Casting Director

Heather Whitty has been working for the past 15 years as a Casting Director and acting coach in New York, LA and predominantly the New England Area. 

She is owner of Whitty Studios (Rockland, MA) where she teaches TV/Film Performance Acting Classes monthly and also provides private coaching & self tape services. She most recently cast the 2025 SXSW Jury Winner for the TV Pilot Competition "F*ckups Anonymous" and provided local casting to the upcoming feature film MERMAID directed by Fia Perera. 

Heather is also in partnership with CP CASTING for local projects and recently cast the DUNKINGS Superbowl Commercial along with Casting Director Matt Bouldry. She can also be found as a frequent guest instructor at: Emerson College, Northeastern University and Boston University - teaching TV/Film Acting Workshops. IMDB

President and Owner, Maggie Inc.

Robert Casey is the President and Owner of Maggie Inc. Casey began his career in 1999 as an unpaid intern in between his sophomore and junior years at Boston University where he was a dual major in Public Relations and English. He continued interning through his college career and became a full-time booker by the second semester of his senior year, while completing his degree with night classes. He quickly rose to the roles of head booker and agency director, and eventually purchased the agency in 2011, after 12 years of tutelage under the eponymous founder Maggie. Casey is celebrating 26 years in the industry this year.

Maggie Inc. is a modeling and talent agency servicing clients throughout New England. A hallmark of the agency has been a constant commitment to promoting a diverse range of talent, representing categories from teens to seniors in every size, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity and look. The agency books print and runway for a wide range of clients, and is SAG-AFTRA franchised for commercials, TV and film work. The agency strives to be a leader in pushing the industry forward, having discovered barrier breaking trans top model Teddy Quinlivan and body positive advocate and Sports Illustrated cover model Camille Kostek, while also consistently nurturing and promoting the community of exceptional talent based and working in New England. maggieagency.com

Actor

Celeste Oliva is seasoned professional with many years on both stage and screen. She is a 2 time Elliot Norton winner and multiple winner of IRNE awards. Additionally she has taught acting, scene study, acting for the camera, and privately coached. After leaving the New England area Oliva dedicated herself to the NYC and LA markets and has been cast in many television shows, recurring on a handful of procedurals for CBS and NBC, and streamers as well as having many roles in movies. Oliva plays Camille Russo on Amazon’s upcoming new show “Obsession”. She is also a voice actor and book narrator. Oliva will also be in season 2 of the Hulu show “Paradise”.  She is repped by The Lisa Lax Agency and Entertainment Lab. IMDB

Executive Director, SAG-AFTRA New England

Jessica Maher is the Executive Director of SAG-AFTRA New England and has been with the union in various roles since 2008 after previously working for AFTRA/SAG Boston in the late 1990s.  Her recent attention has been on contract enforcement, member education, and set safety while guiding the local through the 2023 TV/Theatrical Strike. 

Jessica currently serves as a board member of the Massachusetts Production Coalition and played an important role in the elimination of the sunset of the Massachusetts Film & Television Tax Incentive which passed in the summer of 2021. Prior to her return to the union, Jessica worked for the PBS science series NOVA. She is a graduate of Northeastern University’s Music Business program and lives in Quincy with her husband, Tom, and three sons. sagaftra.org/NE