AMNH Greatly Acknowledges 

The Presenting Sponsor of the Museum’s multicultural public programming is

MetLife Foundation

The Margaret Mead Film Festival is made possible by the
New York State Council on the Arts
with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the
New York State Legislature. 
The American Museum of Natural History gratefully acknowledges HBO, Inc. for its generous support of the Mead films and cultural programming for New York City public high schools.
Donation of projectors provided by projectiondesign. 
Our Global Kitchen: Food, Nature, Culture is organized by the American Museum of Natural History, New York (www.amnh.org) 
The exclusive corporate sponsor for Our Global Kitchen is

J.P. Morgan

Festival Staff
Dominic Davis
Bella Desai
Aiko Masubuchi
Monique Scott

Programming Consultants
Olli Chanoff
Rachel Chanoff
Nadine Goellner
Charles Jabour

Festival Interns
Hogai Aryoubi
Max Brivic
Rose Karabush
Rachel Sherman-Presser
Jingyu Shi
Michelle Silecchia
Alison Tusick
Rachel Ward
Tamiyah Yancey

Mead Filmmaker Award Jury
Mahen Bonetti, Executive Director, African Film Festival
Patricia Cardoso, Filmmaker and Anthropologist
Dan Cogan, Executive Director, Impact Partners
Judith Helfand, Filmmaker and Activist

Advisors
Laurel Kendall, Ph.D
AMNH Curator of Asian Ethnographic Collections and Chair of Anthropology
Peter Whiteley, Ph.D
AMNH Curator of North American Ethnology
Faye Ginsburg, Ph.D
Director, NYU Center for Media, Culture, and History

Museum Staff
Bill Anderson
Sharon Baskind-Wing
Joan Bernard
Benjy Bernhardt
Kelly Bolger
Anne Canty
Eric Cortes
Catherine Devine 
Chuck Dishian
John Duhig 
Ellen Evaristo 
Stephanie Forbes 
Laurie Freyer
Lynn Hassett 
Kristen Jaquez-Benedetti
Kevin Jones 
Nigel Julien
Ben Kerson 
Matthew Kirsch
Kira Lacks 
Roberto Lebron 
Peter Lyden 
Yasidney Marte
Barbara Mathe 
Eliza McCarthy
Valerie McQueen
Suzanne Morris
Tom Norcott
Liz O’Marra
Priya Roychowdhury 
Anup Sardar 
Joshua Schnakenberg 
Dave Seligman
Gerald R. Singer, Esq
Jennifer Smith 
Amy Sonnenborn
Angela Stach 
Merrily Sterns 
Matthew Tarr
Chris Toy
Jessica Ulrich 
Kristen Wahlberg 
Adina Williams

Prescreeners
Brandon Arroyo
Stephanie Fins 
Ariana Hellerman
Stella Hardee
Daniel Kruziewicz
Maritza Macdonald 
Gabi Madsen
Nick Martinez
Holly Voges

Website
Jamanda McNabb
Kris Britt 

Friends
David Bagnall 
Adam Baran
Jeff Breithaupt
Michelle Byrd
David Callahan
Rachel Cooper
Cara Cusumano
Dana Elmquist
Sindy Gordon
Carlos Gutiérrez
La Frances Hui
Louise Lamphere
Steve Mendelsohn
Dean Movshovitz
Jennifer Nedbalsky
Zhenia Stadnik
Elizabeth Weatherford 
Kim Yutani

Museum Leadership
President:  Ellen V. Futter
Chairman:  Lewis Bernard
Senior Vice President and Provost of Science:  Michael Novacek
Senior Vice President for Institutional Advancement, Education and Strategic Planning:  Lisa J. Gugenheim
Senior Director, Education Strategic Initiatives | Director, Center for Lifelong Learning: Ruth Cohen