Staff
Anaïsa Visser
(she/her/they/them)
Executive Director
operations@gemsvancouver.org
Debbi Lynn Salmonsen
(she/her)
Project Manager - Capacity Building & Strategic Planning Project
debbilynn@gemsvancouver.org
Anna Bui
(she/her)
Programming Coordinator
anna@gemsvancouver.org
Cassia Powell
(they/them)
Communications Coordinator
cassia@gemsvancouver.org
Vanessa Meyer
(she/her)
The Genre Film Lab - Program Director
genre@gemsvancouver.org
Festival team
Della Haddock
(she/her)
Festival Coordinator
della@gemsvancouver.org
Sophie Caird
(she/her)
Media & Industry Coordinator
sophie@gemsvancouver.org
Rianna Richards
(she/her)
Festival Assistant
rianna@gemsvancouver.org
Sadie Barker
(she/her)
Lead Programmer - GEMFest 2025
Debbie Courchene
(she/her)
Indigenous Programming Coordinator - GEMFest 2025
Laura Arboleda
(she/her)
Features Programmer - GEMFest 2025
Faly Mevamanana
(she/her)
Shorts Programmer - GEMFest 2025