Who We Are

Susan Smoluchowski
Executive Director
susan.s[at]mspfilm.org
Jesse Bishop
Programming Director
jesse[at]mspfilm.org
Jaclyn O'Grady
Programming Manager
jaclyn[at]mspfilm.org
Deb Girdwood
Programmer, Nextwave
d.girdwood[at]mspfilm.org

Craig Laurence Rice
Youth & Adult Educational Programming
Hebe Tabachnik
Cine Latino Artistic Director
Tanner Deml
Ticketing. & Membership Manager
 
Andrew Hamlin
Bookkeeper
 
KNOCK, Inc.
Branding
 
Andrew Lussenhop
Content Manager
andrew[at]mspfilm.org
Tony Brown
Webmaster/Ad Creative
 
Kelly Nathe
Publicity Manager
 
Tim Anderson
Outreach Coordinator
 
Becca Mayo
Digital Marketing Associate
b.mayo[at]mspfilm.org

Maris Moore, Board Chair
Owner/Founder, Maris Moore Consulting
Melodie Bahan
Executive Director, MN Film & TV
Ron Berg
Real Estate Entrepreneur
Anne Carayon
Retired Professor of Art, Macalester College
Karla Ekdahl
Community Leader
Jacob Frey
Mayor of the City of Minneapolis
Jim Gerlich
Principal, Cedarwoods Foundation
Lili Hall
President/CEO KNOCK
David Johnson
HR, Target Corp
Paola Nuñez-Obetz
Community Leader
Kelly Palmer
Community Leader
Patricia Torres Ray
MN State Senator
Mary Reyelts
Community Leader
Craig Laurence Rice
Filmmaker
Sima Shahriar
Architect, Spiritual Leader
Rob Silberman
Professor of Art History, University of Minnesota
Susan Smoluchowski
Executive Director, MSP Film Society
Founders
Al Milgrom
Founder, Film Society, 1962
Tim Grady
Founder, Minneapolis Film Festival, 1981
Board Members Emeritus
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

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

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