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