Chris Head DCEFF Staff photo

Christopher Head

Executive Director
Brad Forder DCEFF staff photo

Brad Forder

Director of Programming
Samantha Plukun DCEFF staff photo

Sam Plakun

Program Manager

Bri’anna Moore

Programming Associate

Jacob Crawford

Director of Online Communications
Monica Schorn DCEFF Staff photo

Monica Schorn

Festival Coordinator

Alicia Payne

Media Relations and Outreach Director
Alice Sadler DCEFF Staff Photo

Alice Sadler

Director of Development

Mary Chandler Blankenship

Development Assistant

Allyson Morgan

Virtual Event & Theater Producer

Board of Directors

Susan Vitka, Chair

Jennifer Johnson, Vice Chair
Greg McGruder, Vice Chair
Barbara L. Franklin, Secretary
Peter O’Brien, Treasurer

Mustafa Santiago Ali
Shelley Cohen
Dianne Dillon-Ridgley
Caroline Gabel
Annie Kaempfer
Tyrhee Moore
Peggy Parsons
Roger Platt
Nora Pouillon
Kristin Rechberger
Brooke Runnette
Jacob Scherr
E. William Stetson III
Flo Stone
Gwyn Whittaker
Catherine Wyler

Trustees Emeritae
Marion Guggenheim
Anita Herrick
Josie Merck
Joan D. Murray
Dane Nichols

Advisory Council

Margie Burks
Katie Carpenter
Harriett Crosby
Sarah Davidson
Diana Lady Dougan
Sarah duPont
Anne Emmet
Grace Guggenheim
Laurence Hausman
Joseph Krakora
Elizabeth Kucinich
Dan M. Martin
Mary McCracken
Helen McNeill
Sally Meadows
Gouri Mirpuri
Naimah Muhammad
Gary Rahl
Deborah Rothberg
Edith Schafer
Jonathan Steffert
Maggie Stogner
Helen Strong
Mary Wallace
Georgiana Warner