Staff and Advisory Board

Virginia Film Festival Staff

Festival Director and U.Va. Vice Provost for the Arts: Jody Kielbasa
Managing Director: Jenny Mays
Programmer and Operations Manager: Wesley Harris
Development Coordinator: Colleen Trentham
Publicist: John Kelly
Community Outreach & Education Coordinator: Jane Freeman
U.Va. Arts Box Office Manager: Andrew Burnett
Volunteer Coordinator: Jenny Gardiner
Transportation Coordinator: Cindy Orshek
Security: Chuck Marshall

Spring 2013 Intern

Lane Smith

Fall 2012 Interns

Kevin Hart, Adrenaline Film Project
Anna Hogg, Adrenaline Film Project
Paige Curtis, Community Outreach
Mandy Giampaolo, Community Outreach
Claire Cundiff, Community Outreach
Emily Gawlak, Development
Kelly Castellon, Development
Lauren Lukow, Director’s Assistant
Monica Mohapatra, Graphic Design
Chloe Kougias, Marketing and Promotions
Brendan Rijke, Production
Francesca Lee, Student Publicity and Copywriting
Marina Freckmann, Special Projects

Virginia Film Festival Advisory Board

Marc Abraham
Doro Bachrach
Janet Graham Borba
Lee Caplin
Andy Edmunds
Temple Fennell
Bob Gazzale
Mark Gordon
John Harris
Ron Hohauser
Mark Johnson, Chair
David Koplan
Julie Lynn
Rita McClenny
Diane H. Naughton
Sara Risher
Scot Safon
Sissy Spacek
John Vanco
Jeff Wadlow
Glenn Williamson
Ron Yerxa

Outreach & Education Advisory Committee

Annie Evans
Ken Ferguson
Deanna Gould
Sarah Lawson

Council of Friends

Dorothy Batten
Si Becker
Richard Bloom
Betsy Brantley
A. Cary Brown-Epstein
Alison Dickie
Temple Fennell
Ben Hernandez
Mary Nelson
Barbara Sieg

2012 Virginia Film Festival
  • university of virginia
  • the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
  • the company av
  • Charlottesville Virginia
  • the Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation
  • flow automotive companies
  • regal entertainment group
  • virginia film office