Who we are
MEET THE TEAM
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STAFF
Susan Smoluchowski
Executive Director
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Jesse Bishop
Programming Director
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Maury Steinman
Business Manager
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Craig Laurence Rice
Senior Programmer
Tanner Deml
Ticketing & Membership Manager
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Tony Brown
Brownhaus Design
Webmaster/Ad Creative/Graphics
Kelly Nathe
Programmer & PR Manager
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Andy Windels
Manager, The Main Cinema
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Bryce Warren
Technical Director
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Sean Taubenberger
Office Coordinator
Megan Feeney
Cinema Club Moderator
Deb Girdwood
Programmer, Nextwave
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Alissa Simon
Programmer, MSPIFF
Kathie Smith
Programmer, MSPIFF
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Hebe Tabachnik
Artistic Director,
Cine Latino
KNOCK, Inc.
Branding
Kelly Rietow
Roo Solutions,
Human Resources
Melissa Miller
Bookkeeper
Jessica Zumeta
Volunteer Coordinator
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Paola
Nuñez-Obetz
Board Chair
Artist/Community Leader
Melodie Bahan
Executive Director,
MN Film & TV
Chris Barry
Senior Director,
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
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
Professor of Art History, University of Minnesota
Susan Smoluchowski
Executive Director,
MSP Film Society
Roma Calatayud Stocks
Community Leader/Writer
Marcelo Valdes
Architect,
Professor of Architecture,
University of Minnesota
FOUNDERS
Al Milgrom
Founder,
U Film Society, 1962
Tim Grady
Founder,
Minneapolis Film Festival, 1981
BOARD MEMBERS EMERITUS
Maria Antonia Calvo
Anne Carayon
Richard Cohen
Tom DeBiaso
Karla Ekdahl
Tim Grady
Karen Heithoff
David Johnson
Elizabeth Jolly
Maris Moore
Max Musicant
Mary Reyelts
Craig Laurence Rice
Karen Sternal
Mark Tierney
Patricia Torres Ray
Frances Wilkinson
Stephen Zuckerman
INDUSTRY 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 GROUP
Always in process
Committee Chair:
Paola Nuñez-Obetz
Committee Members:
Abdi Roble
Abdu Tuku
Adrienne Diercks
Alberto Fierro
Alondra Cano
Ana Paula Ferreira
Andres Parra
Anne Carayon
Anne-Marie Gronhovd
Arria Giulan
Aswar Rahman
Barbara Muller
Bharat Parekh
Britt Ardakani
Bruce Karstadt
Carlos Mario Mejia Suarez
Carol Byrne
Carolina Maranon
Cecilia Cornejo Sotelo
Charles Sugnet
Cherif Keita
Chris Fisher
Christina Selander Bouzouina
Colin McLeod
Craig L. Rice
Csilla Grauser
Dani Fisher
Daniela Briones de Angel
Deb Girdwood
Eivind Heiberg
Eric Beck
Eusebio Perez
Fernando Arenas
Firou Mostashari
Franklin Curbelo
Gerardo Guerrero
Ginny Arthur
Graeme Stout
Gregory Yang
Gustavo Mancilla
Hamid Mohtadi
Hebe Tabachnik
Iliana Rossell
Isaias Zamarripa
Ivan Sierra
Jan Bauer
Jason McGrath
Jay Beck
Jay Shahidi
Jenny Gomez
Jeremy Bandow
Jeremy Iggers
Joe Haro
Joe Minjares
Joëlle Vitiello
John Marc Valencia
John Schott
John Wright
JoJo Ndege
K. Marianne Wargelin
Karen Cooley
Lana S. Barkawi
Lucia Castaneda Medina
Luis Fitch
Lynn Lukkas
Marcelo Valdes
Marco Pavoloni
Maria Antonia Calvo
María Emilce López
Marisa Kalbermatten
Marit Lee Kucera
Marlina Gonzalez
Melissa Camarena
Miguel Ramos
Miro Medved
Mong Vang
Monica Panizo
Patrick Ledray
Rafaela Salido
Ricardo Bennett
Richard Stahl
Rico Paul
Rikke Dierssen-Morice
Robert Scarlett
Roma Calatayud Stocks
Robyne Robinson
Rudi Gutmann
Silvia Ontaneda
Stephan Kistler
Susan Smoluchowski
Teresa Olson
Timea Takacs
Tom Trow
Uri Camarena
Vokee Lee
William Franklin
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