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Adelaide Festival Corporation Board Members
Judy Potter (Chair)
Mark Roderick (Deputy Chair)
David Knox
Ian McRae AO
The Hon Amanda Vanstone AO
The Rt Hon Sandy Verschoor
Jim Whalley
Alison Beare
Rachel Williams (Government Observer)
STAFF
Neil Armfield AO and Rachel Healy, Artistic Directors
Elaine Chia, Executive Director
Marta Davis, Executive Assistant & Program Coordinator
Programming
Lesley Newton, Head of Programming
Tess Appleby, Program Manager
Kate Hillgrove, Program Manager
Joel Allan, Logistics Coordinator
Julie Orchard, Youth, Education & Talks Coordinator
Deanne Bullen, Education Resource Writer
Blake Gilchrist, Executive Producer & Curator Festival Club
Alice Fraser, Associate Producer, Festival Club
Aphra Walton-Humphries, Programming Assistant
Adelaide Writers' Week
Jo Dyer, Director
Suzanne Critchley, Program Manager
Kvitka Becker, Program Coordinator
Bruce McKinven, Site Designer and Coordinator Adelaide Writer's Week
Production
Taren Hornhardt, Head of Production
Paige Goodwin, Production Manager
Mark Pennington, Technical Manager
Roland Partis, Special Events Production Coordinator
Rohan Yates, Production Logistics Coordinator
Lee Francis, Risk Consultant
Abbie Heuer, Production Coordinator
Bruce Bolton, Production Coordinator
Damon Jones, Production Coordinator
David McLean, Project Manager - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Lachlan Turner, Production Manager - A German Life
Leisa Gosling, Production Coordinator
Tahlia Greco, Production Admin Assistant
Michaela Banks, Store Coordinator
Marketing and Communications
Michelle Reid, Head of Marketing & Communications
Benita Healy, Ticketing and Data Manager
Laura Danesin, Marketing Executive
Annika Stennert, Marketing Executive
Emma Horner, Marketing Coordinator
India Ward, Marketing Assistant
Luke Penman, Ticketing Assistant
Tessa King, Graphic Designer
Anthea Hagar, Publicist
Petrina Egan, National Publicist
Carolina Rojas, Data & Publicity Coordinator
Business Development
Amanda Wheeler, Head of Business Development
Kirilea Salomone, Sponsorship Manager
Emma Williams, Acting Sponsorship Executive
Stefanie Vizzari, Functions Coordinator
Alyssa Mason, Sponsorship Coordinator
Beatrice Jeavons, Sponsorship Coordinator
Micaela Thomas, Business Development Assistant
Sarah Killey, Philanthropy Manager
Bernadette Woods, Philanthropy Manager
Finance and Corporate Services
Elizabeth Brooks, Head of Corporate Services
Zarina Yusop, Finance and IT Manager
Prue Miels, Administration/Payroll Officer
Vander Da Silva, Volunteer Manager
Philly Hoang, Admin Assistant
With thanks to
Alan John, Copywriter