Executive Staff

• Geri Guardino, Executive Director
• Joyce Bishop, Volunteer Manager
• Alene Burroughs, Office Manager & Marketing Associate
• Charles Alexander Collins, Technical Director
• Tom Formicola, Deputy Director / Development
• Carrie Gesteland, Production Director
• Tom Johnston, Production Coordinator
• Andrea Kremer, Marketing Manager
• Joyce Linehan, Director of Public Relations
• Lois Roach, Project Manager, First Night’s Neighborhood Network
• Charlie Souza, Director of Finance and Operations

Support Staff

• Suzanne Barricelli-Collins, Procession Manager
• Emerson Kington, Hynes Convention Center Site Manager
• Chris Lacquidara, Communications Manager
• Testa Lighting Design, Festival Lighting
• Joan Wattman, ASL Coordinator
• Isabelle Baggetta, Intern

Board of Directors

• Laura Roberts, Chair
• Michele Levy, Vice-chair
• Jan Beaven, Treasurer
• Lisa Tung, Secretary
• Kenneth Brass
• David Colella
• Mags Harries
• Nan Ives
• Deborah Smith
• Thacher Tiffany
• Carol Trager
• Thomas Trumble

Advisory Board

• Jarrett T. Barrios, President, Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
• Meg Mainzer-Cohen, President & Executive Director, Back Bay Association
• Ed Piette, President/General Manager, WBZ-TV
• James E. Rooney, Executive Director, Massachusetts Convention Center Authority
• Clara Wainwright, Artist & Founder, First Night, Inc.

Directors Emeriti

• Zeren Earls
• Don Stanton
• Joan Thacher Tiffany
• Clara Wainwright