Our Staff and Board

updated June 2019

Lesli Klainberg, Executive Director and Co-Publisher of Film Comment
Dennis Lim, Director of Programming
Kent Jones, Director of the New York Film Festival
Eugene Hernandez, Deputy Director and Co-Publisher of Film Comment
Ted Vasquez, Chief Financial Officer

PROGRAMMING
Florence Almozini, Associate Director of Programming
Manuel Santini, Exhibition Manager
Dan Sullivan, Assistant Programmer
Tyler Wilson, Assistant Programmer
Sofia Tate, Programming Coordinator
Madeline Whittle, Programming Assistant
Thomas Beard, Programmer at Large
Rachael Rakes, Programmer at Large

CORPORATE PARTNERSHIP
Elizabeth Gardner, Director of Corporate Partnerships
Matthew Dinda, Corporate Sponsorship Associate

DEVELOPMENT
Blair Hartley, Director of Development
Emily Vito, Assistant Director of Development
Meredith Cappel, Senior Manager of Major Gifts
Alexandra Siladi, Membership Manager
Amanda Bogacz, Development Systems Associate
Alysha Dixon, Development Associate

EDUCATION
Christine L. Mendoza, Director of Education
Melanie Barksdale, Education Assistant

DIGITAL PLATFORMS
Benno Hotz, Systems Technology Associate

EXECUTIVE OFFICE/OPERATIONS
Matt Bolish, Director of Operations & Producer of the New York Film Festival
Matthew D’Silva, Database Manager
Fernando Martinez, Ticketing Systems Manager
Megan Burns, Executive Assistant
Erin Delaney, Operations Coordinator

FILM COMMENT
Nicolas Rapold, Editor-in-Chief
Vicki Robinson, Business, Production & Logistics
Clinton Krute, Digital Editor
Kevin Fisher, Consultant

FINANCE
Bryce Richardson, Accounting Manager
Ray Privett, Staff Accountant
Latrice Joefield, Human Resources Generalist/Office Manager

MARKETING AND DESIGN
David Goldberg, Director of Marketing & Sales
Haley Mednick, Marketing Manager
Jordan Raup, Digital Marketing Manager
Karen Weeks, Creative Director
Tiani Kennedy, Graphic Designer

PUBLIC RELATIONS
Lisa Thomas, Director of Publicity
Kate Patterson, Publicist
Isadora Johnson, Junior Publicist

PROJECTION
Greg Sherman, Chief Projectionist
Ronnie Bronstein, James Faller, Ted Fendt, Frank Hudec, Gregory Wolfe, James Wolfe, Projectionists

SPECIAL EVENTS
Maria A. Ruiz Botsacos, Director of Special Events
Ana Psoncak, Special Events Coordinator

THEATER MANAGEMENT
Jeff Delauter, Director of Theater Operations
Harrison Asen, Ticketing Services Manager
Mary Fuller, Walter Reade Theater Manager
House Managers: Bradford Burdick, Fletcher Cossa, Dianne David-Brown, Manny Lage-Valera, Jason Lucas, Van McFadden
Theater Staff: Samantha Abramovitz, Diego Bateman, Brittany Brown, Daria Campbell, Tarik Cummings, Belinda Edwards, Laura Feld, Jack Glazier, Benjamin Goff, Nova James, Miranda Jonte, Jeffrey Joseph, Shannon Kelley, Karen Logan, Eric Maala, Caroline Madden, Emily Mercado, Lynne Michelle, Jon Ospa, John Pierard, Darryl Robinson, Justin Rodriguez, Suzy Swygert, Ta-nay Townsend, Andrew Ward, Daniel Welch

Officers and Board of Directors
Ann Tenenbaum, Chairwoman
Daniel H. Stern, President
Ann Tenenbaum, Chairwoman of the Executive Committee
Ira M. Resnick, Ira S. Rimerman, Vice Chairmen
Abigail Hirschhorn, Lisa Ehrenkranz, Ronnie Planalp, Bernard L. Schwartz, Vice Presidents
Wendy Keys, Secretary
Bennett Goodman, Treasurer

Francesca Beale
Josh Cohen
James Coleman
Lisa Cortés
Elissa F. Cullman
Abigail E. Disney
Lisa Ehrenkranz
Bennett Goodman
Patrick Harrison
Kris F. Heinzelman
Susan Hess
Abigail Hirschhorn
Scott D. Hoffman
Ann Hu
Pam Jones
Tara Kelleher
Wendy Keys
Joanne Koch
Hillary Koota Krevlin
Pablo Legorreta
John F. Lyons
Edward H. Meyer
Victoria Newhouse
Carlos Perez
Ronnie Planalp
Elizabeth Redleaf
Ira Resnick
Marion R. Rich
Ira Rimerman
Bernard L. Schwartz
Robert Shafir
Peter Sobiloff
Daniel H. Stern
Yael Taqqu
Ann Tenenbaum
Elaine Thomas
George Carroll Whipple, III
Debi Wisch

Chairmen Emeriti
Roy L. Furman
William F. May (Founder)*
Julien J. Studley*

Presidents Emeriti
Roy L. Furman
Henry McGee
Martin E. Segal (Founder)*
Alfred R. Stern*
Irwin W. Young

*Deceased