Meet & Greet
AIFF Director of Programming Richard Herskowitz
New Director of Programming Richard Herskowitz had a busy week getting acquainted with his new workplace, including several delicious events meeting and greeting AIFF Advisory Council members, Screeners & Programmers, and members of the AIFF Board of Directors. Forgive us if we took a lot of pictures of the food.
Advisory Council Get-Together
- Advisory Council member and SOFAM Executive Director Gary Kout gets to know new Director of Programming Richard Herskowitz while his lovely bride Jeanine Castaldo and Advisory Council member Susan Cain taste the fare.
- Looks delicious
- SOU film professor Andrew Gay and his wife Angelyn Gay chat with fellow Advisory Council members and SOU faculty Howard Schreiber (Board Emeritus member) and Brandon Givens (Production Director, Digital Media Center–DMC)
- Good food, pretty flowers
- Susan, Jeanine, Gary, and Richard
Programmers & Screeners
Thank you to Board member Jerry Kenefick for the generous use of his lovely home!
- Long-time screener and volunteer Mark Stein gets to know Richard
- Director of Operations Wendy Conner with Senior Programmer darrel pearce and Programmer Aura Johnson
- Some of our amazing volunteer screeners (l-r): Regina Riley, Dana Rose, Robert Levin, Gary Dickson, Cat Gould, April Staples, Louise Pare, Jana Carole, Stacy Van Voorhees, Jean Linington
- April and Dana
- Overlooking the Ashland hills, Richard fills us in on his high hopes for AIFF16 and beyond!
- Richard with Programmer John Stadelman, darrel, Aura, and Screener Jayson Wynkoop
- Richard, John, darrel, Aura, Jayson, and Wendy
Board of Directors BBQ
- Board of Directors treasurer Dick Sweet carves the BBQ
- Board member Helen Rosen & departing Board member (and Past President) Pam Leandro Notch
- Board President Maylee Oddo and Brock Dumont
- New Board member Chela Sanchez
- Nothing like cornbread with BBQ
- Nothing like BBQ to go with…everthing!
- Dick and Chela
- Board Emeritus Wolf Platzer and departing Board member Karen Smith get to know Richard
- Yum