Grants for Arts Projects II -Panel A
November 7, 2022

Frank DiCesare
Writer/Filmmaker
Adjunct Professor
Digital Cinema
State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota
Lakewood Ranch, FL

Chris Everett
Program Manager
Southern Documentary Fund
Wilmington, NC

Lawrence Carter-Long 
Director of Discourse and Development
DisArt
Oakland, CA

Meredith McGriff 
Director of Membership and Information Systems
American Folklore Society, Inc.
Bloomington, IN

Adam McMath
Executive Director
Black Alphabet NFP
Chicago, IL

Grants for Arts Projects II - Panel B
November 7, 2022

Marlo Angell
Curator of Film and Media
New Media Director
Lawrence Arts Center
Lawrence, KS

Amanda Dell (Layperson)
Retired Musician
Coral Gables, FL

Thaddeus Jones
Freelance Filmmaker
Columbia, SC

Iyabo Kwayana
Indie Filmmaker
Assistant Professor, Film and Media Studies
Dartmouth College
Lebanon, NH

Sharon Teo-Gooding
Associate Director and Professor
The Sidney Poitier New American Film School
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ

Grants for Arts Projects II - Panel C
November 9, 2022

Jack Cronin
College Professor
Oakland Community College
Canton, MI

Ian Fox
Product Manager of Audio
Harvard Business Review
Pittsburgh, PA

Michele S. Lowy (Layperson)
Retired Elementary School Teacher
Middlebury, VT

Donte McFadden
Director, Visiting Scholars Program
University at Buffalo
Board of Education, Buffalo, NY
Buffalo NY

Grants for Arts Projects II - Panel D
November 9, 2022

Michael Ault
President
Heartland Film, Inc.
Indianapolis, IN

Jessica L. Chriesman
Director, Education and Outreach
Sidewalk Film Center and Cinema, Inc.
Birmingham, AL

Patricia Finneran
Executive Director
Story Matters Media
Raleigh, NC

Chris Gross (Layperson)
E-Resources Specialist
GW Libraries
George Washington University
Chevy Chase, MD

Jacques Paisner
President
Santa Fe Film Institute
Santa Fe, NM

Stevee-Rayne Warren
Program Manager
National Workforce Development (External Partnerships)
New Orleans Video Access Center, Inc.
Baton Rouge, LA

Grants for Arts Projects II - Panel E
November 14, 2022

Ruth Kermish-Allen (Layperson)
Educational Researcher
Executive Director
Math and Science Alliance
Appleton, ME

Benjamin Rosenthal
Associate Professor
Department of Visual Art
University of Kansas Main Campus
Kansas City, MO

Zoe Sandoval
Co-founder, Creative Director
SudoMagic
Covina, CA

Wenhua Shi
Associate Professor
University of Massachusetts at Boston
Arlington, MA

Grants for Arts Projects II - Panel F
November 14, 2022

Gretjen Clausing
Executive Director
PhillyCAM
Philadelphia, PA

Michelle Fassler (Layperson)
Technical Project Manager
Maritz Motivation Solutions (Kforce)
Saint Louis, MO

Camilo Gonzalez
Education and Technical Director
Aurora Picture Show
Houston, TX

Aud Pleas
JPC Alumnus Representative
Journalism and Public Communications
University of Alaska at Anchorage
Eagle River, AK

Jordan Young
Director, Media Arts & Design Manager
Programs, Communications
South Arts Inc.
Atlanta, GA

Grants for Arts Projects II - Panel G
November 17, 2022

Jonathan Gann
Filmmaker, Producer
Washington, DC

Annisha Jeffries (Layperson)
Youth Services Manager
Cleveland Public Library
Cleveland, OH

Isabella Price
Film Programs Manager
LANGSTON
Seattle, WA

Ramón Rivera-Moret
Filmmaker
Associate Professor, Film Animation Video
Rhode Island School of Design
Ridgewood, NY

Grants for Arts Projects I - Panel A
6/1/2022

Arleen Cruz-Alicea
Filmmaker, Producer, Creative Director
San Juan, PR

Richard Endacott
Professor of Cinema and Screenwriting
University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Omaha, NE

Lana Garland
Festival Director/Curator
St. Joseph's Historic Foundation, Inc.
Durhan, NC

Vivian Hua
Executive Director
Northwest Film Forum
Seattle, WA

Barry McKnight (Layperson)
Community Engagement Coordinator
La Crosse Public Library
La Crosse, WI

Elizabeth Stahmer
Executive Director
Stagecoach Foundation, Inc.
Santa Fe, NM

Grants for Arts Projects I - Panel B
6/1/2022

Farhad Bahram Ghafari
Assistant Professor of Media Studies
Indiana State University
Chicago, IL

Ru Kuwahata
Animation Filmmaker
Providence, RI

John Melendez
Projectionist for Movie Theaters
Programming for Projection
Film Editor/Producer
Columbia, SC

Ron Sober (Layperson)
Learning Specialist
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI

Beckie Stocchetti
Executive Director
Hawaii International Film Festival
Honolulu, HI

Janetta Stringfellow
Chief Development Officer
PRX, Inc.
Marblehead, MA

Grants for Arts Projects I - Panel C
6/2/2022

Karim Ahmad
Writer, Culture Strategist, Organizer
Los Angeles, CA

Valerie Guinn Polgar
Head Programmer
Oxford Film Festival
Oxford, MS

Tara Jae (Layperson)
Founder and Executive Director
YouthSeen
Broomfield, CO

Katharine Wang
Executive Director
Park City Film Council
Park City, UT

Grants for Arts Projects I - Panel D
6/2/2022

Zach Breneman
Deputy Director
Loft Cinema, Inc.
Tucson, AZ

Sean Coffman
Executive Director
Human Family Inc.
Fargo, ND

Morgan Hill (Layperson)
Co-Founder, Foremother Farm
Co-Owner, Mount Cabot Maple
Lancaster, NH

Curtis John
Executive Director
Luminal Theater Corp
Columbia, SC

Vivian Marthell
Co-Director
Living Arts Trust, Inc.
Biscayne Park, FL

Christine McWhorter
Assistant Professor of Broadcast Journalism
Howard University
Hyattsville, MD