About
ABOUT/STAFF
Steve Goodman
Executive Director
EVC Founding Director and Executive Director, Steve Goodman, trained as a journalist at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
Casey Cordon
Finance and Operations Manager
Originally from North Carolina, Casey graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill in 2001. Upon moving to New York City she began work in Arts Management at The Culture Project, an off-Broadway theater.
Deneen Reynolds-Knott
Director, Professional Development Program
Deneen Reynolds-Knott is a media educator born and raised in New York. She earned her M.A. in Educational Theatre from New York University and her M.F.A. in Film from Columbia University.
Christina Biddle
Co-Director, Youth Documentary Workshop
Christina began her teaching career in 2000 when she entered the New York City Teaching Fellows Program, in which she taught English, Global History, and Video Production for seven years.
Christine Mendoza
Co-Director, Youth Documentary Workshop and Director of Educational Research and Evaluation
This fall EVC welcomes back Christine Mendoza former EVC documentary workshop student and also workshop teacher, who is taking on dual roles as Co-Director of Youth Documentary Workshop and Directo
Merle Augustin
Media Coach
Merle Augustin is a producer, director and writer. She has worked on documentaries, short films and recently took a foray into features and webisodes.
Karim Lopez
Media Coach
Karim Lopez is a writer, activist, youth-worker and filmmaker from Sunset Park, Brooklyn, New York.
Padmini Narumanchi
Media Coach
Padmini Narumanchi studied film at the University of California, Berkeley (BA, 1998) and at the University of Southern California (MFA, 2001).
Kat Nichols
Media Coach
Kat Nichols is a former NYC public high school teacher. She studied film/video-making and media critique while earning her B.A.
Peter Rudoy
Media Coach
Peter has been teaching digital filmmaking to New York City public school students and teachers for the past seven years.
Laura Doggett
Satellite Academy Partnership Coordinator
Laura has been directing youth media and creative arts programs for over ten years. She has worked with teenagers at the Latin American Youth Center in Washington, D.C.
Rachel Brown
Documentary Instructor
Rachel Brown graduated magna cum laude from Hunter College (CUNY), where she double majored in Film Production and Political Science.
Rebecca Di Meo
Documentary Instructor
Rebecca Di Meo is a community artist from Milwaukee, WI who uses art as a tool for social change.
Dennis Flores
Documentary Instructor
Dennis Flores is a community based human rights filmmaker committed to using the camera as a tool for education and survival.
Tawnya Foskett
Documentary Instructor
Tawnya began her career as an actor after studying at The American Academy of Dramatic Arts. In 1999 she branched out to behind-the-scenes work by co-producing a one-woman play in NYC.
Kim Hall
Documentary Instructor
Kim Hall is a film and video artist living in New York City. She began to discover the power of media over 12 years ago.
Veridiana Montas
Documentary Instructor
A former alumna of EVC, Veridiana represented EVC at the Sundance Film Festival, where she took part in a daily blog about the festival and was featured in a local newspaper.
Laszlo Toth
Documentary Instructor
Laszlo Toth is an artist, filmmaker, and youth media educator based in Brooklyn, NY. He previously facilitated a service learning-based media production program at Franklin K.
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