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Thank you to our Civic Partners Advisory Group Members

Abby Pucker – Gertie

Aymar Jean Christian – Founder, OTV; Northwestern University

Betsy Steinberg – Independent Film Alliance Chicago

Charles Andrew Gardener – SAG-AFTRA

Chaz Ebert – Ebertfest

Jean de St. Aubin –  Principle and Owner Jean de St. Aubin Consulting LLC

Karen Cardarelli – Chicago Alliance of Film Festivals

Kate Markham – Art House Convergence

Lisa Dziekan – World Business Chicago

Mark Mitten – Mitten Media Group

Michelle Cronin – Strategist, Genysis Advisors

Ned McGregor – Filmscape

Peter Hawley – Illinois Film Office

Rich Moskal – Former Director of Chicago Film Office

Wesley Julian – Independent Film Alliance Chicago

Thank you to our Independent Artists and Organizations Advisory Group Members

Ana Garcia-Doyle, One Earth Collective/One Earth Film Fest

Angie Gaffney – Independent Producer, 521 Films

Betsy Leonard – Kartemquin Films

Brett Neveu – Writers Guild of America; Northwestern University

Brittani Ward – Independent Producer, 521 Films

Carrie Holt de Lama – Independent Producer

Colette Ghunim – Founder, Mezcla Media Collective

Eddie Linker – Elevated Films

Elijah McKinnon – OTV

Ellen Kaulig – World Business Chicago

Emily Long – Gene Siskel Film Center

Erica Duffy – Midwest Film Festival; Camera Ambassador

Eugene Sun Park – Full Spectrum Features

Fenell Doremus – Documentary Producers Alliance

Grishma Shah – ReelAbilities Film Festival

Ines Sommer – Doc Chicago; Northwestern University

James Choi – Film Director; DePaul University

Jason Matsumoto – Full Spectrum Features

Jennifer Reeder – Film Director; University of Illinois Chicago

Kyle Henry – Film Director; Northwestern University

Lisa Trifone – Bright Iris Film Co.

Mimi Plauche – Cinema/Chicago

Naima Torres – Mezcla Media Collective

Nicole Bernardi-Reis – Independent Producer

NK Guiterrez – Black Harvest, Midwest Film Fest , XL Film Fest

Shane Simmons – Elevated Films

Stacy Robinson – Kartemquin Films

Troy Pryor – Creative Cypher; XL Film Fest

Vivian Teng – Cinema/Chicago

Yvonne Whelbon – Sisters in Cinema