Cinequest Staff and Board Members
EXECUTIVE STAFF
Halfdan Hussey (bio)
Director & Co-Founder
Kathleen Powell (bio)
President & Co-Founder
Michael Rabehl
Associate Director; Director of Programming
Matt Opsal - Director of Online Content
Lou Bash - Manager, Information Services
Donna Foronda - Executive Assistant
STAFF
Development
Kathleen J. Powell, President
Dorenda Haynes, Bookkeeping; Finance
Casey Smith, Consultant
Marni Wall
Festival Operations
Cristina Ramos, Operations Manager
Carolyn Silberman, Director of Theater
Operations
Marcela Villegas Castañón, Hospitality
Manager
Arianne Tavares, Chief Concierge
Lee Avery, Events Manager
Donna Foronda, Volunteer Coordinator
Amber Hedges, Film Traffic
Alex Fong
Nathan Louie
Stephanie Luciani
Matt Opsal
Gary Parzygnot
Dennis Skaggs
Artist and Innovator Forums
Jen Rost, Events Manager
Information Technology
Lou Bash, Manager
Marketing
Dustin Coleman, Manager
Carl Agers, Creative Consultant
Pete Crane, Chief Editor and Writer
Judie Gordon, Festival Guide Editor
Kyle Burt
Athena Chow
Samia Khalaf
Taara Khalilnaji
Laleh Mohseni
Julie Tainter
Anne To
Mary Wheeler
Programming
Michael Rabehl, Director
Bill Maxey, Director of Short Film Program
Charlie Cockey, European Film Program
Michael Tuckman, Spotlight Films Program
Bahara Emami
Christopher Garcia
Tyler Kogura
Lance Lawson
Jennifer Marcoux
Grace-Sonia Melanio
Norris Pope
Sandy Wolf
Nathan Zanon
Tamee Tanoor, Programming Assistant
Public Relations
Brittany Welby, Publicist
Maria Fuentes
Sera Michael
Alicia Moore
Website
Lou Bash
Matt Opsal
Picture the Possibilities
Marcela Villegas Castañón, Manager
Oscar Arguello
Dustin Coleman
Elisabeth Evans
Vijay Vanniarajan
Garrett Wickman
Cinequest Mavericks Studio
Halfdan Hussey, Director & Co-Founder
Cristina Ramos, Assistant to Producers
Arianne Tavares, Assistant to Producers
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Kathleen J. Powell
Co-Founder & Chair, Cinequest
Halfdan Hussey
Co-Founder & Director, Cinequest
Ramune Ambrozaitis
Co-Founder, Ridgeline Entertainment
Gilles BianRosa
CEO, Fanhattan
David C. Brett
President, Brett Company
Satjiv Chahil
Retired SVP, Hewlett-Packard
Anand Chandrasekaran
Head of Product - Mobile Search, Yahoo!
Joel Coler
Former Fox Studio Executive
Co-Founder, Rain Shadow Entertainment
Jeff Colvin
Executive VP, Comerica Bank
Alicia Engstrom
VP Sales & Marketing, Tsar Nicoulai Caviar
William Randolph Hearst III
Hearst Foundation
Todd Hoddick
VP Digital Cinema, Barco Inc.
Lila Ibrahim
Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers
Jeff Karnes
CEO, Pixel Forensics
Ellen McGirt
Senior Writer at Fast Company
Carlos Montalvo
VP of Innovation Programs, Hewlett-Packard
Laura J. Phelps
Principal, Comprehensive Financial Services
Hosain Rahman
Founder & CEO, Aliph
Sean S. Reiter
VP Specialty's Cafe & Bakery
David Sobel
Kaiser Permanente
Geoff Stedman
Senior VP, Omneon
Christine Storey
Founder, Midnite Express
Pedro Vargas
Kari Phylis Wolff
Lewis N. Wolff
Owner, Oakland A's
Steve Wozniak
Co-Founder, Apple, Inc.
Jed York
President, SF 49ers
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