About Us
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: Jennifer Newell
- Operations Manager: David Hopper
- Administrative Assistant: Patrick Webb
- 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 and Jennifer Wise
- Transportation Coordinator: Cindy Orshek
- Festival News Writer: Sean McCord
Interns
- Philip Coldiron
- Ryan Gruntz
- Patrick Hamilton
- Tory Hanabury
- Mia McGruder
- Lauren O'Connor
- Sarah Sherman
Council of Friends
- Dorothy Batten
- Si Becker
- Richard Bloom
- Betsy Brantley
- Cary Brown-Epstein
- Alison Dickie
- Temple Fennell
- Ben Hernandez
- Mary Nelson
- Andrea Press
- Barbara Seig
- Sandy Stamp
Advisory Board
- Marc Abraham
- Doro Bachrach
- Janet Graham Borba
- David Brown
- Sarah Eaton
- Temple Fennell
- Bob Gazzale
- Mark Gordon
- Mark Johnson
- David Koplan
- Julie Lynn
- Rita McClenny
- Catherine Olim
- Wayne Powers
- Ricardo Preve
- Daphne Reid
- Sara Risher
- Scot Safon
- Kirk T. Schroder
- Sissy Spacek
- John Vanco
- Jeff Wadlow
- Cara White
- Glenn Williamson
- Ron Yerxa