Current Jobs – Emmy® award-winning director and two-time Annie Award nominee; casting director; voice actor

Previous Jobs – remedial reading coach, church caretaker/janitor,
house renovator/painter, baker for a house of ill repute, graphic artist, nude model

Credits – A partial list of directing credits include: animated TV series—over 500 hours of animated shows including “Shark Hunters” with Dustin Hoffman, nine seasons of the Emmy®-award winning “Rugrats,” “Rugrats: All Grown Up,” “Spawn,” and most recently,
“The Replacements,” and the “Emperor’s New School;” full-length feature films—“Jimmy Neutron,” all “Wild Thornberrys,” and “Rugrats” films, and the direct-to-video “The Nutty Professor” featuring actors such as Bruce Willis, Lynn Redgrave, Patrick Stewart, Jerry Lewis, Martin Short, Susan Sarandon, John Lithgow, and Whoopi Goldberg, and the national tour of “Rugrats Live.” As a voice actor, Charlie has appeared as a regular in over ninety animated series, and played many memorable characters including “Buster Bunny” from “Tiny-Toon Adventures;” “Cow,” “Chicken” and “The Red Guy” from “Cow & Chicken;” “Silverbolt” from the original “Transformers” series and “Starscream,” in the recent films; and now, the nefarious “Dr. Doom” on Marvel’s “The Super Hero Squad Show.” On Broadway, he succeeded Harvey Feinstein in “Torch Song Trilogy,” and later toured in the national company. His critically acclaimed one-main show “There Used To Be Fireflies” won him a Dramalogue Award For Best Actor.

Current Jobs – Senior teacher of the Alexander technique and specialist in vocal tension release; Co-director Alexander Educational Center in Berkeley, a teacher-training facility for The Alexander Technique

Previous Jobs – Alexander teacher in Europe and US; actor

Training and Education – Studied for several years with some of Europe’s finest voice and movement teachers—including National Theatre voice coach, Kate Fleming, and Florence Norburg (whose past pupils included Rex Harrison, Vanessa Redgrave and Kiri Te Kanawa).

Credits – John was a professional actor in his native England for 10 years playing leading roles in TV plays, BBC series and film, and performing with many regional, touring and national theater companies, including England’s National Theatre and Citizens Theatre. An Alexander teacher specializing in work with performing artists, John has taught extensively in Europe and in the U.S., and has developed special workshops, and training programs for such diverse organizations as Google, San Francisco Ballet, and the Sundance and Esalen Institutes.

Website: www.johnabaron.com

Current Jobs – Voice actor; on-camera actor; teacher

Previous Job – Supervising Special Agent, California Department
of Justice

Training and Education – BA, MA Political Science/Criminology; Teaching Credential, San Jose State University; Voicetrax SF; Improvworks; ComedySportz Improv; Full Circle Productions

Credits – Voice and on-camera credits include: SF Giants 50th Year Anniversary Special, Tropicana Orange Juice, Mechanics Bank, SEGA Games, Yahoo Hot Jobs, Biltmore Estate audio tour, Tri-Counties Bank, Round Table Pizza, PG & E, Fremont Automall (two year campaign), 24-Hour Fitness, MVP.com, Omnisky.com, San Francisco Ballet, Kodak (IMAX) Stone Mountain Georgia, ProAim Golf TV Infomercial, Sunsweet Prunes, HIV/AIDS Media Campaign, Charles Schwab, H-P, Safeway, Seagate, Credit Suisse First Boston Bank, American Pharmaceutical, Novellus Systems, Meta-TV, EDS Financial Services, Mobile 365 Systems, Symantec, 3-PAR Storage Systems, Advanced Micro Devices, Robert Mondavi Wines, Rockwell Collins, McKesson, Medtronics, CEMEX, Delicato Wines, Proposition 86, California Department of Justice, “Virtual Cop 3,” Robot “Geldoblame,” Batman: “Rise of Sin Tzu;” and numerous medical & industrial narration projects.

