Our Staff and Board
updated December 2019
Lesli Klainberg, Executive Director and Co-Publisher of Film Comment
Dennis Lim, Director of Programming
Eugene Hernandez, Deputy Director and Co-Publisher of Film Comment
Ted Vasquez, Chief Financial Officer
Chris Stevenson, Senior Director, Marketing, Communication, and Strategy
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 Partnerships Manager
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
Devika Girish, Assistant Editor
Kevin Fisher, Consultant
FINANCE
Bryce Richardson, Controller
Ray Privett, Senior 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
PUBLICITY
Lisa Thomas, Director of Publicity
Kate Patterson, Publicist
Isadora Johnson, Junior Publicist
PROJECTION
Greg Sherman, Chief Projectionist
James Faller, 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
House Managers: Bradford Burdick, Fletcher Cossa, Dianne David-Brown, Manny Lage-Valera, Jason Lucas, Van Smith
Theater Staff: Diego Bateman, Walter Blum, Iman Bolsen, Lynne Camel, William Christian, Tarik Cummings, Justin Dalton-Fiallo, Belinda Edwards, Matt Gill, Benjamin Goff, Camille Hermida-Fuentes, Miranda Jonte, Eric Maala, Caroline Madden, Emily Mercado, Sydney Mortensen, Cassie Ochoa, Jon Ospa, John Pierard, Justin Rodriguez, Suzy Swygert, Sabrina Tenteromano, Chelsea Tomasi, Christopher Torres, Ta-nay Townsend, Daniel Welch
Officers and Board of Directors
Daniel H. Stern, Chairman
Hillary Koota Krevlin, President
Daniel H. Stern, Chairman of the Executive Committee
Ira M. Resnick, Ira S. Rimerman, Peter Sobiloff, Vice Chairmen
Lisa Ehrenkranz, Abigail Hirschhorn, Ronnie Planalp, Bernard L. Schwartz, Vice Presidents
Wendy Keys, Secretary
Kris Heinzelman, Treasurer
Francesca Beale
Arlene J. Blau
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
Hazel Shanken
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