Lisa Rose (Festival Director)
Lisa was appointed as the new Queer Screen’s Festival Director at the end of May 2017. She was elected President of Queer Screen follo...
Paul Kennedy (Head of Partnerships)
After working overseas in Tokyo, London and New York Paul returned to Australia and now acts as a sponsorship consultant for premium events ...
Vicki Gutierrez (Festival Operations Manager)
Vicki joined Queer Screen in 2017 after 2 years as Production Manager for the Sydney Latin American Film Festival. She studied Communicati...
Board Members
Brad Booth
Brad is an experienced Strategy and Business Transformation Leader. He has designed and managed several large scale change programs in strat...
Cameron Bayley
Cameron Bayley is a journalist with more than a decade’s experience in publishing, across a variety of titles encompassing entertainment, ...
Cheryl Kavanagh (Co-chair)
Cheryl has been a Director since November 2012. She brings with her a wealth of business operations knowledge, drawing from the Hospitality ...
Evelyn Perusco (Secretary and Funding Director)
Evelyn brings a wealth of administrative and operational skills, along with a strong customer service ethic from over 20 years in both the r...
Finn O’Keefe (Digital Engagement Director)
Finn O’Keefe is a communications professional with a passion for community-based work and social justice issues. He has over ten years exp...
Joseph Duggan (Co-Chair)
Joseph qualified as a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Tax Advisor in 2010 after completing a Bachelor of Commerce and Masters in Accounti...
Leah Pellinkhof (Filmmaker Director)
Leah Pellinkhof has over 15 years of experience as an acting and filmmaking teacher having taught at many performing arts schools including ...
Matt Janssen (Membership Director)
Matt is an experienced and dynamic leader with extensive experience in senior leadership roles in the corporate sector and various board rol...
Tony Burns (Events Director)
Tony is passionate about the arts. As a performer, administrator and a volunteer he has participated in many capacities within the industry ...
Vicki Harding (Treasurer and Web Director)
Vicki comes to Queer Screen with a long history of lesbian, feminist and other LGBTIQ community activism. From founding The Women’s Librar...
Board Associates
David Libter
David provides administrative support and assists the Festival Director. He is a member of Queer Screen Programming Group, which selects fil...
Mike Worsley
Mike is an experienced award-winning Producer and Director having worked in the industry for more than 15 years on over 60 television shows ...
