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MEET THE TEAM

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STAFF


Susan Smoluchowski

Executive Director
[email protected]

Jesse Bishop

Programming Director
[email protected]

Maury Steinman

Business Manager
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Craig Laurence Rice

Senior Programmer

Tanner Deml

Ticketing & Membership Manager
[email protected]

Tony Brown

Brownhaus Design
Webmaster/Ad Creative/Graphics

Kelly Nathe

Programmer & PR Manager
[email protected]

Ethan Vander Broek

Graphic Designer

Programming Coordinator
[email protected]

Andy Windels

Manager, The Main Cinema
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Bryce Warren

Technical Director
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Jasmine Townsend

Events Projectionist

Kendall Murphy

Community Engagement Coordinator
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Sean Taubenberger

Office Coordinator

Megan Feeney

Cinema Club Moderator

Deb Girdwood

Programmer, Nextwave
[email protected]

Hebe Tabachnik

Cine Latino
Artistic Director

KNOCK, Inc.

Branding

Kelly Rietow

Roo Solutions Human Resources

Melissa Miller

Bookkeeper

BOARD OF DIRECTORS


Paola
Nuñez-Obetz

Board Chair

Chair, Executive Committee
Artist/Community Leader

Melodie Bahan

Executive Director, MN Film & TV

Chris Barry (Margot Barry)

Senior Dir, Yellow Tag, Best Buy

Dianne Brennan

Writer

François Ecclesiaste

Partner, Lewis Brisbois Law

Jacob Frey

Mayor of the City of Minneapolis

Jim Gerlich

Board Treasurer

Member, Executive Committee
Principal, Cedarwoods Foundation

Lili Hall

Founder & CEO KNOCK inc.

Zach McMillan

Film & Music Producer

Abdi Mohamed

Journalist

Kelly Palmer

Community Leader

Christopher Schout

Theater Producer

Rob Silberman

Board Secretary

Member, Executive Committee
Professor of Art History, University of Minnesota

Susan Smoluchowski

Executive Director, MSP Film Society

Roma Calatayud Stocks

Community Leaer/Writer

Marcelo Valdes

Architect,
Professor of Architecture, U of M

FOUNDERS


Al Milgrom

Founder, Film Society, 1962

Tim Grady

Founder, Minneapolis Film Festival, 1981

BOARD MEMBERS EMERITUS


Mary Reyelts
Karla Ekdahl
Anne Carayon
Maria Antonia Calvo
Richard Cohen
Tom DeBiaso

Tim Grady
Max Musicant
Karen Sternal
Mark Tierney
Frances Wilkinson
Stephen Zuckerman

MSP FILM SOCIETY ADVISORY COUNCIL


Ken Abdo
Shelli Ainsworth
George Amponsah
Viviana Garcia Besne
Mehan Bonnetti
Mohannad Ghawanmeh
Tim Grady
Laurens Grant
Dierdre Haj
Tom Hoch
Deepa Mehta

Sarah Pillsbury
Bill Pohlad
Ali Selim
Tom Schroeder
Sandra Schulberg
Jim Stark
John Stout
Hebe Tabachnik
Ivan Trujillo
Trisha Ziff


CINE GLOBAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE


Committee Co-Chairs:

Paola Nuñez-Obetz

Maria Antonia Calvo

Board Committee Members:

Mary Reyelts

Board Chair

Craig Laurence Rice

Programming Committee

John Schott

Chair Programming Committee

Susan Smoluchowski

Executive Director
susan.s[at]mspfilm.org

Committee Members:

Abdi Roble
Abdu Tuku
Adrienne Diercks
Alondra Cano
Andres Parra
Anne Carayon
Anne Marie Grundoff
Beth Pacunas
Bharat Parekh
Billy Franklin
Britt Arkadi
Bruce Karstadt
Carol Byrne
Charlie Sugnet
Chris Fischer
Christina Bouzouina

Csilla Grauser
Dani Fischer
Eduardo Peralta Sanchez
Elia Bruggeman
Eric Beck
Firouzeh Mostashari
Franklin Curbello
Gerardo Guerrero
Graeme Stout
Gregory Yang
Gustavo Mancilla
Hamid Mohtadi
Huda Yusuf
Paul Connors
James Byrne
James Scott

Jan Bauer
Jay Shahidi
Jeremy Bandow
Jeremy Iggers
Joelle Vitiello
John Wright
John Marc Valencia
Jojo Ndege
Klaas van der Sanden
Lana Barkawi
Luis Fitch
Marco Pavoloni
Maria Gonzalez
Marianne Wargelin
Marissa Kalber
Marit Kucera

Marlina Gonzalez
Miguel Ramos
Mon Vang
Mustafa Jumale
Nora Paul
Patricia Torres Rey
Rafi (Rafaela) Salido
Robyn Robinson
Roma Calatayud Stocks
Rudi Gutmann
Scott Pollock
Sylvia Ontaneda
Timea Takacs
Tom Trow
Uri Camarena
Vladimir Von Tsurikof