About Us / Festival Board, Friends and Staff

The Virginia Film Festival is hosted by the Media Studies Program at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.

Staff

  • Executive Director: Andrea Press
  • Artistic Director: Richard Herskowitz
  • Director of Development, Arts: Jennifer Newell
  • Operations Manager: David Hopper
  • Administrative Assistant: Patrick Webb
  • Administrator, Media Studies: Judy McPeak
  • Arts Development Manager: Adrienne Wager
  • Publicist: John Kelly
  • Drama Dept Bus. Manager: James Scales
  • Asst. Drama Dept Bus. Manager: Jenny Mays
  • Box Office Manager: Andrew Burnett
  • Volunteer Coordinators: Si Becker
  • Transportation Coordinator: Cindy Orshek
  • Festival News Writer: Sean McCord

Interns

  • Ben Bartel
  • Philip Coldiron
  • Permele Doyle
  • Zac Fabian
  • Ryan Gruntz
  • Patrick Harrison
  • Tory Hanabury
  • Era Kryzhanova
  • Mia McGruder
  • Lauren O’Connor
  • Sarah Sherman

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
  • Sandy Stamp

Advisory Board

  • Marc Abraham
  • Doro Bachrach
  • Janet Graham Borba
  • Lee Caplin
  • Sarah Eaton
  • Temple Fennell
  • Bob Gazzale
  • Mark Gordon
  • Mark Johnson
  • David Koplan
  • Julie Lynn
  • Rita McClenny
  • Diane H. Naughton
  • Catherine Olim
  • Wayne Powers
  • Ricardo Preve
  • Sara Risher
  • Scot Safon
  • Sissy Spacek
  • John Vanco
  • Jeff Wadlow
  • Cara White
  • Glenn Williamson
  • Ron Yerxa