Website: www.albedrosian.com

Current Jobs – Voice actor; on-camera host; nationally-renowned lecturer; voice acting coach

Previous Jobs – Professional voice actor since the age of 18; Universal Studios tour guide

Training and Education – “The Groundlings,” John Ruskin, Daws Butler, Michael Bell, Brian Cummings and Dave Madden

Credits – Since 1990, Bob has been proud to be one of the handful of actors who now voice the classic Warner Brothers “Looney Tunes” characters, originally created by the legendary, Mel Blanc in 1000’s of productions, namely “Porky Pig,” “Tweety,” “Sylvester, Jr.,” “Speedy Gonzales,” “Marvin the Martian” and “Henry Hawk.” Among Bob’s “non-Looney Tunes” credits are: “Bucky, the Squirrel,” for the on-going Disney animated series, “The Emperor’s New School;” dozens of animated features such as “Up,” “Finding Nemo,“ “Cars,” “Wall-E,” “Toy Story 2,” “Spirited Away,” “Surf’s Up,” “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs,” “Shrek2,” “Iron Giant,” and the upcoming “Toy Story 3;” “Luke Skywalker” in the Emmy-nominated, “Star Wars: Robot Chicken,” and “Star Wars: Robot Chicken, Episode 2;” promos for The Disney Channel, FOX Kids, NBC, Kids WB, FX Networks, CBS; commercials for Mitsubishi, Baskin-Robbins, Geico, Red Bull, Sprint, Welches, Expedia.Com, HR Block, Jack-in-the-Box, United and PetSmart; and as the on-camera host of the game show, “JEP!” the kid’s version of “Jeopardy!” on GSN. In addition, Bob’s one-man show “So Here’s The Deal (The Story of a Nice Jewish Boy Who Wanted to Be ‘Porky Pig’)” has enjoyed two successful runs in Los Angeles, was ADA-nominated as Best Solo Show, and is currently touring the country.

Website: www.BobBergen.com

Current Jobs – Audio lead, Voice Director and Sound Designer for LucasArts; voice actor; professional singer, songwriter, drummer, bassist and guitarist

Training and Education – BA in Theatre and Music from Whitworth University; alum of Berklee College of Music in Boston (where he studied audio production)

Credits – David has traveled the world as an actor, voice director, and sound designer. For the past 10 years, he has created award-winning audio and vocal soundtracks for LucasArts on titles such as “Star Wars: The Force Unleashed,” “Knights of the Old Republic,” “Thrillville,” and “Monkey Island;” and cast and directed actors in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, London, and New Zealand. As an actor, David toured in a youth theatre program and performed in over 50 separate productions throughout California and parts of Europe—all before turning 17. Since then, he has worked primarily as a voice actor in commercials, games, multimedia and industrials; most notably as “Proxy,” in “Stars Wars, the Force Unleashed,” and beginning in 2010, he’ll be “The Voice” of Capital One Credit Card’s automated response system.

Current Jobs – Director; on-camera and voice actor; teacher; coach

Previous Jobs – Director; actor; teacher

Training and Education – Kent State University and John Carroll University, Ohio; Acting & Directing training in New York and Los Angeles with David Le Grant, Paul Richards, Viola Spolin and Stella Adler

Credits – Frank’s credits are many and diverse. Producing and directing credits include: “The Power of a Promise: Ninety Years of Girl Scouting,” ARCO Arena, Sacramento; over 50 theater productions around the country in venues such as the Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey, Theatre Under the Stars in Houston, 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle, and the San Jose Stage Company, The Magic Theatre, 42nd Street Moon, Lamplighters and Theatre Artists of Marin in the Bay Area; and staff director at WCTV-Los Angeles. As an actor, Frank has appeared in the motion picture “The Buddy System;” on numerous TV shows including the new NBC series “Trauma,” “Nash Bridges,” “America’s Most Wanted,” “The Newhart Show,” “Soap,” “The Judge,” and “Jake and the Fatman;” and in Broadway, Off-Broadway and regional theatre productions such as “Fiddler on the Roof,” “No Place To Be Somebody,” “Wanted.” “A Look At The Fifties,” and “Love’s Labour’s Lost.” Frank is also an in-demand acting and speaking coach, with on-air news anchors, corporate executives and professional actors among his many clients.

