Staff

Executive Director
Brett Hendrie

President
Chris McDonald

PROGRAMMING

Director of Programming
Shane Smith

Programming Manager
Jessica Gyll

SPONSORSHIP MARKETING

Director of Sponsorship Marketing
Jenn Shah

Associate Director of Sponsorship Marketing
Adam Kirkham

Senior Sales Coordinator, Sponsorship Marketing
Lawrence Yee

Sponsorship Marketing Admin Coordinator
Shelby Leimert

DEVELOPMENT

Director of Development
April Hazan

Associate Director, Development and Finance
Sofia Harwell

Campaign Director
Cindy Wagman

Senior Manager, Public Affairs
Carly Beath

Campaign Manager
Mimosa Kabir

Donor Development Manager
Naomi Heller

Stewardship Coordinator
Nisreen Shammout

Coordinator, Donor Development
Byron Letourneau-Duynstee

ADMINISTRATION

Director of Operations, Hot Docs; Managing Director, Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
Alan Black

Administrative Manager
Rhonda Costas

Accounting Manager
Sharyn McMahon

EVENTS

Director, Culture & Community Development
Erin Lau

Events Coordinator
Carolyn Dunk

GUEST SERVICES

Delegate Services Manager
Laura Lillepruun

Senior Guest Relations Coordinator
Bronwen Eadie

COMMUNICATIONS

Communications Director
Jonathan Da Silva

Senior Communications Manager
Kaitlin Knyf

Media Relations Manager
Andrea Smitko

Senior Social Media & Promotions Coordinator
Brittany Mumford

Senior Database & CRM Coordinator
Dani Simone Barr

Senior Communications and Marketing Manager, Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
Andrea Elalouf

Senior Communications Coordinator, Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
Alex MacGillivray

SCHOOL & YOUTH PROGRAMMING

Education & Youth Programs Manager
Lesley Sparks

Docs For Schools Coordinator
Elspeth Arbow

WEB & ONLINE

Web & Online Manager
Michael Bodalski

INDUSTRY PROGRAMS

Acting Industry Programs Director
Heidi Tao Yang

Senior Industry Programs Manager
Stephanie McArthur

Distribution Manager
Julian Carrington

Industry Programmer, Conference and Funds
Olena Decock

Industry Programmer & Hot Docs Forum Producer
Dorota Lech

Industry Programmer, Deal Maker
Madelaine Russo

TECHNICAL OPERATIONS

Director of Production
Isaac Meyer Odell

Production Coordinator
JP Robichaud

Senior Technical Consultant
Eyan Logan

VOLUNTEERS

Volunteers Manager
Alicks Girowski

Volunteer Coordinators
Dawnalda Brennan