Amy Watkins has served as the National Director for Convention Expo since 1997 and has been recognized as one of the industry's leading model and talent scouts for over 23 years. She has managed and overseen operations and personnel scouting for the world's top movie studios, television networks and model and talent agencies for major markets including Los Angeles, New York, Tokyo, London and Milan. Ms. Watkins was honored to server as the mentor for the winner of Elite Modeling Agency's International Look of the Year competition in Nice, France which included contestants from over 60 countries. Ms. Watkins also continues to lecture nationally on how to break into the business of modeling and acting.  Amy can be reached by e-mail at info@conventionexpo.com. 

Sherry Rhine-Padilla has been involved in modeling and acting for over 25 years. She began to model in Nashville, Tennessee at the age of 15 and went on to work professionally in local fashion shows and print work. She received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Liberal Arts from Middle Tennessee State University where she performed as a dancer and actress in a number of productions as well as overseeing choreography. After graduating in 1988, she coordinated fashion shows in nine states and then traveled throughout the southeast for the next three years, working with a leading designer clothing line. She later went on to become the Director of a leading Nashville model and talent training agency until begin asked to join the executive management team of convention Expo where she brings over two decades of expertise in discovering and developing aspiring talent. Sherry can be reached at: info@conventionexpo.com

Gwen Noble has been in the modeling business for over 20 years.  Gwen is a professional model and is currently represented by both The Foster- Fell and Zoli Agency in New York.  She moved to Atlanta, Gorgia and began doing major Runway Shows for leading Designers and National Department Stores. She has been a top Runway instructor and the Educational and Agency Director for the MTM Agency in Atlanta for the past 17 years.  She also served as the coach for the prestigious Elite Model for the Look of the Year Contest. 

Merrill Carsh was discovered on a local bus in his hometown of Denver when he was quite young.  He took some basic on-camera classes along with some casting and audition workshops after which he signed on with JF Talent, a local agency.  By the age of twenty Merrill had more than 50 theatrical productions under his belt, including comedy, drama and musicals.  His commercial and film credits ran the gambit from local TV station promo ads to breakthrough theatrical releases.  Merrill began to travel outside of the Denver market as he got older, handling bookings for a variety of clients.  He often he ran into models and talent who were trying to find work, so he began scouting them directly to agencies and clients in a number of larger markets.  Merrill used the many contacts he had established in the U.S. and in Europe to succeed with this.  Merrill became an instructor at the John Casablancas Modeling and Career Center in Denver in 1989 and he continues in this position.  In 1998, he became the Agency Director at MTM in Denver, where he also continues to find much success and satisfaction in finding work for hundreds of new and veteran models and actors.  Merrill feels very lucky to have been able to spend most of his life in the industry he loves, and he (still) acknowledges his parents for allowing him to opportunities to do so.