Officers

Chair – Dalene Bradford – (DB Nonprofit Consulting, Principal)
President – Fred G. Andrews – Founder
Vice President – Jeph Scanlon – Festival Programming Coordinator – (Public Relations, Jackson County; actor)
Treasurer – Robert Pearson, CPA
Secretary – Nadine Mummaw – (Executive Director, Variety Club)

Board of Directors

Erich Bublitz – President, One Point Security Solutions
Tim DePaepe – Filmmaker, KCTV5
Janet Fisher – Alliance Francaise-Kansas City
Rossana Jeran – Filmmaker
Paty Lehn – WAMPA
Karen McCarthy – Community Volunteer
Stinson McClendon – Documentary filmmaker, KCMO School
Ann McFerrin – Archivist, City of KCMO
Jon McGraw – Sister Cities Association of Kansas City
Barbara Noble – Reel Spirit
Nita Norris – KCP&L
Dr. Tom Poe – UMKC, Communication Studies Dept.
Jerry Rapp – Screenwriter, Director
Butch Rigby – Screenland Theaters
Sharon Rodriquez – Community Volunteer
Cathy Runyan – Community Volunteer
Steve Simpson – Tivoli Cinemas
Bobby Thompson – Photographer, Filmmaker
Geoffrey Westra – Accounting

Staff / Committee Members

Nancy Platt – Marketing Committee Chair
Kathy Peterson – Volunteer Coordinator
Sandy Woodson – Festival Coordinator

KC Metro Advisory Board

Rich Ambler – Ambler Films / Renegade Pictures
Mitch Brian – Screenwriter, instructor UMKC
Susan Bernstein – KC Film Commission, Bernstein Rein Advertising
Patrick Clancy – Kansas City Art Institute, Chair of Photography / New Media Department
Jerry Harrington – Tivoli Cinemas, owner
Peter Jasso – Director of Kansas Film Commission
Jerry Jones – Director of Missouri Film Commission
John Niernberger – Director, screenwriter, author
John O’Brien – Dolphin Gallery
John Shipp – Globe Cinemas / Film Society of Greater KC
John Sjoblom – Screenwriter
Edward Stencel – Lonely Seal Releasing – LA
Kevin Willmott – Screenwriter / director / actor, KU professor

National Advisory Board

Andy Anderson – Screenwriter / director; University of Texas-Arlington
Elizabeth Avellan – Producer (Austin, TX)
Melanie Backer – Producer’s Rep, Producer (LA)
Tony Bifano – CineFilm Lab (Atlanta)
Dave Borthwick – Director / editor / animator, BolexBrothers (Bristol, England)
James McKee – Earwax / sound design (SF)
Steve Montal – Festival consultant (San Diego)
David Moore – Screenwriter / director (LA)
John Pierson – Creator of Split Screen, author, producers rep. (Austin, TX)
Esther Robinson – Producer / director (NY)
Neil Seiling – Producer, AliveTV – programs for Tele-Global (Washington DC)
Patrice Snead – Program Director, Las Vegas Arts Commission (LasVegas, NV)
Tara Veneruso – Screenwriter / director / editor
Flaming Angel films (LA) Lois Vossen – Producer, Independent Lens, ITVS (SF)
Hammad Zaidi – Producer / director, Lonely Seal Pictures (LA)