STAFF

EXECUTIVE

MARK FISHKIN
MVFF Founder + Director
CAFILM Executive Director + Founder

DANE CALLIHAN
Deputy Director

DEVELOPMENT

LIANA BENDER
Chief Development Officer

BEAU BLANCHARD
Associate Director of Institutional Giving

MAUREEN GALLIANI
Major Donor Stewardship Manager

CHRISTINE FUJIKI
Development Operations and Communications Manager

DERRICK DOVER
Development Membership Manager

CHRISTINE HARVEY
Development Database Manager

FINANCE

JIM MEYERLING
Finance Manager

SMITH RAFAEL FILM CENTER

DAN ZASTROW
General Manager

NORMAN JOHNSTON
Assistant General Manager

NORMAN MELLO
IT Manager

GRIFFIN COUILLARD
Projectionist

NORMAN JOHNSTON
Projectionist

PROGRAMMING

ZOË ELTON
Director of Programming

STERLING HEDGPETH
Programming Manager + Shorts Programmer

JOÃO FEDERICI
World Cinema Programmer + ¡Viva el cine! Manager

CELESTE WONG
US Indies Programmer

KELLY CLEMENT
Documentary Programmer

JOANNE PARSONT
Family Films Programmer

KAREN DAVIS
Emeritus Senior Programmer, World Cinema

MARIBEL GUEVARA
Active Cinema Manager

OSINACHI IBE
Mind the Gap Manager

SHAKIRA REFOS
Behind the Screens Panel Manager

BRI’ANNA MOORE
Programming Associate

DANIELLE OWENS
Programming Coordinator

MARCUS PUN
Clips Editor

CAFILM EDUCATION

JOANNE PARSONT
Director of Education

SHAKIRA REFOS
Education Outreach Manager

DIANA SÁNCHEZ MACIEL
Education Program Manager

JEANNE MAGGI
Curriculum Developer

PAUL ABUEG-IGAZ
Curriculum Support

MARIA JANELLI
Ed Tech Consultant

OPERATIONS

DAVE FEIFERIS
Director of Operations

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Operations Manager

AILEEN FOWLER
Guest Services Manager

ELISABETH FOX
Badge Coordinator

ALEX MURPHY
Box Office Manager

DAN ZASTROW
Technical Director

JESSE DUBUS
Exhibition Media Manager

PAUL HEGARTY
Production Manager

ANTHONY DOYLE
Production Assistant

PAUL KELLOGG
Production Assistant

EVENTS 

YVONNE FOX
Senior Event Producer

MIMI CUNNINGHAM
Opening + Closing Night Manager

BLAIR HUNT
Event Coordinator

ANGY FONSECA
Festival Hub Manager

JAMES FAHEY
MV Lounge Coordinator

RYAN KNUDSEN
MV Lounge Coordinator

SARA HECKADON
SR Lounge Coordinator

ELLIE LEWIS
SR Lounge Coordinator

EVENT SUPPORT

MARIELL RAHMANI
CHRISTA GATEWOOD
RACHEL GOLD
DAMIAN BURFORD
HUDSON HITCHCOCK
LUCY LATIMER

MARKETING + PUBLICITY

SHELLEY SPICER
Director of Publicity + Media Relations

SHAYNA YASUHARA
Marketing + Audience Engagement Manager

BRIANNA CADY
Marketing Intern

BETTY B.
Design + Brand Manager

GOZDA EFE
Graphic Design + Production Assistant

BRIAN LEHMAN
Publications Designer

KATIE WOODRUFF
Community Outreach + Promotions Coordinator

JONATHAN KIEFER
Publications Managing Editor

PAM GRADY
Copy Editor

WRITERS

ROD ARMSTRONG
KELLY CLEMENT
KD DAVIS
ZOË ELTON
DAVID FEAR
JOÃO FEDERICI
ISABEL FONDEVILA
TIM GRIERSON
CAROL HARADA
DENNIS HARVEY
ZAKI HASAN
STERLING HEDGPETH
OSINACHI IBE
SHARI KIZIRIAN
ANANYA KUMAR-BANERJEE
KATE MCKAY
BRI’ANNA MOORE
RANDY MYERS
WILFRED OKICHE
JOANNE PARSONT
CELIA C. PETERS
BRENDAN PETERSON
DEANNA QUINONES
DAVID RIEDEL
CELESTE WONG