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Staff

IDA Team

Asian woman sitting in a brown wooden chair on a stage, wearing black jacket, shirt, and pants. Photo by Shevan Bastianpillai, courtesy of World Records
Abby Sun
Director of Programs and Editor of Documentary Magazine
A person with blue curly hair looks straight into the camera. They wear a mustard colored turtle neck and a bright blue blazer.
Anisa Hosseinnezhad
Membership & Individual Giving Program Manager
A person with a beanie stands in front of a body of water during the winter. They wear a white shirt and a black pea coat.
Armando Zamudio
Events and Content Program Officer
Bethany Wearden headshot.
Bethany Wearden
Fiscal Sponsorship Program Manager
A woman with glasses, black hair, black eyebrows and brown skin smiles at the camera in a selfie style photo. She wears a button up shirt with a pattern and a mustard-yellow cardigan.
Catalina Combs
Marketing and Communications Manager
A white man with strawberry blonde hair and a short beard smiles at the camera against a grey backdrop. He wears a brown collared shirt.
Colin Arp
Office and Administration Coordinator
Headshot image of Dominic Asmall Willsdon
Dominic Asmall Willsdon
Executive Director
Gabriella Ortega Ricketts
Gabriella Ortega Ricketts
Communications and Events Manager
Janki Patel Headshot 2
Janki Patel
Advertising and Sponsorship Manager
A woman with dirty blonde hair and blue eyes smiles to the camera against a gray backdrop. She wears a navy blue t-shirt.
Katy Hurley
Funds Coordinator
A white woman tilts her head and smiles at the camera against a light blue backdrop. Her hair is purple and she wears large earrings. She was an elegant black lacy top.
Lilla Sparks
Fiscal Sponsorship Program Coordinator
Black and white photo of a woman with long, wavy black hair smiling brightly at the camera. She crosses her arms confidently. She wears a patterned long and long-sleeved dress.
Maria A. Santos
Artist Services Manager
A woman with black hair and red-framed glasses smiles at the camera in an outdoor area. She wears a red blouse.
Mary Garbesi
Director of Finance and Administration
A woman stands in front of a colorful back drop at a film festival. She has shoulder length brown hair and glasses. She wears a tight black leather jacket and an orange skirt.
Melissa D'Lando
Grants Manager
Headshot of Zaferhan Yumru, a queer male presenting person with short black hair, wearing transparent eyeglasses, a gold earring in the shape of an eye, a gold chain necklace and green shirt.
Zaferhan Yumru
Director of Marketing, Communications, and Events