Cinequest

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