ReadingFilmFEST Team

Cammie Harris, MBA - Executive Director

Cammie brings over 20 years of project management and entrepreneurial experience. She spent the early part of her career leading telecommunications projects for companies like Merrill Lynch, Allied Signal, and Realink Systems. Cammie embarked on an entrepreneurial journey after moving to the mid-west where she owned and operated three small restaurant businesses. Upon her return east, Cammie was executive director of the WCR Center for the Arts, a nonprofit performing arts organization set within a historic building in the city or Reading, PA.

Tracy Schott, MS, MSW - Creative Director

Tracy Schott is the co-founder of ReadingFilmFEST and the founder of Schott Productions. She has created hundreds of film and video projects, including television commercials, webcontent, corporate communications, theatrical and event content. Tracy produced ReadingFilm’s LOCATION! LOCATION! directed the Emmy-nominated DREAM WEDDINGS and is the producer/director of the awardwinning documentary film examining intimate partner violence, FINDING JENN’S VOICE. She is currently in production on FROM THE RIVER, a short documentary film on the history of Reading and Berks County, and in development on LE BON CHEF – a feature length “dramedy” about food, women and patriarchy.

Chris Woodward, MD - Associate Director & Juror Coordinator

Chris Woodward has spent his career in Medicine but has been a movie critic since childhood. At age 3, during a showing of Disney’s “The Shaggy Dog”, he told his Mom that dogs don’t talk implying the movie’s premise was absurd. This was his first lesson in the willing suspension of disbelief. He loves to find modest budget, independent movie gems to recommend to his adult children. Chris badgers, corralls and nudges our jurors to ensure that every film is seen and fairly judged.

Phil Black, Juror Coordinator, and Web Administrator Emily Branch, PR and Social Media Manager Mimi Kolb, Graphic Designer Margaret Yevicks, Volunteer Coordinator

Victoria Leigh, Jada Lichtenwalner,

and Bence Verce, Interns

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Tracy Schott, MS/MSW - Board President | CEO, Schott Productions Chris Woodward, MD - Treasurer | Tower Health Medical Group Carol Toomey – Secretary | Director, Rainbow Theatre Heather Adams | Executive Director, BCTV Wynton Butler, M.ED | Director of Social Services, Reading School District Christian Crespo | Marketing Director, City of Reading Caroline Fitzpatrick, Ph.D. | Associate Professor of Communication, Chair, Alvernia CollegeTowne Campus Suzanna Fultz, JD | Attorney, Barley Snyder Cammie Harris, MBA | Executive Director, ReadingFilm Tracy Hoffmann | CEO, Hoffmann Publishing Santo D. Marabella, DSW, MBA- Co-Founder | CEO, Marabella Enterprises Michele Ramsey, Ph.D. | Associate Professor, Penn State University - Berks Campus

ADVISORY COUNCIL MEMBERS

Cara Cotellese, MS | Associate Professor, Kutztown University John Ernesto | JazzFEST Manager, Berks Arts John Hoskyns-Abrahall | Co-Founder & CEO, Bullfrog Films Levi Landis, MPA | Executive Director, GoggleWorks Center for the Arts Rick Olmos | COO & VP of Program Operations, Centro Hispano Rodney Ridley, Ph.D. | Associate Provost & VP & COO, Alvernia University CollegeTowne Campus Sandy Solmon, | CEO, Sweet Street Rosario Torres, Ph.D. | Associate Professor of Spanish, Penn State University - Berks Campus Meredith Walker | General Manager, Reading RC 11 / IMAX Theater

JURORS AND MODERATORS

Jurors: From early February through the end of June, Community Jurors are assigned an average of 9 to 12 films. Films are scored on direction, acting, writing, cinematography, music, and other criteria. A score is generated, and the Film is given a thumbs up or down. The top-rated films are then selected for screening during the festival. Moderators: The primary role of a Moderator is to watch the films assigned to them before the festival so that during the festival, they can engage the audience and filmmaker (if present) in a lively discussion about each Film.

The following individuals represent ReadingFilmFest 2022, community volunteer Jurors and Moderators. Thank you for your service!

Omar Abdali - Juror Barbara Balsbough - Juror Linda Bell - Juror & Moderator Tom Birch - Juror Philip Black - Juror Wynton Butler - Moderator Rich Cavanagh - Juror Taylor Cole - Juror Cara Cotellese - Juror & Moderator Michael Covello - Juror Christian Crespo - Moderator Ryan Dellaquila - Juror Matthew Ducca - Juror Rebecca Dunst - Juror Carl Fisher - Juror & Moderator Kyrie Fisher - Juror John Flemming - Juror Jim Frank - Juror Rosemary Frank - Vitale - Juror Theresa Gettle - Juror Donna Hey - Juror & Moderator Jonah Ingram - Juror Jon Jordan - Juror & Moderator Dave Kline - Moderator Sheila Korick - Juror Sue Lange - Juror Ann Lemon - Juror Lynneth Lohse - Juror Santo Marabella - Juror Todd Migliaccio - Moderator Randy Miller - Juror & Moderator Christopher Paolini - Juror & Moderator Stefanie Pilkerton - Juror Michele Ramsey - Juror & Moderator Jen Reimer - Juror Nancy Remaley - Juror Jerry Richter - Juror Rodney Ridley - Moderator Holly Ryan - Juror Liz Schneider - Juror Tracy Schott - Moderator Harry Serio - Juror Ben Sneeringer - Juror Lady Strongman - Juror Carol Toomey - Juror & Moderator Rosario Torres - Juror & Moderator Albert Walentis - Juror & Moderator Jani Wolf - Juror Chris Woodward - Juror & Moderator Greg Woodward - Juror