Becky Youkstetter
Capital Campaign Manager

Beth Branson
Development Director

Cathy Foy
Musical Arts Mentor

Celia Boyle
Operations Manager

Erik Roan
Development Associate

Gabriella Huggins
Community Programs Mentor

Jeremy Chatelain
Program Director

José Manzo
Film Mentor

Josh Holyoak
Audio Mentor

Kasandra VerBrugghen
Executive Director

Larissa Trout
Director of Marketing & Community Relations

Matt Mateus
Deputy Director

Paige Sparks
Film Mentor

Sam Highsmith
Statewide Arts Mentor

Trevor Dahl
Design Mentor & In-house Graphic Designer

Board of Directors

Nathan Thomas (Attorney, Jones Waldo) — Chair
Brent Bowen (CEO, Bowen Studios) — Vice Chair
Dave Roth (Manager, Connor Group) — Treasurer
Annie Quan (Business Development Director, Centeva) — Secretary
Tessa Arneson (Owner, Maven Strong)
Luna Banuri (Salt Lake City Human Rights Commission)
Neil Ellis (Area Sales Manager, Lumenis)
Missy Greis (Owner, Publik. Coffee Roasters)
JR Howa (Commercial Realtor, Mountain West Commercial)
Curtis Linton (Community Member)
Lisa Nichols (Community Health Assistant, Intermountain Healthcare)
Holly Peck (Attorney, Ward | Molloy)
Jennifer Plumb (M.D., Primary Children’s Medical Center)
Amy Redford (Actress, Director, Producer, Owner, BetRed)
Jorge Robles (Lead Developer and Founder, iVoteApps)
Jared Strain (Partner/Co-Founder, Super Top Secret)
Laura Sellers (Strategic Services Consultant, Instructure)
Daela Taeoalii-Higgs (Operations Manager, SelectHealth)

Advisory Board

Sarah Elizabeth Levitt (Associate Director, U of U Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology) — Chair
Jennifer Berger (Real Estate Investor)
Mike Brown (Chief of Police, Salt Lake Police Department)
Bryan Clifton (Owner, Redman Movies & Stories)
Steve Denkers (Executive Director, Willard L. Eccles Foundation)
Lynn Dougan (Owner, Dougan & Associates)
Geralyn Dreyfous (Founder, Utah Film Center)
John Esplin (Founder/CEO, Centeva)
Lewis Francis (Attorney, Jones Waldo)
Kevin Gruneich (Impact Partners)
Jean Tokuda Irwin (Arts Education Manager, Utah Division of Arts and Museums)
Meredith Lavitt (Director, Film Forward Initiative and Sundance Institute)
Carolyn Leone (Independent Costume Designer)
Hank Louis (Principal Designer, Gigaplex Architects)
Dan Maldonado (CEO, Cornerstone Programs) 
Hunter Metcalf (Photographer)
Peter Pilafian (Cinematographer/Filmmaker)
Jennifer Seelig (1-800 CONTACTS, Former Utah House of Representatives) 
Dylan Shepherd (Private Client Rep., Lincoln Financial Services)
Taki Telonidis (Media Producer, Western Folklife Center)
Ken Verdoia (Executive Producer KUED, ret., Chair, Utah Arts Council)
Matt Wigham (CEO, Big Cartel)
Rick Wray (Co-Founder, Spy Hop)