Current Job – Live-action film director; screenwriter

Previous Jobs – Animation director; visual development artist; storyboard artist for Chuck Jones; freelance animator for Disney Paris

Training and Education – Frederik has directed several family movies, including the animated films, “The Quest For Camelot,” “Racing Stripes” (which he also wrote), and Universal’s smash hit, “The Land Before Time: The Time of the Great Giving;” and the live-action “Underdog” for Disney. In the process, he has worked with many of Hollywood’s top actors such as Dustin Hoffman, Whoopi Goldberg Amy Adams, Jason Lee, Hayden Pannetiere, Jim Belushi and Peter Dinklage. Frederik was one of the first to pioneer a unique look that turns live-action footage into two-dimensional graphic pictures for “Stripped,” a TV pilot he directed, based on a graphic novel and which starred Marisa Tomei (the same technique that was later used to great effect in “Sin City”). He has also drawn and developed his own series of books, and his graphic novel work was recently recognized at the prestigious Angoulême International Comics Festival, the largest in Europe.

Current Jobs – Lead sound designer at Antenna Audio (part of Discovery Communications); voice director for independent films, promotional spots, podcasts; music composer for film, art installations and multimedia

Previous Jobs – Permanent Exhibits Project Manager, California Academy of Sciences; rock star

Training and Education – San Francisco State University; Friedman Technical Institute; UC Extension

Credits – Ten years with Antenna Audio, casting and directing voice talent for audio and multimedia tours. Peter has produced audio for all major American museums and attractions, including the Metropolitan Museum in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Graceland, Ellis Island and the Biltmore House. He has also won multiple AAM (American Association of Museums) and NAI (National Association for Interpretation) awards for various productions including the California Academy of Sciences multimedia tour, the Kara Walker exhibit at the Whitney Museum, the Ansel Adams exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and “High Societies” at the San Diego Museum of Art. Peter’s independent film credits include “The Cockettes,” “Alaska Far Away,” “Ambient Medium,” “A Refugee,” “Stop the Spinning World” (currently in post-production), and “1984”. As a guitarist and singer, Peter can be heard on: “Pearl Harbor and the Explosions (Warner Brothers);” “Modern Rocketry (Megatone);” and “Debora Iyall/Romeo Void (415/Columbia).”

Current Jobs – Voice and on-camera actor; theater and voice
director; coach

Training and Education – member of Second City and Spolin Players improv companies

Credits – Jeannie has starred in numerous TV cartoon series including “The Oblongs,” “The Misadventures of Maya and Miguel,” “As Told By Ginger,” “Jackie Chan,” “The Addams Family,” “Quack Pack,” “Dennis the Menace,” “My Little Pony,” “Zorro,” “Jumanji,” “Richie Rich,” “The Pink Panther,” “Super Mario Brothers,” and “NASCAR Racers;” and the anime series, “Bleach,” Naruto,” and “Blood+.” She has also provided voiceovers for animated films, including “Over the Hedge”, “The Wild” and “Beverly Hills Chihuahua;” and hundreds of television and radio commercials, tutorials, and video games such as “EverQuest,” “X-Men,” “Dead To Rights,” “James Bond,” “Mass Effect, I and II,” and “Jak X.” Her on-camera credits include feature films such as “Mr. Saturday Night,” and “Blind Date;” a recurring role on “St. Elsewhere;” and guest-starring roles on “Seinfeld,” “Touched By An Angel,” and “Empty Nest.” In addition, Jeanie has directed animation and theater, and coached voiceover and theatrical actors for years.

