Our Team

Heidi McLean — Founder & President
Heidi used to work on both the client side and the freelance side of corporate video and broadcast news production. And she saw how dysfunctional it was. Since then, Heidi has filled an industry-wide void with the establishment of her companies; Crew Connection, founded in 1989, and PayReel, founded in 1995. Today, thanks to Heidi, finding and paying crews can be an easy and efficient competency to outsource.
Email Heidi@CrewConnection.com

Emily Baker — Senior Coordinator
Emily started in film production on the West Coast as a sound tech for feature films (remember Robert Altman’s “The Player”?). She has also been production manager for CBS and NBC network specials and location manager for commercials. Her impressive resume makes us feel lucky to have snatched her up in 1994. Emily now books crews, helps with sales and trades shows and even contributes to website content and maintenance. What doesn’t Emily do?
Email Emily@CrewConnection.com

Sherri Velte — Booking Coordinator
Sherri began her career in Motown, where she was crewing video productions, designing broadcast graphics and doing some on-camera work all by age 20. Always wanting to move to the mountains, Sherri did just that and worked in broadcast design, serving as design director for KCNC-TV, before joining us. She says she loves Crew Connection because she loves the people up here almost as much as the Rocky Mountain Elk. (If we could only bugle…)
Email Sherri@CrewConnection.com

Brent Bowers — Booking Coordinator
Brent comes to us from High Noon Entertainment where he worked as a production coordinator hiring crews, securing location permits, directing voiceovers and maintaining the network/client relationship. He’s traveled throughout Europe and Asia and recently shot a documentary in Shanghai, China that he is currently producing. Brent loves the outdoors, his dog, his cats and his girlfriend. Not necessarily in that order.
Email Brent@CrewConnection.com

Annette Koch — Accounting
Annette has been the comptroller of rows and columns across many industries, including mining, trucking and newspaper. Gifted with a rare and wonderful love for numbers, Annette is your primary contact for money matters related to Crew Connection payables and receivables, and also provides accounting backup for PayReel.
Email Annette@CrewConnection.com

Our Team in the Community

At Crew Connection, we know that our business can only be as strong as the community supporting us. That’s why all of our employees actively support various charitable institutions. Together, we volunteer at the Denver Rescue Mission which provides shelter, food, clothing, education, and work discipline for the homeless and disadvantaged. In addition, we participate in local blood drives to benefit various organizations throughout Denver.

We also make generous donations to several local charities including the Griffith Centers for Children where a full continuum of therapeutic treatment and academic services are provided to troubled children, as well as the Mt. Evans Hospice which delivers professional, compassionate in-home medical care to mountain-area residents who are recuperating from an injury, living with a chronic illness, or facing end-of-life issues.

Lastly, in order to preserve the open lands and natural areas of significant environmental, scenic or historic value in the mountain regions of Jefferson, Park and Clear Creek counties, we support the Mountain Area Land Trust.

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