Industry Pros

Rachel Goldman has worked at bi-coastal office, Barden/Schnee Casting, for over a year now, previously at McCorkle Casting.  Upcoming credits include: The Last O.G. (TBS), Crash & Burn (Hulu), Untouchable (The Weinstein Company), Pitch Perfect 3 (Universal), The Chaperone (Arclight), and multiple independent films.  Previously for Barden/Schnee Casting, Rachel collaborated on Girlboss (Netflix), Good Girls Revolt (Amazon), and various independent films.  As an office, Barden/Schnee Casting is responsible for casting The Girl on the Train, Spotlight, August: Osage County, Pitch Perfect, Dallas Buyers Club, The Help, Winter's Bone, Still Alice, among many others.

Patrick is a partner at The Green Room Talent Management Company in Los Angeles. After graduating from Boston University in 2004, Patrick Havern started at the prestigious UTA and was there for four years, before going to APA for another four years.   Then, he landed at Link Management.  For the past two years Patrick has worked with TV/Film and Theater clients with The Green Room Talent Management Company.

Matt is a talent manager at Industry Entertainment in Los Angeles.  In addition to managing some of the firms top clients, he's also the assistant producer of the TV series The Other F Word.  He is a graduate of Tufts University and Suffolk Law School in Boston. Previously, he has worked at ICM and CAA, two of the largest talent agencies in the world.  

Shayna Sherwood co-created Doro Sherwood Casting with Nickole Doro in 2015. Their focus on the emerging digital platform and non-traditional talent such as social media influencers have led them to become the go-to Casting Directors in digital programming.  Their more notable works include the first ever feature film shot entirely via the Snapchat App and they were recently nominated for their first Casting Society of America, Artios Award, for Best Casting of a Short Form Series (Party Girl - Freeform Digital). Shayna began her career in the film industry interning for FOX under Marcia Shulman. She went on to work in various Casting offices, including working for well-known Casting Directors Carol Goldwasser (Disney’s Hannah Montana, Austin & Ally) and Francine Maisler (12 Years a Slave, HBO’s The Newsroom).

Regina Phillips has been with Dream Talent Management for several years, building the Dream Talent South roster, along with managing and helping develop the careers for clients of all ages! She grew up around the business as her parents had a management company that exposed her to different facets of the entertainment industry, which she helped run. Regina have a passion for the industry and seeing her clients succeed.

SCOTTY MULLEN is the casting director of over 40 features and television series – including the hit Syfy Series Z NATION. He casts both non-union and SAG features, and excels in nurturing talent from small 1-day parts to leading roles. His most prolific work is Syfy’s hugely popular Sharknado franchise, which features cameos ranging from Ann Coulter and Neil deGrasse Tyson to Olivia Newton-John and RuPaul’s Drag Race All Star Alaska Thunderf**k. Mullen is also an award-winning screenwriter of 8 feature films and counting. Last year, Mullen was introduced as the new screenwriter for the Sharknado franchise. Mullen successfully penned “Sharknado 5: Global Swarming” and the upcoming final installment in the series: "The Last Sharknado: It's About Time.” Originally from small-town Kansas, Mullen is a graduate of GSU in Atlanta and lives in Los Angeles.

[Director of HOSTING & UNSCRIPTED division, IF Management!]  Lexi began her career in the development department at Patchett Kaufman Entertainment (ALF, In The Line of Duty). She made the jump to artist representation while working for well-known literary manager and producer, Alan Nevins. It was there that she found her calling in artist representation. Under the impeccable mentorship and grooming of broadcast and reality TV agent Karen Wang-Lavelle, Lexi earned her status as an AFTRA franchised agent. For the last nine years, Lexi has worked with some of the best and brightest in unscripted, sports and broadcast news. Steven Herz, owner of IF Management recently plucked Lexi from an eight month hiatus as a stay-at-home-mom and gave her the incredible opportunity to become IF Management's first Los Angeles liaison and executive. From TV anchors to sports reporters, celebrity stylists to ghost hunters, Lexi has had the pleasure of working with and finding jobs for diverse and truly unforgettable clients.

Joey is the president of JP Casting, a movie and television casting company in Hollywood for over 20 years. JP Casting has over 70 feature film credits and more than 16 television series. Since 1994, Joey has cast live action and animated movies and series for Disney Channel, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, Discovery Kids, Hallmark, Fox, CBS, ABC, PBS, Lifetime, Syfy, Universal, and Sony. Not only is she an award winning Casting Director, her other talents include Movie Producer, Acting Coach, Motivational Speaker, and Peak Performance coach. She is a driving force working with talent in Hollywood. Joey has appeared as a speaker on Dr. Phil, E Entertainment, TLC Network, Access Hollywood, and The Biography Channel as an expert on self image, acting and pursuing show business. Joey is an American entrepreneur. She is president of Omnia Entertainment, part of Omnia Global with offices in Switzerland and Los Angeles. Joey just completed the movie ORPHAN HORSE staring Jon Voight. Most notably, Joey co-produced and cast, the award winning SONY release of “Soul Surfer”. It is the famous story about how Bethany Hamilton overcame the struggle of losing her arm to a great white shark. Joey received the prestigious Artios Award for Casting Disney Channel’s “That’s So Raven” along with 12 other nominations which also includes the movie “Soul Surfer”.