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Meet The Team

Behind CAFF is a team of film industry professionals dedicated to uplifting Chicago's film festival community. CAFF is a program of Chicago nonprofit FACETS, and is managed by FACETS' staff.

Staff

Karen Cardarelli

Executive Director (FACETS)

Kathleen Beckman

Director of Youth Programs (FACETS)

Dierdre Searcy

CICFF Programmer (FACETS)

Paul Gonter

Marketing Director (FACETS)

Help Desk

Customer Service Team (FACETS)

Support Staff

Front of House Team (FACETS)

STEERING COMMITTEE

Nat Dykeman

Lake County Film Festival

Grishma Shah

ReelAbilities Film Festival

Jigar Shah

Chicago South Asian

Film Festival

Jonah Zeiger

Chicago Film Office Ex Officio

Alex Vazquez

Chicago Film Office Ex Officio

Natalia Salazar

Chicago Film Office Ex Officio

Rujanee Mahakanjana

Nebula Creatives

Michael Woods

(In)Justice for All

Film Festival

Leila Sherbini

Chicago Filmmakers

Henry Hanson

Full Spectrum Features

Karen Cardarelli

FACETS Ex Officio

Deidre Searcy

FACETS Ex Officio

Kathleen Beckman

FACETS Ex Officio

Paul Gonter

FACETS Ex Officio

Advisory COMMITTEE

Jude Blackburn

Chicago Irish Film Festival

Ana Garcia Doyle

One Earth Collective

Rebecca Fons

Gene Siskel Film Center

Peter Hawley

Illinois Film Office

Rich Moskal

Film & Media Consultant

Jason Matsumoto

Full Spectrum Features

Troy Pryor

Creative Cypher

Ines Sommer

DOC Chicago

Rima Sweiss

Chicago Palestine Film Festival

Vivian Teng

Chicago International Film Festival

Brenda Webb

Chicago Filmmakers

Reeling Film Festival

Onion City Film Festival

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