MEET THE TEAM
EXECUTIVE STAFF
Michael Rabehl
Associate Director; Director of Programming
Matt Opsal
Director of Online Content
Lou Bash
Manager, Information Services
Marcela Villegas Castañón
Manager, Picture the Possibilities; Hospitality Manager
Antonea Colón
Associate Producer
DEVELOPMENT
Kathleen J. Powell
President
Dorenda Haynes
Bookkeeping & Finance
Noelani Sallings
Sponsor Benefits
Antonea Colón
Lorenza Shabe
FESTIVAL OPERATIONS
Carolyn Silberman
Director of Theater Operations
Marcela Villegas Castañón
Hospitality Manager
Matt Opsal
Technical Manager
Antonea Colón
Operations Manager
Rebecca Maurer
Film Shipment Coordinator
Anthony Alston
Events Manager
Danielle Ravare
Events Manager
Michael Kohl
Chief Concierge
Elysa Sardinha
Volunteer Coordinator
Melanie Fosty
Assitant Manager, Theatre Operations
Nathan Louie
Erica Morimoto
Sandy Navarro
Dzung Nguyen
Gary Parzygnot
Dennis Skaggs
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Lou Bash
Manager
MARKETING
Lisa Radespiel
Manager
Anne To
Lead Graphic Designer
Pete Crane
Chief Editor and Writer
Judie Gordon
Festival Guide Editor
Ruben Bravo
Jade Estrada
Sharon Gonzales
Joesph Kennan
Uthra Krishnan
Justin Reonardy
PROGRAMMING
Michael Rabehl
Director
Bill Maxey
Director of Short Film Program
Charlie Cockey
European Film Program
Michael Tuckman
Spotlight Films Program
James Dalessandro
Writers Celebration
Tamee Tanoor
Programming Assistant
Bahara Emami
Todd Fletcher
Christopher Garcia
Tyler Kogura
Lance Lawson
Grace-Sonia Melanio
Norris Pope
Sandy Wolf
Nathan Zanon
PUBLIC RELATIONS
Kyle Burt
Publicist
Desiree Ansari
Casey Buckley
Theo Touneh
Lily Tran
Kristy Yip
Vijay Vanniarajan
Oscar Arguello
WEBSITE
Lou Bash
Matt Opsal
PICTURE THE POSSIBILITIES
Marcela Villegas Castañón
Manager
Rosalyn Hongsaranagon
PTP Advisory Committee
Elisabeth Evans
Aisha Villegas
CINEQUEST MAVERICKS STUDIO
Barnaby Dallas
Producer
Matt Opsal
Distribution
Amie Garcia
Associate Editor
Alexis Loya
Assistant to Producers
Rebecca Maurer
Assistant to Producers
Sandy Navarro
Assistant to Producers
Lorenza Shabe
Assistant to Producers
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Kathleen J. Powell
Co-Founder and Chair, Cinequest
Halfdan Hussey
Co-Founder and 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 of Entertainment of The Americas, 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
Hosain Rahman
Founder & CEO, Aliph
David Sobel
Kaiser Permanente
Geoff Stedman
VP Marketing, Tintri
Christine Storey
Founder, Midnite Express
Pedro Vargas
Kari Phylis Wolff
Lewis N. Wolff
Owner, Oakland A’s
Steve Wozniak
Co-Founder, Apple, Inc.