Staff
Festival Director – Tara Flynn
Design and Communications Coordinator – Ricky Lalli
Festival Assistant – Makenzie Murdock
Community Ambassador – Asmita Lawrence
Committees
Producing a festival is a team effort! We cannot do this without the support and commitment of the following community members. Thank you!
Advisory Committee:
Leads: Heidi Schiller (Burnaby Public Library) & Bettina Cenerelli (Faculty Arts & Social Sciences, SFU)
Cynthia Henson (SFU Faculty of Science), Teena Martin (Petcha Kutcha event organizer), Angela Boal (City of Burnaby, Marketing), Tara Flynn (Community Engagement, SFU), Ana Maria Bustamante (Burnaby Intercultural Planning Table), Simone Brandl (Burnaby Neighbourhood House)
Special Advisors to the Program:
Jason Lesage (Volunteer Burnaby), Rebekah Mahaffey (City of Burnaby, Social Planning)
Program Committee:
Lead: Tara Flynn (Community Engagement, SFU)
Kevin Brandt (Burnaby School District), Lisa Codd (City of Burnaby, Heritage Planner), Liliane De Oliveira (Burnaby School District), Deirdre Grace (BCIT Library), Andrea Lam (Burnaby Public Library), Heather McCain (QMUNITY & Chronically Queer), Evelyn McGowan (Burnaby Youth Hub), Carol-Ann Flanagan (Society to End Homelessness)
Program Adjudicators:
Tara Flynn (Community Engagement, SFU), Heather McCain (QMUNITY & Chronically Queer), Asmita Lawrence (Community Ambassador), Makenzie Murdock (Community Engagement, SFU)
Communications Committee:
Teena Martin (Petcha Kutcha event organizer), Angela Boal (City of Burnaby, Marketing), Tara Flynn (Community Engagement, SFU)
If you’d like to get involved in committee work, get in touch here