Advisory Board
Executive Director, Puffin Foundation, Ltd. - Gladys Miller Rosenstein
President, Puffin Foundation, Ltd. - Neal Rosenstein
Co-Founder of TIFF - Judy Distler
Former Executive Director & Co-Founder of TIFF - Ellen Rand
Founder, Bergen County Chapter of The Links, Inc. - Theodora Smiley Lacey
Former Teaneck Mayor - Jacqueline B. Kates
President, Teaneck Chamber of Commerce - Larry Bauer
President, National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc., Bergen/Passaic Chapter - Michelle Okolo
Former Arts Co-Chair, Bergen County Chapter of The Links, Inc. - Maria Trice Jenkins
Former Arts & Culture Chair, National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc. Bergen/Passaic Chapter -Gail Baskerville-Norris & Sonia Tracey
Temple Emeth - Edward Pierce, Jason Kooistra & Rabbi Steven Sirbu
YWCA of Northern New Jersey - Helen Archontou
Officers and Members of Organizing Committee
Executive Director - Jeremy Lentz
Development Directors - Judy Distler & Eva Tobias
Chief Financial Officer - Stephanie McCaw
Centerpiece Coordinator - Eva Tobias, Dale Mazzei, & Susan Davison
Volunteer Coordinator & Marketing - Lee Long
Graphic & Media Designer - Chris Finley, Calvina Li
Grant Writer - Stephanie McCaw
Poster Designer - Calvina Li
West Coast Film Scouts - Joan & Paul Sher
Photographers - Barbara Balkin, Ray Turkin, Susan Davison, Calvina Li, and Anthony Orlando
Youth Outreach & Community Relations Advisors - Dena Grushkin, Theodora Lacey, & Jeannette Curtis-Rideau
Webmaster - Michelle Derderian
Social Media - Anthony Orlando & Calvina Li
Talent & Development - Sabrina Clay & Sherri Pullum
Videographer & Film Editor - Lon Garelick
Communications & Venue Coordinator - Karen Sacks
Student Curriculum Coordinator - Dena Grushkin
Tickets - Rob Eigenbrod
Latino & Hispanic Outreach and Film Selection Chair - Erik Cruz-Morales
2026 Film Selection Committee
Shahanaz Arjumand, David Bland, Richard Bolen, Sandee Brawarsky, Steven Clark, Jeanette Curtis-Rideau, Susan Davison, Judy Distler, Deborah Eliyahu, Nicole Falk, Dena Grushkin, Reshma Khan, Susan Lesh, Barry Lichtenberg, Lee Long, Dale Mazzei, Erik Cruz-Morales, Anthony Orlando, Karen Rappaport, Anita Rivers, Joan Sher, Marsha Sobel, and Mary Jane Tucker
Members at Large
Marc Duijsings, Rhona Herman, David McCaw, and Micki Shilan
Official TIFF moderators
David Bland, Sandee Brawarsky, Jeanette Curtis-Rideau, Judy Distler, Eric Goldman, Jeremy Lentz, Barry Lichtenberg, Darla Miles, Randall Pinkston, Sherri Pullum, Ellen Rand, Daniel Rynhold, Karen Sacks, and Maria Trice-Jenkins
