MEET THE STAFF:  ALGHANI, RABIA  Facilities Manager  ALPERT, JON  Co-Founder & Co-Director  CASSIDY, ESTHER  Development Director  GARMASH, IRINA  Workshops Coordinator, Training & Resources  GARRISON, JESSE  Communications & Commty. Relations Officer  HESSENTHALER, MEGAN  Rentals Manager, Training & Resources  HIGASHITANI, REINA  Producer  Co-Director, Productions For Hire  MARTINEZ, CATHERINE  Managing Director  MESSINGER, DARA  Director, Training & Resources  MORTON, MILES  Art Director  O’NEILL, MATTHEW  Producer/Director  RAMOS, JOHNNY  Assistant Director, Youth Programs  RUIZ, CLARIVEL  Director, Youth Programs  SCOTT, CHINISHA  Coordinator, Youth Programs  SONENSTEIN, SHANNON  Producer  Co-Director, Productions For Hire  SPENCER, SANDY  Former Managing Director  TABBAA, KARIM  Distribution Coordinator  TSUNO, KEIKO  Co-Founder & Co-Director  CONSULTANTS & VOLUNTEERS  BELOTTI, AMYLEE  Associate, Training & Resources  CAPPELLA, DONNA  Assistant to the Director  CUSTODIO, JOHN  Editor  KAPLAN, JOHN  Cable Show Producer  MENESES, DAVID  Editor  NARAYANASWAMY, ALAMELU  Website Associate  RENAUD, BRENT  Producer/Director  RENAUD, CRAIG  Producer/Director  STEIN, EDDIE  Editor  STERRENBERG, JAY  Editor  DCTV INSTRUCTORS  ALBERTS, JEFF  ARMSTRONG, KALIM  BARTON, ADAM  ELMALIAH, AMOS  FLEISCHMAN, JEREMY  GAILE, DON  GIBSON, JODI  GOLDMAN, CARRIE  GOODMAN, DAVID  IZATT, TRACEY  KHAVIN, DMITRIY  LEFTHERIS, MICHELLE  LOWY, CRAIG  MATHES, ISAAC  NASTASI, JONATHAN  PARADA, ED  PEROT AUDI, SIMONE  PHILLIPS-HORST, ERIC  POLIZZI, RUBIN  REDFEARN, JENNIFER  REIS, PATRICK  ROBINS, JEREMY  RUSSELL, NATHAN  TELAROLI, GINA  TOWNSEND, TORREY  STERRENBERG, JAY  YOMTOOB, LILA  PROTV INSTRUCTORS  ABEID, DAOUD  ARTIS, ANTHONY  BRITTO, MICHAEL  CRISTINA, GOMEZ  GREEN, MARQUES  HODGE, JAMAL  LOHMAN, MELISSA  POLIZZI, RUBIN  SILVER, SARAH

Reina Higashitani// Producer Co-Director, Productions For Hire (646) 484-4635 reina [at] dctvny [dot] org Based in New York City, Reina Higashitani has produced, directed, photographed, and edited a multitude of video productions. Her first feature length documentary "Shall We Sing?" has been broadcast nationwide on PBS and won the Excellence Award at the 2007 Tokyo Video Festival among others. A scholar of film, Reina is a frequently published film critic, writing reviews and essays for newspapers and magazines including Marie Claire Japan. In addition, she is often involved in programming film festivals and translating Japanese films for US distribution. Reina received her Master's Degree in Cinema Studies from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.