Board of Directors
Board of Directors
The Board of Directors of Washington Filmworks is appointed by the Governor. Members work in the film industry and in industries that benefit economically from film production. The Board’s primary responsibility is to review and vote on applications for funding assistance and to approve new programs and policies for the organization.
Board of Directors
Jeff Barehand
Film Leadership Council Co-Chair Jeff Barehand is CEO/President of Sky Bear Media, a production company headquartered in Olympia, WA. Jeff is of the Gila River and Navajo people of Arizona but has lived in Washington State for more than twelve years. He is a 2014 Sundance Native Lab Film Fellow and is currently adapting a…
Rebecca Cook
Rebecca Cook is from Spokane and is an active member of the Washington film community. She has worked as an actress, director, costumer, make-up artist, accountant, and producer throughout the state. For the last several years, she has worked on over 25 feature films, various commercial productions, many short films, a few documentaries, and worked…
John Cooper
John Cooper is President & CEO of Yakima Valley Tourism where he oversees a multi-faceted tourism promotion organization for the region that manages the Yakima Convention Center, Sports Commission, Visitor Information Center, plus working with the film and video industry. Prior to that he was the CEO of Bellingham Whatcom County Tourism. Throughout his tenure…
Jolene DiSalvo
Jolene DiSalvo has over 25 years of experience in hospitality sales, marketing and operations. Jolene has been with Seattle-based hospitality management company Columbia Hospitality for 17 years, serving as VP of Marketing, then Senior Vice President, before becoming President of Business Operations. Before joining Columbia, Jolene spent 11 years with Starwood Hotels & Resorts as…
Tony Doupé
Tony is a SAG-AFTRA actor and producer with an MFA from the California Institute of the Arts. A successful actor for over 34 years in LA, New Orleans, and Seattle, he has been teaching and coaching actors for 25 years, both privately and at the college level. He currently serves as the Film/Theatre Department Chair,…
Brett Halperin
Brett Halperin is a PhD Candidate in Human Centered Design & Engineering and Cinema & Media Studies at the University of Washington. He researches how AI is reshaping contemporary film aesthetics, labor, and spectatorship. His peer-reviewed publications appear in the fields of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Design Research, and Cinema & Media Studies. He has recently…
Don Jensen
Chair
Don Jensen was appointed Chair by Gov. Jay Inslee in August 2013. Previously he served as treasurer of Washington Filmworks. He is the owner of Alpha Cine Labs in Seattle, Washington. Jensen has 40 years experience in film and video production and post production. Jensen worked with a group of Washington companies to develop and…
Myron Partman
Equity Chair
Equity Co-Chair Born and raised in Seattle, Myron is the owner of Chameleon Creative Services and has spent most of his career in the sound field. More recently he goes back and forth between sound and camera. Credits include Grey’s Anatomy, 21 and Over, World’s Greatest Dad and an Emmy for Bill Nye The Science…
Malcolm Pelles
Equity Chair
Equity Co-Chair Malcolm Pelles is a professor, playwright, and filmmaker. He teaches screenwriting at Eastern Washington University. His plays have been performed Off-Broadway in New York City and in Washington, DC at places like the Kennedy Center. Malcolm has written scripts for CBS Entertainment, the National Football League, Gameloft, and the US Army. He has…
Devante Smith
Film Leadership Council Co-Chair
Devante Smith is a recent graduate of Eastern Washington University’s Film program. After interning for season three of Z Nation, he has been working as the basecamp production assistant for the past two years on the show. In the off-season, he works with local musical artists to build a voice and brand through interviews, podcasts,…
Jessica Stoller
Jessica is the Marketing and PR Director at the Leavenworth Chamber ofCommerce, where she manages the media, marketing, and public relations for the chamber and the town of Leavenworth. As the official film liaison in the area, she serves as an ambassador to visiting film and video companies and assists with the permitting process, location…
Andrea A. Stuart-Lehalle
Andrea has been a creative her whole life, focusing on music and filmmaking. A graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts’ Kanbar Institute of Film and Television, she spent 10 years as Creative Director of a boutique video creative agency in Paris, France, where she focused on leading the creative process. During…