Festival Staff

STAFF

Sage Martin | Executive Director

Crystal Merrill | Festival Director

Drew Ludwig | Tour Director

Stash Wislocki | Technical Director

Lauren Howie | Program Manager

Luke Kellerhouse | Festival Producer

Vika Petrova | Operations Manager

Natalie Wirsing | Communications and Marketing Manager

Laura Hoover | Development Manager, Festival Guest Coordinator

Bella Hines | Tour Program Manager

Paul Phillips | Programming Coordinator

Robin Robinson | Senior Programmer

MacKenzy Brewer | Bookkeeper & Accountant


FESTIVAL MANAGERS 

J. Meehan Fee | Events Manager

April Bindock | Operations Coordinator

Hayden Peck | Volunteer Coordinator

Heather Sackett | Content Manager

Tim “Stuntman” Territo | Production Manager

Brady Richards | Communications Manager

Dawn Katz | Hospitality Manager

Jessica Galbo | Hospitality Manager

Erica Doemland | Hospitality Coordinator

Brigitte DePagter Kusuno | Hospitality Assistant

Evan Tueller | Hospitality Assistant

Shawn Peck | Hospitality Assistant

Gracey Ringstad | Hospitality Assistant

Kaitlyn James | Hospitality Assistant

Larkin Brodie | Hospitality Assistant

Greg Babush | Film Inspection & Media Manager

Ian Manson | Master Rigger

Kelli Fox | Lighting Manager

Karl K2 Mehrer | K2 Imaging

Gypsie Frank | Audio Technical Director

Sam Walker | Technical Production Manager

Alex Ferrari | Gallery Manager

Mariah Grover | Events Coordinator

Tom Wardaszka | Presentation Manager

Camile Doherty | Free Range Program Manager

Kelsey Brax | Communications Coordinator

Bianca Darby Mattedo | Doc Talk Guest Coordinator 


PROGRAMMERS & ASSOCIATE PROGRAMMERS

Brenda Avila-Hanna

Nora Bernard

John Biaggi

Lindsey Campbell

Jenna Cichanski

Claudia García Curzio

Amy DeLuca

Zegan Doyle

Esme Fahnestock

Ernest House Jr. 

Jane Julian

Julia Kipnis

Shae LaPlace

Essence London

Emily Long

Sarah Melendez

Tracy Rector

Colleen Thurston

Sean Volk


ADRENALINE PROGRAMMERS

Paul Phillips

Stash Wislocki 


SCREENING COMMITTEE

Antonieta Bocxe

Cameron Brooks

Chase Dyer

Andrea Estevam

Beth Gage

Sawyer Gieseke

Jeff Hauser

Sarah Hughen 

Davene Kaplan

Ben Kerr

Jen Knopp

Hannah Knudsen

Judy Kohin

Hilary Lewkowitz

Max Owens

Hayden Peck

Mark Plantz

Lane Scarberry

Nadia Steinbrecher

Lexi Tuddenham

Mayrah Udvardi

Daniela Weinreich

Jim Womeldorf

Ellen Yarrell


WEBSITE & PROGRAM WRITERS

Heather Sackett

Sabrina Davis

Natalie Reiter

Brooke Warren


COPY EDITORS:

Susan Entsminger

Hallie Geise


MEDIA

Tor Anderson | Designer & Program

Eventive | Online Platform & App Development

Sawyer Gieseke | Reel Editor 

Robert Hope | Videographer

Max Romey | Poster Design

Emma Troy | Signage Coordinator

VentureWeb | Web Design & Development


INTRO EDITORS

Jordan Fatke 

Bella Hines 

Lauren Howie 

Luke Kellerhouse 

Carly Latcham


STUDENT INTRO EDITOR

Lily McDonald


SPONSOR REEL EDITOR

Dallas Lillich


TECHNICAL PRODUCTION

Cassy Babb

DJ Babb

Mike Babb

Andrew Dougherty 

Kelli Fox

Sammy Frank

Wanashe Frank

Jeremy Knickerbocker

Tree Priest 


EVENT AUDIO 

Colin Casanova

Vicki Phelps

Dean Rolley


PROJECTIONISTS

Travis Bird

Chris Bredenberg

Michael Edwards

Alex Fountain

Kirk Futrell

Peter Halter

Matt Jones

Talia Kopecki

May Schaefer

Jeremy Spracklen

Brandon Theige

Kelly Youngstrom


RIGGING

Erik Viking Cooper

Rhee Synder

Scott Upshur


THEATER MANAGERS

Ron Borrego 

Erin Cain

Casey Cornelius

Paige Duffy

Susan Ensor

Takeo Hiromitsu

Ben Kerr

Michael Kirby

Ben Marshall

Sandy McLaughlin

Mitchell "Mishke" Pritchard

John Rosenberg

Josie Strick

Emma Troy

Caitlin Van Buskirk

Ellie Vargas

Daniela Weinreich


STAGE MANAGERS

Peter D’Jay 

Erika "EK" Kae

Quillen Kimleigh 

Elena Levin

Wyatt O'Brien

Rowen Warren


BOX OFFICE COORDINATORS

Steve Buchanan

Hugh Finnerty

Caleigh Gearheart

Gavin Wiesen

Emilia Whitmer


PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS

Camilla Choa 

Samuel Sebree


EMCEES & MODERATORS

Seth Berg

Ashley Boling

Julia Caulfield

Ernest House Jr. 

Lindsey Campbell

Laura Colbert

Jason Corzine

Rory Cowie

Sasha Cuccinello

Claudia García Curzio

Catherine Cypher

Jessica Galbo

Christopher Gebhardt 

Art Goodtimes

Matt Hoisch

Max Holmes

Vickie Hormuth 

Jedidiah Jenkins

Jennifer Nyman Julia

Beth Kelly

Cameron Kelly 

Elena Levin

Jason Merritt

Kristen Milord

Cristina Mittermeier

Tashi Rabgey

Jacob Reuter

Dani Reyes-Acosta

Ed Roberson

Robin Robinson

Megha Agrawal Sood

Jon Tukman

Sean Volk

Lance Waring

Langstyn Williams

Stash Wislocki


FESTIVAL HOSTS

Betsy Rowbottom

Candice Good

Claudia García Curzio

Gus Guscoria

Hallie Geise

Hayley Nenadal

Hope Logan

Jane Julian

Kris Kwasniewski

Lucy Lerner


FESTIVAL PHOTOGRAPHERS

Rhianon Brown

Ben Eng

Lauren Hartmann

Hallie Kohler

Margarita De Pagter

Melissa Plantz

Sarah Schwab


MOUNTAINFILM HOUSE BAND

Douglas Chard 

John Fitzgerald

Heather Flaker

Patrick Hiester


LIVE INTRO PERFORMANCE

Lily Akers

Anneke Dean

Brendan Forrest

Annie Foxen


SPECIAL EVENT STAFF

Dennis Green



2026 FESTIVAL AWARD ARTIST

R. Nelson Parrish

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