Producer

Laura Hill

Operations Coordinator

Shushanik “Lily” Buludyan

staff@imagineprojectca.com

PENNY JOHNSON JERALD

Penny Johnson Jerald is Imagine Project’s official ambassador. She is currently starring as Dr. Claire Finn on FOX’s science fiction comedy-drama series The Orville. She is a graduate of The Juilliard School, and a NAACP Image Award and Screen Actors Guild Award-nominated actress. “The only way to make real change in society is to visually see the possibilities. Theater allows for unfiltered intimacy between audience and performers. This intimate setting is the beginning of what can be.” -PJJ

ALEX ZONIN

CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

Alex Zonin started his acting career at the age of five in a Russian film called That Man We Call Friend. His theatrical career began shortly after, when at the age of six he was writing, directing, producing, and acting in a Sci-fi play with his kindergarten friends. A few years later it evolved into the leading role of a kid in the play Nurse, sharing the stage of the Central Academic Theater of Russian Army in Moscow with N.I. Pastukhov and S.A.Sadkovskaya. His professional career in television and VFX postproduction began over two decades ago. A true renaissance man, Alex went on to start his own advertising agency, and a web and media development company. He holds a degree in Computer Graphics and Animation from the Russian State University of Cinematography. Alex founded Imagine Project with Armina LaManna, and is the Founding Board Chair.

JACK MEGRABYAN

BOARD MEMBER/Treasurer

Jack Megrabyan has been a leader in the banking industry for the past eighteen years. He is currently the Branch Manager of Umpqua Bank in Glendale, CA. In 2012, Megrabyan started a De Novo Branch in Glendale, CA for Opus Bank. As the Branch Manager, Megrabyan successfully grew the branch to maturity. In this role, Jack was known for helping small & large local businesses grow and thrive. Megrabyan is a former Board Member and Treasurer of Caesura Youth Orchestra in Glendale, California where he successfully obtained multiple grants for funding projects for the Orchestra. Jack recently joined California Bank and Trust as a Vice President, Relationship Banker in Pasadena, CA. In this role, Megrabyan builds intimate relationships with local businesses in order to best serve their financial needs with the vast resources offered by the California Bank and Trust. He is a graduate of University of Phoenix.

Megrabyan is an uncle to seven nieces and nephews, and is a father to twins – the joy of his life. As a father, Megrabyan knows firsthand the importance of developing young minds and that’s why he joined the IP Board of Directors.

ANNE-MARIE OSGOOD

BOARD MEMBER/SECRETARY

Anne-Marie Osgood is an Entrepreneur and Performing Artist with broad experience in multiple industries. She has been involved in theater for over forty years with an extensive career as a Dancer, Singer, Actor and Choreographer in New York, Los Angeles, regionally and abroad. She has performed on Broadway, in National Tours, appeared with several dance companies, and has choreographed over 50 corporate industrials. After moving to the West Coast, she reinvented herself and found success as a Host & Spokesmodel for such companies as Toyota, Nissan, Sprint, Leader Instruments, Kangen Water, Mattel and many others. Osgood is an advocate for the arts in education, and currently teaches Musical Theatre for the ArTES Magnet High School where she gets to live her passion everyday through her students. When she is not teaching, she is focused on her entrepreneurship and is busy building a successful home business as an independent distributor with Direct Cellars. She is also dedicated to mentoring business owners helping them grow their own companies. Anne-Marie Osgood holds a BFA in Dance & Composition from University of Arts in Philadelphia, and received her teaching credential from Cal State LA.

TAMAR KEVONIAN

BOARD MEMBER

Tamar Kevonian grew up in Los Angeles and received her BA in Theatre Arts from Cal State Northridge (CSUN), and MBA from Pepperdine University. After a decade in the furniture industry and traveling the globe, she launched Mosaix Magazine, the first of its kind lifestyle magazine focusing on the Armenian diaspora living in North America. Afterwards, she took her knowledge of the industry and the community, and applied it at Yerevan Magazine where she became deeply involved in all aspects of the publication from editorial to management, briefly serving as its executive director. Now, she looks forward to applying her education, business and community knowledge to expanding Imagine Project. Kevonian has been a big proponent of girls and their hidden power, and looks forward to promoting that strength through IP’s work. She currently lives in Glendale with her husband Chef Sevan Abdessian and their two daughters.

LAURA HARRISON

BOARD MEMBER

Laura Harrison is inspired by the arts, science, and technology. She has a passion for volunteering and working with non-profit organizations as her parents had her begin volunteering at the age of twelve as a candy striper.  Laura has continued the tradition of volunteerism serving in various positions with the Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon, Scottsdale Arts Festival, and the Alwun House.  During her time with the Alwun House, Laura helped put on multiple large-scale festivals and theater productions.  She has been in the technology field professionally for over two decades and is active in the security, information security, and risk communities and currently serves in various organizations.  Laura is a strong advocate for empowering children and helping them to recognize their talents as well as their ability to reimagine a better place for all of us.