Current Jobs – Voice actor; on-camera and stage actor

Training – In addition to years of training as an actor, Kathleen took her first voiceover class from Thom Pinto nearly twenty years ago (evidently he taught her well…)

Credits – Kathleen, who lives and works in both New York City and Los Angeles, narrates the hit crime/forensic show “Solved!” now in its second season on the Discovery network’s ID (Investigation Discovery) Channel and TLC; and is the promo voice for TCM (Turner Classic Movies) “Essentials,” hosted by Alec Baldwin and Robert Osbourne. She can also be heard as the voice of “Jason’s Mother” in both the “Friday the 13th 2009” trailer and film. Kathleen’s past credits include: narration for E! Entertainment’s “Celebrity Profiles: Sarah Ferguson,” and Discovery Channel’s “Solving the Perfect Murder,” “I’d Kill For A Baby,” “The First Test-Tube Baby,” “Final Days of an Icon: Gianni Versace” and “Final Days of an Icon: Sharon Tate;” promos and narration for Oxygen Channel’s “Oxygen Sports,” and ad campaigns for Royal Caribbean Cruises and Inamed Aesthetics.

Website: www.kathleengarrett.com

Current Job – Vice-President, Production, World Wide Wadio

Previous Jobs – Casting Director, Bert Berdis & Company; Talent Agent, Abrams-Rubaloff & Lawrence

Training and Education – BS, Broadcasting and Film, Boston University; Directing Actors for TV and Film, UCLA

Credits – Jeff has been involved in the casting, direction and/or production of thousands of radio commercials and promos, including numerous award-winning spots. He’s produced audiobooks for Leonard Nimoy and John de Lancie’s Sci-fi company, including “The Invisible Man,” “Journey to the Center of the Earth,” “The Time Machine,” and “The Lost World;” and at one time was the “Extras” casting director for “Moonlighting,” “Cagney and Lacey,” “The Wonder Years,” “Matlock,” “Robo-Cop,” and “The Running Man.”

Website: www.Wadio.com

Current Job – Voice and On-Camera Acting Coach; occasional
restaurant critic*

Previous Jobs – San Francisco talent agent; on-camera actor; on-camera acting instructor at Full Circle Productions; video production researcher

Training and Education – Majored in Journalism at Auburn University; Full Circle Productions, San Francisco

Credits – As an agent with a highly-respected San Francisco agency, Tom was responsible for booking hundreds of jobs for voice and on-camera actors in the Bay Area. From local contracts to national commercials, Tom coached and guided actors to high-paying jobs with companies such as Apple, Microsoft, Shaklee, Slingbox, and Wal-Mart, and dozens of car companies; and helped voice actors book countless industrial narration and video game gigs. Prior to becoming an agent, Tom was an on-camera acting instructor for several years.
* For Tom’s recommendation on one of the top dining spots in Sausalito, check out Episode 404 of “Check Please, Bay Area:”
http://blogs.kqed.org/food/2009/04/10/check-please-bay-area-season-4-episode-4-404/

Current Job – Voice actor; instructor; Voicetrax utility player

Previous Jobs – morning show producer and sidekick; afternoon disc jockey; Production Manager; Creative Services Director

Training and Education – Chemistry BA, University of Virginia; Voicetrax

Credits – Most recent credits include: TV ads for Northern California Honda Dealers, Ubisoft “Battle of Giants: Dragons,” San Francisco Chronicle and Enzyte Male Enhancement (which, in case you were wondering, was not for “Ubisoft”): radio ads for IdentityGuard (produced by Pond Radio), T-Mobile and F’Real Milkshakes; narration for “The Alamo” audio tour (Antenna Audio), Gizmo6, Cisco, and Pulco Citronnade; and numerous video games including Leapfrog’s “Green Eggs and Ham;” Sega’s “Sands of Destruction;” and “Order of War,” “Assassin’s Creed,” “Tesla,” “Shattered Horizons,” “Emerald City,” “Majesty 2,” and “Valerie Porter,” all for Somatone.

Current Jobs – Voice and on-camera actor; voice director, casting director, producer and acting coach; marketing consultant

Previous Jobs – Financial consultant; department head

Training and Education – Voicetrax; Cliff Osmond’s Actors’ Studio; Full Circle Productions; CSU, East Bay, BA, Political Science; Università di Firenze (Florence) Law School

Credits – Voice and on-camera credits include: LucasArts/Telltale Games’ “The Tales of Monkey Island,” EA Games’ “The Godfather,” San Francisco Chronicle, Valley Medical Center, TeleNav, Sun Micro, Intel, Wal-Mart, Clorox, Union Bank, CNET, Lexmark, Papa Murphy’s Pizza, audio tours and educational games. Other credits include creating and developing the on-line casting site Voiceyenta.com; voice casting for games, reality series, commercials, industrials and multimedia; directing and producing voiceover for various multimedia projects.

