Meet the Team

Staff

Karen Cardarelli

Executive Director (FACETS)

Diedre Searcy

CICFF Director (FACETS)

Paul Gonter

Marketing Director (FACETS)

Emma Greenleaf

Marketing Manager (FACETS)

Matthew Severino

Marketing Assistant (FACETS)

Help Desk

Customer Service Team (FACETS)

Steering Committee

Karen Cardarelli

FACETS

(Ex Officio)

Nat Dykeman

Lake County Film Festival

Paul Gonter

FACETS

(Ex Officio)

Henry Hanson

Full Spectrum Features

Rujanee Mahakanjana

Nebula Creatives

Natalia Salazar

Chicago Film Office

(Ex Officio)

Deidre Searcy

FACETS

(Ex Officio)

Grishma Shah

ReelAbilities Film Festival

Jigar Shah

Chicago South Asian Film Festival

Leila Sherbini

Chicago Filmmakers

Alex Vazquez

Chicago Film Office

(Ex Officio)

Michael Woods

(In)Justice for All Film Festival

Advisory Committee

Jude Blackburn

Chicago Irish Film Festival

Jean de St. Aubin

Cosultant

Rebecca Fons

Gene Siskel Film Center

Ana Garcia Doyle

One Earth Collective

Peter Hawley

Illinois Film Office

Rich Moskal

Film & Media Consultant

Jason Matsumoto

Full Spectrum Features

Troy Pryor

Creative Cypher

Ines Sommer

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