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GFI Staff
The Chair of the Global Film Initiative is accomplished
corporate marketing executive, community organizer and long-time
public educator, Susan Weeks Coulter. A former Peace Corps
volunteer, she began her public sector work as Executive Director
of Queen’s Bench Foundation, a criminal justice education
foundation, and in the development and production of Who Do You Tell?, an award-winning educational film. During
her fifteen subsequent years in the financial services industry,
she has continued her involvement in media-based education and research.
Santhosh Daniel is Director of Programs. Before coming to the Global Film Initiative, Mr. Daniel worked as a creative consultant in the arts, entertainment and technology sectors, and in editorial acquisitions and management for academic and university presses. Mr. Daniel also has extensive experience as a writer and editor for arts and culture publications, independent literary and film projects, and collaborative works with writers, visual artists and filmmakers in the United States, India and Mexico. He has a B.A. in English from the University of Washington, and a M.F.A. in English from the University of Iowa.
Mara Sohn, Director of Business Development, has worked in nonprofit and corporate arts-related business development for almost a decade. Most recently, she managed development programs and campaigns at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and Berkeley Repertory Theatre, and was Program Manager for LUNAFEST, a festival of short films by, for and about women put on by LUNA bar. An avid filmgoer, she has also worked as a freelance curator for the Oakland Museum of California, and as a programmer for DocFest and IndieFest in San Francisco. Ms. Sohn has a B.A. in Political, Legal, and Economic Analysis from Mills College and serves on the board of the New Leaders Council.
Jeremy Quist, Global Lens Series Manager, began his career in the film industry as an intern for New Yorker Films. Before joining the Global Film Initiative, Mr. Quist produced retail DVDs for Film Movement, a New York-based contemporary foreign and independent film distributor, in addition to serving as their Print Traffic and Acquisitions Coordinator. He has written film notes for the Brattle Theatre in Boston and for the San Francisco International Film Festival. Mr. Quist has a B.A. in Film Studies from the University of California at Santa Barbara, and an M.A. in Cinema Studies from New York University.
Marita Murphy, Operations Manager, has extensive experience in the non-profit sector, with emphasis in media relations and development for political campaigns, and research management for organizations such as Taxpayers for Common Sense and Project Vote Smart. Ms. Murphy is trained as a photographer and was introduced to film production while documenting development projects for the Southeast Asia Rural Social Leadership Institute in the Philippines. Since her work in Southeast Asia, she has been involved with numerous independent film and television projects both domestically and internationally. Ms. Murphy graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a B.A. in Peace Studies and History.
Hilary Lawson, Marketing and Publicity Coordinator,
began her marketing career at City Lights Publishers, where she coordinated media relations and promotional campaigns for contemporary literature and nonfiction releases. Before coming to the Global Film Initiative, Ms. Lawson also handled marketing and communications for VolunteerMatch, the web’s leading resource for matching volunteers with service opportunities. She brings with her an extensive background in writing and editing, and has worked in the editorial department of travel-oriented Afar Magazine, as well as Mass Appeal Magazine, where she wrote lifestyle articles on urban artists and musicians. Ms. Lawson holds a B.A. in Writing, Literature and Publishing from Emerson College in Boston.
Board of Directors
Susan Weeks Coulter – Board Chair
San Francisco, CA
Al Cattabiani – Treasurer
Dobbs Ferry, NY
David Shevlin — Secretary
New York, NY
Jenna Arnold
New York, NY
Shaari Ergas
San Francisco, CA
Amy Hunter
New York, NY
Miles Ito
Campbell, CA
Igor Kirman
New York, NY
Konrad Ng
Honolulu, HI
Dan Zilberman
New York, NY
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