Officers

Chair – Dalene Bradford – DB Nonprofit Consulting
President – Fred G. Andrews – Founder
Vice President – Jeph Scanlon – Festival Programming Coordinator – Jackson County Government
Treasurer – Robert Pearson, CPA – BKD (retired)

Directors

Erich Bublitz – President, One Point Security Solutions
Kevin Coleman – UMKC, Communication Studies
Tim DePaepe – Filmmaker/ KCTV5
Janet Fisher – Alliance Française
Ann McFerrin – KCMO Parks & Recreation
Jon McGraw – Sister Cities Association of Kansas City
Barbara Noble – Reel Spirit Young Filmmakers
Nita Norris – KCP&L
Jerry Rapp – Filmmaker
Butch Rigby – Screenland Theaters
Sharon Rodriquez – Community Volunteer
Cathy Runyan – Community Volunteer
Steve Simpson – Tivoli Cinemas
Bobby Thompson – Photographer / Filmmaker
Geoffrey Westra – Film Society of Greater KC

Key Staff

Sandy Woodson – Festival Coordinator
Matt Connolly – Volunteer Coordinator
John Niernberger – Webmaster

KC Metro Advisory Board

Rich Ambler – Ambler Films
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
Heather Laird – Wright-Laird Casting
Nadine Mummaw – Variety of Greater Kansas City
John Niernberger – Director, screenwriter, author
Dr. Tom Poe &ndash UMKC, Communication Studies
Terri Rogers &ndash KC Film Commission, Take 2 Productions
John Shipp – Globe Cinemas
John Sjoblom – Screenwriter
Kevin Willmott – Screenwriter / director / actor, KU professor
Nicholas Eliopoulos – Producer, Director, Editor

National Advisory Board

Andy Anderson – Screenwriter / director; University of Texas-Arlington, Chair Art Dept
Tony Bifano – CineFilm Lab (Atlanta)
Dave Borthwick – Director / editor / animator, BolexBrothers (Bristol, England)
Julie Corman – Producer (LA)
James McKee – Earwax / sound design (SF)
Steve Montal – Festival consultant (San Diego)
Rob Nilsson – Director, Screenwriter (SF)
Robin Rhodes – Film Circuit, Toronto International Film Festival Group (Toronto, ON)
Esther Robinson – Producer / director (NY)
Edward Stencel – Lonely Seal Releasing – (LA)
Mark Stolaroff – Director, No Budget Film School (LA)
Tara Veneruso – Screenwriter / director / editor; Flaming Angel films (LA)
Lois Vossen – Producer. Independent Lens, ITVS (SF)