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Administration

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Michael Clark
Interim Director of Administration 

Advancement

Jeanne Nickelsburg
Director of Advancement 

Development

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Jennifer Maines
Associate Director, Individual Giving

Caroline Parry
Associate Director, Institutional Giving

Jessica Kittams
Stewardship & Events Manager

Carson Rennekamp
Development & Membership Manager
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Marketing & Communications

Madison Zimmerman
Associate Director, Public Relations and Communications

Rhys Iliakis
Graphic Design Manager

Shelby Smout
Senior Marketing Manager

Jessica Vangel
Digital Marketing Coordinator 

Cinemas

Melody Smith
Director of Cinema Operations 

Operations 

Caitlyn Pozerski
Senior Manager, Cinema Operations

Cinema Assistant Managers: Jesse Broucek, Lauren Green, Tony Ochoa

Presentation

Trevor Brandt
Senior Manager, Presentation

Cinema Projectionists: David Dinnell, Jim Tuohey, Jessica Vangel, Wyatt Stone 

Programs

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Beth Barrett
Artistic Director 

Ryan Saunders
NFFTY Managing Director

Amy Williams
NFFTY Program Director

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NFFTY Programming Interns: Selena Calacat, Julia Chou, Meilee Riddle 

2026 Seattle International Film Festival Staff

Megan Leonard, Festival Program Manager
Dael Norwitz, Festival Operations Manager

Kati Simek, Festival Volunteer Manager
Alison Smith, Festival Programming Coordinator

Senior Festival Programmers:
Justine Barda, Dan Doody, Hebe Tabachnik

Festival Programmers:
SuJ’n Chon, Kimberly Dinehart, Megan Garbayo-López, Marcus Gorman, Rhys Iliakis, Jesse Knight, Kathleen Mullen, Colleen O’Holleran, Nancy Pappas, Shailaja Rao, Tracy Rector, Cory Rodriguez, Ryan Saunders, Martin Schwarz, Andy Spletzer, Emalie Soderback, Mayumi Tsutakawa, Darcy Wytko, Nichole Young 

SIFF Cinema Staff

The SIFF Cinema Workers Union members include cinema floor staff and leads at each venue.

Adrienne Tippins, Union Chair
Arthur Keenan, Union Co-Chair
Adam Woodyard, Uptown Steward
Lily Rocklage, Downtown Steward

Leads: Bee Betz, Rey Carlson, Hari Chitturi, Hunter Hawkins-Flood, Gideon Holbrook, Arthur Keenan, Anne Schulz, Adam Woodyard

Floor Staff: Mark Asselstine, Lily Brim, Kyle Brown-Wollin, Jonny Bullets, Larcyn Burnett, Christopher Estes, Nico Hall, Malcolm Hines, Ivan Kavanagh, Lynn McCray, Max McGillivray, Nicole McMurray, Adam Plesser, Ashley Podplesky, Lily Rocklage, Kolby Rowland, Nathan Tamaki, Adrienne Tippins, Josy Wegner

On Call Cinema Floor Staff: K Espinosa Torres, Mik Fling, Iain Horton, Yasmin Isaraphanich, Kaylah Meikle, Abigail Ward, Erin Weaver, Samantha Wells, Braeden Wiebe

House Managers: Larcyn Burnett, Micaela Gonzales, Maya Gopalan, Jason Grafton, Autumn Grindle, Mary Hall, Milo Harms, Hunter Hawkins-Flood, Gideon Holbrook, Rima Kaboul, Andrea Nilosek, Dael Norwitz, Kolby Rowland, Kati Simek, Wyatt Stone, Kelli Vasquez