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