios on the campus as well as a makerspace with Penn State; and raised over $10m …
Sabrina McLaughlin
Sabrina McLaughlin grew up in Hazleton, PA and is an alumna of Wilkes University, Class of ’04. In 2007 she received her Masters Degree in literature and creative writing from Binghamton University in upstate New York. While in graduate school, she was assigned as a teaching assistant to interdisciplinary literary and film studies courses. In …
Kris Lowrey
Kris has been teaching in higher education for more than 15 years, and is currently an assistant professor of communication at Alvernia University. At Alvernia, she teaches a number of courses related to media, communication, and rhetoric, including “Gender, Sex, and Identity in the Media.” Her research foregrounds the voices of marginalized communities with a …
Heidi Maui
Heidi Mau is an Associate Professor of Communications at Albright College in Reading, Pennsylvania, where she currently teaches courses in digital literacy, design, and media studies. Her research intersects areas of media, memory, and popular culture as informed by a background in film/video production, fine arts, and studies in media and communication. Heidi has an …
Scott Bastedo
Professor Bastedo has taught and developed coursework in audio and video production, graphic design, motion graphics, 3D animation, and mass media as an instructor at Northland Community and Technical College and at Millersville University. He has worked as a freelancer on commercials, documentaries, and short films in the Washington, DC area. His areas of interest include …
Wynton Butler
Wynton Butler is currently in his 29th year with the Reading School District currently serving as Director of Social Services. In this role, Butler serves as hearing officer for the administrative suspensions and supervises the Home School Visitors. Throughout his career at Reading School District, Butler has served as Interim Director of the Reading Virtual …
Susanna Fultz, Esquire
Susanna Fultz is a resident of the City of Reading and currently works as an Employment Law Attorney at the Law Firm of Barley Snyder in Wyomissing. She joined the Reading Film Board in 2022 and is passionate about promoting and attracting the arts and film production in the local communities of Reading and Berks …