Board & Team

FESTIVAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Blair Foster, President

Linda Manning, Treasurer

Jill Eldridge, Board Secretary

Ray Alarcon

Michael Fox

Laurie Moore

Doug Nunn

Guy Pacurar

David Stein

FESTIVAL STAFF

Executive Director – Alayna Cruz

Development Director – Carol Joyce

Membership & Events Coordinator – Janis MacDonald

Marketing Director – Kristin Suratt

Digital Marketing Coordinator – Casey Davis

Operations Director – Alex Fields

Program Director – Claudia Puig

Technical Director – Marshall Brown

Website Director – Shan Ricciardi

Festival Administrator – Kara de Vries

Administrative Assistant – Susan Strange

Senior Advisor – Ann Walker

Advisory Board

Zoë Elton

Diana Fuller

Will Geiger

Richard Heinberg

Carl Lumbly

Mike Schuh

Gail Silva

Albert Maysles (1926 – 2015)

Advisor 2007 – 2015

Sydney Pollack (1934 – 2008)

Advisor 2006 – 2008

EMERITI

Keith Brandman, Founder and President

Emeritus

Paul Kemp, President Emeritus

Betsy Ford, Vice President Emeritus

Betsy Ford comes to the Mendocino Film Festival with a background in non-profit management, deaf education, TV production, theatre and writing. Two things stand out as the most enjoyable work of her career—co-creating and producing a national PBS series for deaf and hearing children for which she won an Emmy® Award, and working on “Big River,” the Tony®-nominated Broadway musical created in ASL. As a consultant and contractor, she has worked with Ray Stark, Andrew Fogelson, Nova, KRON News, WGBH, and many others. In recent years, she has been working with screenwriters and producers doing editing and project development. Aside from the Film Festival, more recently, she was an Associate Producer of the documentary GOD LOVES UGANDA, which was short-listed for an Oscar and directed by Roger Ross Williams, the first black Oscar-winning Short Documentary director (MUSIC BY PRUDENCE). She is currently working on an episodic family-friendly dramedy. Awards and honors include two regional Emmy® Awards, a special award from Gallaudet University, a fellowship from the World Institute on Disability to the UK, and a nomination for an Ovation® award.

Ann Walker, Vice President Emeritus

PROGRAM DIRECTION

PROGRAMMING TEAM

Claudia Puig, Program Director

Pat Ferrero, Guest Curator and Program Director Emeritus

Ann Walker, Programmer

Kira Wojack, Programmer

 

JURY 2019

Sarah Adamson

Greg Braxton

Vanessa Erazo

Eric Jambor

Regina Meister

Shannon Goodwin Mitchell

Ann Walker

Kira Wojack

PRE-SCREENERS

Joyce Gertler

Molly Mielke

Robert Morris

Susan Endrizzi Morris

 

PROGRAM HOSTS

Pat Ferrero

Sean Leland

Doug Nunn

Claudia Puig

Ann Walker

Kira Wojack

OPERATIONS

Hospitality

Georgia-Ann Gregory

Arlene Moorehead

Sally Welty

 

Projection, Sound and Screens provided by:

Matt Rowland, Matt Rowland Events

 

Festival Events

Harvest Market, Craft Services

Festival Events Staffing provided by Interact Club of Mendocino

 

Festival Florals

Mendocino Floral Design

 

House Managers

Steve Greenwood

Patricia Price

Erin Thomas

 

Assistant House Manager

Lisa Hannon

Bruce Price

Jordan Price

Donna Schuler

 

Concessions

Isla Bowery

 

Box Office

Linda Manning, Manager

Warren DeSmidt

Cherie Christiansen

John Fletcher

Doris Hammer

Deirdre Lamb

Suzie Long

Irene Malone

Catherine Reetz

Arlene Reiss

Chris Sittig

Deena Zarlin

Mark Zarlin

Ann Zollinger

 

Cashier Team

Linda Moore, Team Leader

Tess Albin-Smith

Doug Albin

Nancy Banker

Linda Dutcher

Laurel Ellen

Linda Herrera

Peggy Hill

Sheila Klopper

Lorraine Murphy

A.B. Priceman

Chris Sansi

Carol Ann Walton

Donna Worster

Printed Program Production

Torrey Douglass, Lemon Fresh Design

Printed by Journal Graphics

Printed Program Book Manager

Kara DeVries

Printed Program Book Editors

Kara de Vries, Managing Editor

Claudia Puig

Ann Walker

Kira Wojack

 

Audience Choice Award

Bob Bushansky & Meg Courtney

 

Filmmaker Welcome

Carole Freeman

Georgia Anne Gregory

James Sibbet

Susan Strange

 

Operations Supervisor

Nick Winegar

Operations Crew

Jake Bell

Eli Brooks

Josh Cohan

Steven Corley

Shelley Fields

Fix

Justin Hall

Derek Hambly

Rush Jones

Thommy Pelletier

Zelda Zuniga

 

Custodial Support

Victor Venegas, Sr.

Victor Venegas, Jr.

 

Security

Drew Fields

 

Technical Direction

Deputy Technical Director: Sean-Van Buskirk

Sound Engineer: Peter Temple

Venue Tech Manager: Lowell Brown

Venue Tech Manager: Kahlil Robinson

Venue Tech Manager: AJ

Venue Tech Manager: Sakota Calvino

Head Projectionsit: Henry Thomas

Head Projectionist: Keiran Miller

Head Projectionist: Logan Gruys

Projectionist: Tauren Brown

Projectionist: Allegra Geiger

Projectionist: Finnian Schaner

 

Equipment Sponsor

Matt Rowland, Matt Rowland Events

 

Electrician

John Heister – Hi Star Electric

 

Administration

Judy Steele, Bookkeeper

 

Photographers

Kellen Lim

Larry Wagner

Nicholas Wilson

Keith Wyner

 

Videographers

Maynard Kaminsky

John Osborne, MendoFilmCo

Sea Storm Studios

SPECIAL THANKS

Major Sponsors