NEW YORK CITY — Trevanna Post (https://trevannapost.com), which specializes in in post production accounting, has promoted Yana Collins Lehman to chief executive officer. She previously served as president and COO, and now succeeds Jennifer Freed, the company’s founder. Freed will focus on her role as CEO of Trevanna Tracks, a developer of music licensing software.
In her new position, Lehman will be responsible for the performance and operations of the company’s offices in New York, Los Angeles and London. She will also direct strategy, future growth and innovation.
“Yana has been part of every stage in Trevanna’s success,” explains Freed. “She has a passion for post production and a clear vision for the industry’s future. She has been effective both in leading our staff and as an advocate for our clients. Trevanna is in very good hands.”
The company has provided recent post production accounting services for Obi-Wan Kenobi, Licorice Pizza and The French Dispatch.
Lehman got her start with Independent Pictures while a graduate student at Columbia University. She later worked as a paralegal at Sloss Law/Cinetic Media before joining Trevanna Post in 2004 as an accountant. She was appointed president and COO six years later, and has led the expansion of Trevanna into Los Angeles and London.
“I’m very proud of Trevanna,” Lehman says. “The people who work at Trevanna care about every one of our projects. We consider ourselves filmmakers, not bookkeepers, and we love what we do. I believe this is why we have great clients, who have continued to hire us for the past 25 years.”
Looking ahead, Lehman believes the company’s challenge is to assist its clients in responding to tax credits and other complications in completing projects.
“Our goal is always to hire and train people deliberately,” she explains. “There are a lot of projects we have to turn down. We look forward to scaling our operation so we can work on as many projects as we’re offered.”
Lehman is an active member of Local 161, and since 2009, has served as chair and board member of the Post New York Alliance.