Current Jobs – Freelance producer; voice director and casting director

Previous Jobs – Senior Manager, Disney Character Voices; voice director, The Learning Company

Training and Education – BA in Radio/TV/Film from Biola University

Credits – As a producer, voice director and casting director with the Walt Disney Studios, Ned worked on seven Studio Ghibli titles: “Porco Rosso,” “Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind,” “The Cat Returns,” “Whisper of the Heart,” “Pom Poko,” “My Neighbor Totoro,” and Hayao Miyazaki’s Oscar™-nominated theatrical release, “Howl’s Moving Castle.” Ned has also cast and directed numerous other voiceover projects and ADR sessions for the Walt Disney Company, Pixar and SquareEnix, including “Cars,” “Finding Nemo,” “The Lion King-Special Edition,” “Kingdom Hearts,” and “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” and “At World’s End.” One of his proudest achievements is having cast Liam Neeson as the voice of “Aslan” for “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” and “Prince Caspian.” Ned recently worked on “Coraline” for Universal Pictures, and is currently voice-directing a “Lord of the Rings” project for Warner Brothers.

Current Job – Actress, singer, screenwriter and coach

Previous Jobs – Acting coach in LA for The Voiceover Connection, Spolin Players and Richard Klein

Training and Education – BA in Dramatic Arts from UC Berkeley; studied with Del Close and Viola Spolin, two legends in the world of Improv

Credits – ADR for film and TV including “The Hangover,” “Funny People,” “2012,” “Evan Almighty,” “21,” “Talladega Nights,” “World Trade Center,” “Beerfest,” “Borat,” and “24;” and commercial voiceovers for University Hospital, McDonalds, Delta, Farmer’s Insurance, Associated Bank, and Dish Antenna. Anna also played “Alice Mitchell” on the “All-New Dennis the Menace” cartoon series; and currently performs improv with the Spolin Players, and the likes of Dan Castellaneta and Ryan Styles at the Second City Alumni Jam. Notable on-camera roles include “Irene” in “Domestic Import,” “Saint Anne” in “Mary, Mother of Jesus,” and “Sister Stephanie” in “Mother Teresa.”

Current and Previous Jobs – Voice actor; voiceover coach

Training and Education – UCLA, BA in Psychology; Thom credits Bill Bell, Kiva Lawrence and Sonny Mathias for the rest of his training

Credits – Promos: CBS Evening News, 48 Hours, CW Network, Sirius Radio and numerous television stations across the country including KRON-TV, since 1995. Commercial campaigns include: Staples, Pacific Life, Norton 360 Software, Raley’s and Nob Hill Markets. Documentaries: Travel Channel, Smithsonian Channel and National Geographic Network. Audiobooks: The critically acclaimed reading of “The Little Book of Common Sense Investing.” Fun Stuff: Commercial spoofs on “Real Time With Bill Maher.”

Website: www.thompinto.com

Current Job – Founder and owner of Pond Radio Entertainment;
voice actor

Previous Jobs – Founder, president and creative director of Blazing Paradigm; associate creative director at Goodby, Silverstein & Partners; copywriter at Chiat/Day and Hal Riney & Partners

Training and Education –American Conservatory Theatre; Oregon Shakespearean Festival, Ashland; off-Broadway (NY)

Credits – His clients have covered the spectrum of products and services including Pepsi, Slingbox, Sega of America, Pizza Hut, Starbucks, Subway Restaurants, Mirage Hotels, Diet Mountain Dew, Sierra Mist Free, Saturn, EBay, Diet Pepsi, Kirkwood Ski Resort, and Chevy’s, as well as Stroh’s, Rainier, Spaten and Lone Star beers. Sam has been honored with numerous advertising industry awards, including “Best of Show” at New York’s One Show (the first and only time that the honor has been awarded to a radio campaign), and the grand prize of $1,000,000 in Clear Channel radio airtime at the National EAR Awards.

