Festival Board of Directors
Paula McDonell – President
Doug Nunn – Vice President
David Stein – Board Secretary
Peter Lopez – Treasurer
Jill Eldridge
Laurie Moore
Kiersten Hanna
Tracy Wolfson
Paula McDonell – President
Doug Nunn – Vice President
David Stein – Board Secretary
Peter Lopez – Treasurer
Jill Eldridge
Laurie Moore
Kiersten Hanna
Tracy Wolfson
Executive Director – Angela Matano
Operations Director – Alex Fields
Program Director – Herb Stratford
Development Director- Kara de Vries
Technical Director – Marshall Brown
Senior Advisor – Ann Walker
Website Director – Shan Ricciardi
Blair Foster
Michael Fox
Guy Pacurar
Linda Manning
Zoë Elton
Diana Fuller
Will Geiger
Richard Heinberg
Carl Lumbly
Mike Schuh
Albert Maysles (1926 – 2015)
Advisor 2007 – 2015
Sydney Pollack (1934 – 2008)
Advisor 2006 – 2008
Ann Walker, Vice President Emeritus
Keith Brandman, Founder, President Emeritus
Paul Kemp, President Emeritus
Betsy Ford, Vice President Emeritus
Michael Fox, President Emeritus
Blair Foster, President Emeritus
PROGRAMMING TEAM – 2023
Herb Stratford, Program Director
Pat Ferrero, Guest Curator and Program Director Emeritus
Ann Walker, Programmer
Angela Matano, Programmer
JURY 2023
TBD
PRE-SCREENERS
Tom Cendejas
Ellen McNulty
Mike Sebastian
Jill Eldridge
Doug Nunn
PROGRAM HOSTS
Pat Ferrero
Doug Nunn
Ann Walker
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