MIFF Board & Staff

MIFF Board

Teresa Zolnierkiewicz – Chair
Mike Baard
Tony Briggs
Sally Caplan

Cheryl Chan
Josh Chye
Ben Kay
The Hon. Dr Andrew Lu AM


MIFF Staff

Management

Damien Hodgkinson – Chief Executive Officer
Al Cossar – Artistic Director
Victoria Pope – Commercial Operations Director
Eddie Coupe – Head of Industry
Tim Rolfe
– Finance Manager

Programming

Kate Fitzpatrick – Senior Programmer 
Kate Jinx – Senior Programmer
Mia Falstein-Rush – Program Manager
Raphaël LaFleur – Program Coordinator
Luke Goodsell – Critics Campus Producer & Programming Assistant
Jenna Suffern – Jury Coordinator & Programming Assistant
Ricardo Garcia Rosas – XR Technical Coordinator
Alfonso Jose Coronel – XR Production Designer
Brodie Ackroyd – Programming & Industry Intern

Guest Services

Jessa Shields – Head of Guest Services & Special Projects
Sheree Ramage – Guest Services Manager
Emma Creasey – Guest Services Coordinator
Amy Veale – Guest Coordinator – Ground Transport

Marketing & Communications

Olivia Simon – Head of Marketing & Communications
David Heslin – Publications Manager
Sasha Taylor – Graphic Designer
Mikhayla Dennis – Digital Marketing Lead
Mel Campbell – Publications Coordinator
Lizzy Carmine – Marketing Campaign Coordinator
Milla Rovere – Digital Content Coordinator

Partnerships

Georgina Wills – Head of Partnerships
Mitchell McKay – Partnerships Manager
Eliza May Hinds – Partnerships Activations Producer
Saoirse Johnston-Dick – Partnerships Coordinator

Philanthropy

Brad Macdonald – Head of Philanthropy & Festival Development
Anne Ueki – Membership & Philanthropy Manager

Finance & Administration

Claire Fievez – Finance Coordinator

Systems & Ticketing

Jaymie Bandrowski – Head of Systems & Ticketing
Bianca Chow – Box Office Manager
Chelsea Large – Data & Ticketing Manager
Roie Williams – Box Office Coordinator
Ivan Jeldres – Data & Ticketing Coordinator
Nick Turner – Guest List & Stakeholder Ticketing Coordinator

Operations

Grace Packer – Head of Operations
Hamish Reid – Operations Manager
Tristan Knight – Volunteers Manager
Louisa Carpinteri – Front of House Manager
Jim Beattie – Operations Coordinator
Anna Field – Operations Coordinator
Andra Hubrich – Festival Access Coordinator

Events

Iva Kingston – Head of Events
Benji Smith – Events Manager
Abbey Hastings – Events Coordinator
Isabel McClellan– Events Intern

Technical

Christopher Elliott – Head of Technical
Otto McKinnon – Technical Manager
Jessica Kewley – Print Traffic Coordinator
Jordan James Kaye – Technical Production Coordinator

Industry

Scott Joblin – Industry Programs Manager
Andrew Goode – Industry Programs Coordinator
Nicole Tran – Industry Programs Coordinator
Jacinta Palmer – Industry Marketing Coordinator
George Samios – Industry Administration & Initiatives Coordinator
Deanna-Rae Ciconte – Industry Programs Assistant
Paulette Arvizu – Industry Programs Events Coordinator

Festival Publicists: Common State

Luke McKinnon
Alice Lewinsky
Caitlyn Miles
Leigh-Anne Ramirez