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Click below to contact and learn more about the
festival’s *cofounders and the festival committee.
*Barry Ackerman *Pat Burns
Greg Ackerman
Ryan Ackerman
Steve Chandler
Richard Greninger
Sharon McCubbin
Sandy O’Connor
Orange Coast College: www.orangecoastcollege.edu/
Festival Event Sponsor
Orange Coast College, located in Costa Mesa just minutes from Southern California’s beautiful beaches, was founded in 1948 with an opening day enrollment of 500 students. In the years since, it has grown into one of the nation’s largest — and finest — community colleges, enrolling more than 28,000 students each semester. Featuring exceptional facilities and the latest in computer and high-tech equipment, OCC offers more than 130 academic and career programs, including one of the nation’s largest and most acclaimed public nautical programs. Nearly half the students on campus are enrolled in one of OCC’s career and technical programs.
Furthermore, Orange Coast College ranks first out of Orange County’s nine community colleges in the number of students it transfers to the University of California and California State University systems. Over the past decade, nearly 16,000 OCC students have transferred to UC and CSU campuses. Additionally, many Orange Coast students go on to transfer to private colleges and universities within California and across the nation. The college is fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.
Festival Committee Chair People:
Sandy O’Connor:
Exhibitor and Vendor Coordinator
Sandy’s former career in the Travel Industry included organizing and managing Conventions and Conferences and working with Vendors for these events. Her new career with her partner is designing and making handcrafted jewelry and selling at Art Fairs throughout Southern California. Working for the Kids Book Festival was inviting because it combines experience and creative opportunities. Sandy lives in Irvine, CA.
(949) 552-3306
Philip J.(Phil) Battaglia:
Director of Entertainment
Phil is the Director of Entertainment for the Orange County Children’s Book Festival. In that capacity he provides, and is responsible for the performances on the main entertainment stage of the annual event. He is also Chairman of the non-profit S’kool Music Foundation – an organization dedicated to preserving the music programs in our schools.
Phil also works with the Orange County Department of Education’s Young Author’s Faire and the Orange Street Fair, providing entertainment for these events. He is now in the preliminary stages of founding a major event to be known as the Orange County Children’s Music Festival.
(949) 510- 9239
Richard Greninger:
Event Production Producer
Richard prefers to work with fast paced, dynamic companies that utilize his 20 years of production experience. Pre-production, budgeting, crewing, staging, and executing the project have been part of his daily routine. Richard’s ability to work in all areas of production; Staging personal development based seminars has been a 15 corner stone of Richard’s career.
Sharon McCubbin:
Co-Coordinator of Volunteers
(808) 658-1004
Steve Chandler:
Co-Coordinator of Volunteers
Co founders:
Barry Ackerman:
Barry Ackerman is the Executive Producer and cofounder of the Orange County Children’s Book Festival. He has been involved in the Conference and Festival Industry for over 30 years. As Founder and CEO of InfoMedix / InfoMedia, Barry created the largest conference recording company in the industry, servicing over 3,000 conferences in 54 countries. More than 2 million people have benefited from the tapes and CDs produced by his company.
He has been an active leader in the community, having served as President of a community association of over 900 homes. He is a member of the Kiwanis Club of Tustin and works with the youth of the community. Barry and his artistically talented wife, Gayle, have lived in Orange County for over 35 years. They have two grown sons and a Cambodian foster son.
Pat Burns:
Pat Burns is the Executive Director and cofounder of The Orange County Children’s Book Festival. She is the author of a widely popular book Grandparents Rock: The Grandparenting Guide for the Rock-n-Roll Generation.
www.grandparentsrock.com
Entrepreneurship, business development and event planning have been apart of Pat’s 30-year career. www.thepatburns.com Pat has presented keynote addresses and countless workshops to business groups, associations and corporations throughout Asia and North America on sales, marketing, management and leadership. Pat brings a wealth of knowledge, experience and devotion to her work. Pat brings her own special brand of uniqueness, natural good humor and positive attitude to every to every one of her projects.
Pat is a Tustin High graduate, Chapman University alumni and a life long Orange County resident. Her two daughters are now grown and living in Scottsdale, Arizona and Vail, Colorado. Pat is also the VERY proud grandmother of Dylan and Skye… two of the cutest kids on the entire planet.
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Web Design, Media and Internet Marketing Team
Ryan Ackerman
Website Design and Management
Ryan is a designer and partner in The OC Guys, an Orange County based computer and IT service. Ryan specializes in web design and builds and updates all areas of this website.
Paul Stamat
Video and Content Producer
Paul is a screenwriter, filmmaker and a partner in The OC Guys. Paul specializes in editing and production of digital media
Greg Ackerman
Social Network Marketing
Greg has put us on Twitter. Please follow us @kidsbookfest on Twitter. Greg manages computer databases and email marketing servies for Build Texas Media. Greg also writes about music and sports online. You can find his writings at The Examinar.
Lisa Ackerman
Photography
Lisa’s eye has caught quite a few fun Book Festival moments which are featured on our site. Lisa also writes the blog Kugel and Spice.
