About Us

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Liz Serivs

Executive Director

Liz Servis is a 3rd generation native New Mexican. She has been actively involved in workforce and training, as well as education, for most of her career. She holds a Bachelor’s of Science degree from the University of New Mexico.

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Elizabeth Gaylynn Baker

President of Board

Award winning writer and filmmaker, Elizabeth Gaylynn Baker worked on eleven independent films in Los Angeles before writing and directing her first documentary, "When Buffalo Roam". The film won Best Social Documentary Short of 1999 at the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival.

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David Carlson Smith

Board of Directors

David Carlson Smith is a member of the Film Apprenticeship Program Board of Directors and an entertainment lawyer. Smith was instrumental in the formation of FAPI, guiding the nonprofit application with the U.S. government and helping to ensure the approval of the FAPI curriculum with the New Mexico Apprenticeship Council.

Pamela Stovall

Pamela Stovall

Pamela Stovall is an award-winning screenwriter, writer and author of three books. Stovall, a FAPI consultant, has been the Principal Investigator for numerous grants. She created, organized and directed Film Boot Camp Gallup, a two-week film camp for high school students at The University of New Mexico Gallup. The camp was made possible by a grant from the State of New Mexico.

Bill Rogers

Bill Rogers

Bill Rogers is an investor, head of the nonprofit foundation Serendipity, and a member of the FAPI Board of Directors.

Rogers has worked with formulating public policy within a presidential body and has been an active participant in conferences addressing environmental concerns and opportunities associated with Intelligent Transportation Systems.

Chuck Smallwood

Charles Smallwood, a key grip and a member of the FAPI Board of Directors, has worked in the motion picture industry for 23 years. Some of the many feature films Smallwood has worked on are “Dumb & Dumber,” “Godzilla,” “Starship Troopers,” “National Lampoon’s Gold Diggers,” and “D2: The Mighty Ducks.”