Board & Team
Board of Directors
Paula McDonell – President
Doug Nunn – Vice President
David Stein – Secretary
Peter Lopez – Treasurer
Bess Donley – Board Member
Kiersten Hanna – Board Member
Baqi Kopelman – Board Member
Andrea Shepard – Board Member
Karen Shuster – Board Member
Kara de Vries – Board Member
Tracy Wolfson – Board Member
Staff & Associates
Executive Director – Angela Matano
Operations Director – Alex Fields
Program Director – Claudia Puig
Development & Sponsorship Director – Jill Eldridge
Technical Director – Marshall Brown
Senior Advisor – Ann Walker
Website Advisors & Designers – Torrey Douglass & Karen Shuster
Program Book Designer – Torrey Douglass
Bookkeeper – Shelley Fields
Advisory Council
Blair Foster
Michael Fox
Linda Manning
Guy Pacurar
Industry Advisory Board
Aaron Haye
Zoë Elton
Emeritus Board
Keith Brandman
Betsy Ford
Blair Foster
Michael Fox
Paul Kemp
Ann Walker
Programming Team
Claudia Puig – Director
Ann Walker – Programmer
Angela Matano – Programmer
Jury
Oscar Arce
John Cooper
Karen Croner
Alonso Duralde
Fritz Haeg
Renee Montagne
Pre-Screeners
Michael Lang
Karen Shuster
Mike Sebastian
David M. Cotter
Program Hosts
Doug Nunn
Ann Walker
John Osborne
Claudia Puig
Operations
Nick Winegar
Clancey Kennedy
Hospitality
Georgia-Ann Gregory
Arlene Moorehead
Sally Welty
Festival Gala
Host: Mendocino Art Center
Coordinator: Prasada Squillace, Prasad Events
Tracy Wolfson
Shanti Balse
Bartenders: Crispin Cain, Tony de la Torre, Tamar Kaye, Katie McGee, & Jen Minnich
Student Volunteers California Scholarship Federation
Filmmaker Party
Host: Cafe Beaujolais
Coordinator: Tracy Wolfson
Bartenders: Tony de la Torre, Katie McGee, & Jen Minnich
Assaggiare
Bonterra Organic Estates
Hetchy Vodka
New Museum Brewers + Blenders
Prasada Squillace
Shanti Balse
Student Volunteers California Scholarship Federation
Projection, Sound, & Screens
Matt Rowland, Matt Rowland Events
Festival Events Staffing
Provided by the California Scholarship Federation
Liz Newkirk, Advisor
House Managers
Lisa Hannon
Patricia Price
Erin Thomas
Steven Smith
Assistant House Managers
Terilynn Epperson
Sandy Glickman
Claudia Guerrero
Bruce Price
Jordan Price
Concessions
David Ayster
Kiera Poehlmann
Box Office
Sarah Sharaf – Manager
Drew Davis
Cashiers
Stevie Scudder – Team Leader
Melissa Lopez
Volunteer Coordinator
Marghi Hagen
Printed Program Production
Design – Torrey Douglass, Lemon Fresh Design
Printed by Journal Graphics
Printed Program Book Manager – Clara Shook
Printed Program Book Editors
Angela Matano
Ann Walker
Operations Supervisors
Clancey Kennedy
Nick Winegar
Operations Crew
Eli Brooks
Josh Cohan
Shelley Fields
Max Kennedy
Thommy Pelletier
Tracy Powell
Zelda Zuniga
Ian Bowery
Custodial Support
Tayo Hatch
Security
Tayo Hatch
Technical Direction
Deputy Technical Directors
Lowell Brown
Sean Van-Buskirk
Sound Engineer
Peter Temple
Venue Tech Managers
Ronan Williams
Keiran Miller
Max Newkirk
Head Projectionists
Knute Kvinsland
Frej Barty
Projectionists
Wesley Benfield
Wylie Benfield
William “Bill” Clayton
Joaquin Faiella
Arete Gagnon
Eli Griffen
Andrew Miller
Max Oatney
Mason Oglesby
Genevieve Schaner
Equipment Sponsor
Matt Rowland, Matt Rowland Events
Electrician
John Heister – Hi-Star Electric
Administration
Shelley Fields – Bookkeeper
Photographers
Joyce Perlman
John Birchard
Sharon Garner
Kellen Lim
Clara Shook
Nicholas Wilson
Keith Wyner
A Special Thanks to
Tobin Hahn
MendoLitho
The Estate of Martha Wagner
Mary & Mike Schuh
Jim & Judy Tarbell
Albert Maysles (1926 – 2015)
Advisor 2007 – 2015
Sydney Pollack (1934 – 2008)
Advisor 2006 – 2008