Website: www.pondradio.com

Current Job – Senior Dialog Coordinator, Sony Computer Entertainment (SCEA), Santa Monica

Previous Jobs – Dialog Coordinator; Project Manager, SCEA

Training and Education – BA, Electronic Media, University of Cincinnati, College Conservatory of Music

Credits –“SOCOM: Tactical Strike,” “SOCOM: Combined Assault,” “SOCOM: Fireteam Bravo 2,” “God of War: Chains of Olympus,” “Lair,” “Uncharted: Drakes Fortune,” “Dead Rising,” “Onimusha,” “Resident Evil 4,” “Marc Ecko’s Getting Up,” “Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone,” “Area 51,” “Hot Shots Tennis,” “NBA: The Life 2007 – 2009.”

Current Job – Voice actor; “home grown” Voicetrax instructor

Training and Education – Voicetrax SF

Credits – Brian’s credits include TV ads for Best Buy, Pine Sol, SF Opera, and AFLAC; radio spots for Comcast, Yahoo, Subway, First Republic Bank; and narration for H-P, Visa, Sun Micro, Sprint, EBay, and the LA Angels of Anaheim, but character roles remain his passion. He’s been cast in scores of video games, and more often than not, is featured as the bad guy (which is ironic given that Brian was once a Bay Area cop) in such games as Sega’s “Phantasy Star Universe” and “Rambo;” Backbone’s “Death Jr. 2;” Flagship’s “Hellgate London;” Blizzard’s
“Diablo III;” Autumn Moon’s “A Vampyre Story;” Microsoft’s “Rise of Nations;” City Interactive’s “Chronicles of Mystery;” Big Fish’s “Return to Ravenhearst;” Ubisoft’s “Assassin’s Creed;” and Telltale Game’s “Sam and Max” and LucasArts/TellTale Game’s “Tales of Monkey Island.” An avid Disney fan, Brian can be heard as the voicemail greeting at the Disney Gallery and Disneyanna shop, as well as on numerous Disneyland Fan Podcasts. Because Brian is a Voicetrax alum, he always likes to remind students who aspire to work professionally…“It can be done, I am living proof.”

Website: www.briansommer.com

Current Job – Retired voice actor/quasi-retired attorney/part-time golfer

Previous Job – 25 years as high-tech corporate legal counsel, including 17 years as VP and General Counsel at DIALOG Information Services, Palo Alto and Mountain View

Training and Education – JD, Loyola University School of Law; BS, Communications, Southern Illinois University (Carbondale); Voicetrax SF; and Full Circle Productions, San Francisco

Credits – Voiceover credits include narration for Mariah Vineyards and UCSF Children’s Hospital; audio tours for the Stratosphere Hotel in Las Vegas, the American Beauty Museum, the Southeast Asian Art Museum, and “400 Years of Tsarist Russia;” “The True Believers” TV documentary; commercials for Concannon Chardonnay, MTV Music Awards “Live Like a Rock Star,” NPI, eGain, Novitra Cream, Levis, Oak Tree Mazda, Frontier Infiniti, Adidas, Heald Business College and Match.com; the interactive books, “The Human Body,” and “Day in the City” for Leapfrog; and various computer games.

Current Job – Voice casting director and owner of Voices Voicecasting in Los Angeles, for 19 years; voice actor, voiceover coach

Previous Job – Casting associate at VoiceCaster in LA; voice talent agent; producer

Credits – Mary Lynn has cast thousands of voices for TV, radio, animation, film, games, ADR and audio books. Her recent casting clients include: Chrysler, Sprint, Chevron, Cadillac, Motrin, Barilla, Seven-Eleven, Coke, Jeep, KIA, Chiquita, Kodak, H-P, PBS, Adidas, Stouffer’s, Nickelodeon, Discovery Channel, Mattel, Sony Playstation, Kraft, Kleenex, Chevrolet, Brita, Prevacid, and Elizabeth Arden. As a mentor and coach to voice actors for the last eighteen years, she has also nurtured and guided hundreds of voice actors, from across the country, into the world of voice-overs.