Staff
Executive Director
Brett Hendrie
President
Chris McDonald
PROGRAMMING
Director of Programming
Shane Smith
Programming Manager
Jessica Gyll
Senior Programming Coordinator and International Programmer
Gabor Pertic
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
Grant Manager
Danielle Couture
Donor Development Manager
Naomi Heller
Stewardship Coordinator
Nisreen Shammout
Development Associate
Byron Letourneau-Duynstee
ADMINISTRATION
Director of Operations, Hot Docs; Managing Director, Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
Alan Black
Administrative Manager
Rhonda Costas
Bookkeeper
Sharyn McMahon
EVENTS
Director, Culture & Community Development
Erin Lau
COMMUNICATIONS
Communications Director
Jonathan Da Silva
Marketing Manager
Laura Hagglund
Communications Manager
Kaitlin Knyf
Media Relations Manager
Andrea Smitko
Communications and Marketing Manager, Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
Andrea Elalouf
Communications Coordinator, Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
Alex MacGillivray
Social Media & Promotions Coordinator
Brittany Mumford
Database & CRM Coordinator
Dani Simone Barr
SCHOOL & YOUTH PROGRAMMING
Education & Youth Programs Manager
Lesley Sparks
WEB & ONLINE
Web & Online Manager
Michael Bodalski
INDUSTRY PROGRAMS
Industry Programs Director
Elizabeth Radshaw
Industry Programs Manager
Stephanie McArthur
Industry Funds Manager
Heidi Tao Yang
Distribution Manager
Julian Carrington
Industry Programmer, Conference
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
THEATRES
Theatres Manager
Ron Koperdraad
Festival Theatres Manager
Crystal MacDonell
VOLUNTEERS
Volunteers Manager
Alicks Girowski
