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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

Kelly Nathe

Programmer & PR Manager
[email protected]

Tanner Deml

Ticketing & Membership Manager
[email protected]

Andy Windels

Manager, The Main Cinema
[email protected]

Ethan Vander Broek

Graphic Designer

Programming Coordinator
[email protected]

Jasmine Townsend

Marketing and Outreach Coordinator

Events Projectionist [email protected]

Megan Feeney

Cinema Club Moderator

Tony Brown

Brownhaus Design
Webmaster/Ad Creative/Graphics

Sean Taubenberger

Office Coordinator

Kathie Smith

Programmer, MSPIFF
[email protected]

Deb Girdwood

Programmer, Nextwave
[email protected]

Alissa Simon

Programmer, MSPIFF

Hebe Tabachnik

Artistic Director,
Cine Latino

KNOCK, Inc.

Branding

Kelly Rietow

Roo Solutions,
Human Resources

Melissa Miller

Bookkeeper

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