2021 Session Producers & Staff
SESSION PRODUCERS
- Tom Brisley, Arrow Media (UK)
- Danielle Broza, PBS Nature (USA)
- Steve Burns, Roller Coaster Road Productions (USA)
- Alex Bystram, Cineflix Media (Canada)
- Sarah Chow, Great Pacific Television (Canada)
- Craig Colby, colbyvision (Canada)
- Andrea Cross, Partnership on AI (USA)
- Fabrice Esteve, YUZU Productions / AST & PARISCIENCE (France)
- Gabrielle Ewing, PBS Digital Studios (USA)
- Olivia Fellows, Great Pacific Television (Canada)
- Andrada Fiscutean (Romania)
- Jessie Hendricks, J Paul Getty Trust (USA)
- Ed Hersh, StoryCentric (USA)
- Alex Hryniewicz, Little Dot Studios (UK)
- Marcie Hume, A&E Networks (USA)
- Jasmin Joseph, BossaNova (UK)
- Dan Kendall, Windfall Films (UK)
- Tom Koch, PBS International (USA)
- Noel Kok, NEWF (South Africa)
- Maia Krall Fry, Creative UK (UK)
- Wanting Lei, WCSFP (Canada)
- Alison Leigh, WCSFP (UK)
- Jim Louderback, VidCon (USA)
- Maya Lussier-Seguin, Gedeon Programmes (France)
- Ken MacDonald, Short Street Media (Canada)
- Reyhaneh Maktoufi, WGBH/NOVA (USA)
- Kay Meseberg, ARTE G.E.I.E (France)
- Gillian Mosely, medialab (UK)
- Jessica Mudry, Ryerson University (Canada)
- Andrew Nisker, Take Action Films Inc. (Canada)
- Eloisa Noble, Freelance / Filmmakers for Future: Wildlife (UK)
- Anne Olzmann, Albatross World Sales (Germany)
- Pragna Parsotam-Kok, NEWF (South Africa)
- Lucie Ridout, Arrow Media (UK)
- Judy Rymer, Rymer Childs (Australia)
- Dan Salerno, Flamingo Bay Media (USA)
- Aliya-Jasmine Sovani, LILI Media Lab (USA/France)
- Fiona Tudor Price, Atomic Productions (Canada)
- Melanie Wallace, MelanieWallace Media Strategies (USA)
- Thomas Wallner, Liquid Cinema (Canada)
- Long Xiao, FreshPitch Factual Content Conference (China)
- Samantha Yammine, Science Sam Media (Canada)
STAFF
- Paul Lewis, WCSFP Conference Director
Wanting Lei, WCSFP Program Coordinator
Heather Conway, Co-President & Executive Director
- Chris McDonald, Co-President President
- Alan Black, Managing Director
- Erin Lau, Managing Director
April Hazan, Managing Director, Philanthropy & Engagement
Jenn Shah, Director, Sponsorship
- Adam Kirkham, Associate Director, Sponsorship Marketing
- Lawrence Yee, Senior Sales Coordinator, Sponsorship
- Shelby Leimert, Admin Coordinator, Sponsorship Marketing
Byron Letourneau-Duynstee, Senior Coordinator, Donor Development
Stephanie McArthur, Industry Programs Manager
Madelaine Russo, Industry Programmer, Speed Dating
Jonathan Da Silva, Communications Director
- Kaitlin Knyf, Senior Communications Manager
- Brittany Mumford, Social Media & Marketing Manager
- Lydia McClory, Marketing & Promotions Coordinator
- Michael Bodalski, Web Manager
franklinHeavy,Art Director and Graphic Design
Laura Lillepruun, Delegate Services Manager
- Carolyn Dunk, Senior Events Coordinator
May Chook, Events Coordinator
Isaac Meyer Odell, Director of Production
- Michael Robinson, Technical Manager
- Reem Farag, Events Manager, Hot Docs Cinema
- Jackie Marculescu, Production Coordinator
Michael Jasen, Production Coordinator
Rhonda Costas, Administrative Coordinator
- Sharyn McMahon, Accounting Manager
- Barber, Harrison & Platt, Auditing and Corporate Financial Services