Grants for Arts Projects I - Panel A
June 11, 2024

Kimel Fryer
Executive Director
Indie Memphis
Memphis, TN

Michelle Kern (Layperson)
Executive Assistant
First Interstate Bank
Billings, MT

Ru Kuwahata
Animation Filmmaker
Providence, RI

Dan Moore
Executive Director, Indy Film Fest
The Bigger Picture Film Group
Indianapolis, IN

Netsanet Tjirongo
Director of Education
Northwest Film Forum
Seattle, WA

Grants for Arts Projects I - Panel B
June 12, 2024

Arielle Brachfeld
Deputy Film Commissioner
Colorado Office of Film, Television, and Media
Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade
Grand Junction, CO

C. Diaz
Co-Founder
ENTRE Film Center
McAllen, TX

Mike Emmons
Programming Director
The Roxy Theater
Missoula, MT

Matthew Mitch Hashiguchi
Associate Professor, Communication Arts
Georgia Southern University 
Savannah, GA

Eric Kohn
Head of Film Strategy and Development
EDGLRD
Adjunct Professor, Cinema Studies
New York University
Long Island City, NY

Antwuan Wallace (Layperson)
Research, Evaluation and Impact Planning SME
Baltimore, MD

Grants for Arts Projects I - Panel C
June 12, 2024

Ben Godar 
Executive Director
Des Moines Film Society
Des Moines, IA

Kate In 
Engineer and Studio Manager
Experimental Sound Studio
Chicago, IL

Federico Olivieri 
Executive Director
Puerto Rico European Film Festival
Alliance Française de Puerto Rico
Carolina, PR

Jen May Pastores 
Director of Education
Hawaii International Film Festival
Honolulu, HI

Lauren Tuzzolino (Layperson)
Senior Manager, Accessibility Office
Amtrak
Washington, DC

Janelle Vanderkelen 
Assistant Professor of Cinema Studies and Time Based Arts
University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Knoxville, TN

Grants for Arts Projects I - Panel D
June 13, 2024

Susan Berdahl (Layperson)
Retired Consultant
Excelsior, MN

Marlo De Lara 
Director of Grants
Coaxial Arts Foundation
Phoenix, MD

John Fink 
Artistic Director
Buffalo International Film Festival, Inc.
Pompton Lakes, NJ

Chioke I'Anson 
Director of Community Media 
Institute for Contemporary Art
Virginia Commonwealth University
Henrico, VA

Ginnie Lupi 
Consultant
Concord, NH

Bree Maniscalco 
Executive Director
Cinema St. Louis
St. Louis, MO

Grants for Arts Projects I - Panel E
June 13, 2024

Kerry Broderick 
Deputy Director, Operations & Grant Administration
Stowe Story Labs, Inc.
Essex Junction, VT

Tijah Bumgarner 
Assistant Professor
College of Arts and Media
Marshall University
Charleston, WV

Carrie Hawks 
Artist
Assistant Professor of Illustration/Animation
Parsons School of Design
Division of New School for Social Research
Brooklyn, NY

Christopher Hope 
Executive Director
The Loop Lab
Cambridge, MA

E. Rosey Robards 
Director
Alaska Teen Media Institute
Spirit of Youth
Anchorage, AK

Jonathan Wurtz (Layperson)
Assistant Professor, Humanities
University of Guam
Yona, GU