Staff
Co-President
Chris McDonald
Executive Director & Co-President
Heather Conway
Managing Directors
Alan Black
Erin Lau
PROGRAMMING
Director of Programming
Shane Smith
Programming Manager
Jessica Gyll
Programming Administrative Coordinator
Kristin Boivin
INDUSTRY PROGRAMS
Acting Industry Programs Director
Lisa Valencia-Svensson
Senior Industry Programs Manager
Stephanie McArthur
Distribution Manager & Industry Programmer, Funds
Julian Carrington
Manager, Funds & Labs
Olena Decock
Industry Programmer & Hot Docs Forum Producer
Dorota Lech
Industry Programmer, Deal Maker
Madelaine Russo
Industry Coordinator
Bronwen Eadie
SCHOOL & YOUTH PROGRAMMING
Education & Youth Programs Manager
Lesley Sparks
Docs For Schools Coordinator
Elspeth Arbow
GUEST SERVICES
Delegate Services Manager
Laura Lillepruun
Senior Guest Relations Coordinator
Bronwen Eadie
CULTURE & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Senior Events Coordinator
Carolyn Dunk
Events Coordinator
May Chook
Events Manager, Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
Reem Farag
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
Director, Campaigns
Mimosa Kabir
Associate Director, Development and Finance
Sofia Harwell
Senior Manager, Public Affairs
Carly Beath
Manager, Donor Development
Nisreen Shammout
Senior Coordinator, Donor Development
Byron Letourneau-Duynstee
Stewardship Coordinator
Shagun Kanwar
COMMUNICATIONS
Communications Director
Jonathan Da Silva
Senior Communications and Marketing Manager, Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
Andrea Elalouf
Senior Communications Manager
Kaitlin Knyf
Social Media & Marketing Manager
Brittany Mumford
Media Relations Manager
Andrea Smitko
Database & CRM Manager
Dani Simone Barr
Senior Communications Coordinator, Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema
Alex MacGillivray
Marketing & Promotions Coordinator
Lydia McClory
WEB & ONLINE
Web & Online Manager
Michael Bodalski
TECHNICAL OPERATIONS
Director of Production
Isaac Meyer Odell
Technical Manager
Michael Robinson
Production Coordinator
Jackie Marculescu
Senior Technical Consultant
Eyan Logan
VOLUNTEERS
Volunteers Manager
Alicks Girowski
Volunteer & Festival Theatres Manager
Crystal Macdonell
Volunteer Coordinator
Dawnalda Brennan
