2021 Session Producers & Staff

SESSION PRODUCERS

• Tom Brisley, Arrow Media (UK)
• Danielle Broza, PBS Nature (USA)
• Steve Burns, Roller Coaster Road Productions (USA)
• Alex Bystram, Cineflix Media (Canada)
• Sarah Chow, Great Pacific Television (Canada)
• Craig Colby, colbyvision (Canada)
• Andrea Cross, Partnership on AI (USA)
• Fabrice Esteve, YUZU Productions / AST & PARISCIENCE (France)
• Gabrielle Ewing, PBS Digital Studios (USA)
• Olivia Fellows, Great Pacific Television (Canada)
• Andrada Fiscutean (Romania)
• Jessie Hendricks, J Paul Getty Trust (USA)
• Ed Hersh, StoryCentric (USA)
• Alex Hryniewicz, Little Dot Studios (UK)
• Marcie Hume, A&E Networks (USA)
• Jasmin Joseph, BossaNova (UK)
• Dan Kendall, Windfall Films (UK)
• Tom Koch, PBS International (USA)
• Noel Kok, NEWF (South Africa)
• Maia Krall Fry, Creative UK (UK)
• Wanting Lei, WCSFP (Canada)
• Alison Leigh, WCSFP (UK)
• Jim Louderback, VidCon (USA)
• Maya Lussier-Seguin, Gedeon Programmes (France)
• Ken MacDonald, Short Street Media (Canada)
• Reyhaneh Maktoufi, WGBH/NOVA (USA)
• Kay Meseberg, ARTE G.E.I.E (France)
• Gillian Mosely, medialab (UK)
• Jessica Mudry, Ryerson University (Canada)
• Andrew Nisker, Take Action Films Inc. (Canada)
• Eloisa Noble, Freelance / Filmmakers for Future: Wildlife (UK)
• Anne Olzmann, Albatross World Sales (Germany)
• Pragna Parsotam-Kok, NEWF (South Africa)
• Lucie Ridout, Arrow Media (UK)
• Judy Rymer, Rymer Childs (Australia)
• Dan Salerno, Flamingo Bay Media (USA)
• Aliya-Jasmine Sovani, LILI Media Lab (USA/France)
• Fiona Tudor Price, Atomic Productions (Canada)
• Melanie Wallace, MelanieWallace Media Strategies (USA)
• Thomas Wallner, Liquid Cinema (Canada)
• Long Xiao, FreshPitch Factual Content Conference (China)
• Samantha Yammine, Science Sam Media (Canada)

STAFF

• Paul Lewis, WCSFP Conference Director

• Wanting Lei, WCSFP Program Coordinator

• Heather Conway, Co-President & Executive Director

• Chris McDonald, Co-President President
• Alan Black, Managing Director
• Erin Lau, Managing Director

• April Hazan, Managing Director, Philanthropy & Engagement

• Jenn Shah, Director, Sponsorship

• Adam Kirkham, Associate Director, Sponsorship Marketing
• Lawrence Yee, Senior Sales Coordinator, Sponsorship
• Shelby Leimert, Admin Coordinator, Sponsorship Marketing

• Byron Letourneau-Duynstee, Senior Coordinator, Donor Development

• Stephanie McArthur, Industry Programs Manager

• Madelaine Russo, Industry Programmer, Speed Dating

• Jonathan Da Silva, Communications Director

• Kaitlin Knyf, Senior Communications Manager
• Brittany Mumford, Social Media & Marketing Manager
• Lydia McClory, Marketing & Promotions Coordinator
• Michael Bodalski, Web Manager

• franklinHeavy,Art Director and Graphic Design

• Laura Lillepruun, Delegate Services Manager

• Carolyn Dunk, Senior Events Coordinator

• May Chook, Events Coordinator

• Isaac Meyer Odell, Director of Production

• Michael Robinson, Technical Manager
• Reem Farag, Events Manager, Hot Docs Cinema
• Jackie Marculescu, Production Coordinator

• Michael Jasen, Production Coordinator

• Rhonda Costas, Administrative Coordinator

• Sharyn McMahon, Accounting Manager
• Barber, Harrison & Platt, Auditing and Corporate Financial Services