Staff

Anaïsa Visser
(she/her/they/them)

Executive Director
operations@gemsvancouver.org

Shalyn (Shay) Ferdinand
(she/her)

Director of Programs & Partnerships
shay@gemsvancouver.or
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Debbi Lynn Salmonsen
(she/her)

Project Manager - Capacity Building & Strategic Planning Project
debbilynn@gemsvancouver.or
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Anna Bui
(she/her)

Programming Coordinator
anna@gemsvancouver.org

Cassia Powell
(they/them)

Communications Coordinator
cassia@gemsvancouver.or
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Vanessa Meyer
(she/her)

The Genre Film Lab - Program Director
genre@gemsvancouver.or
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Omorose Osagie
(she/her)

Emerging TV Producers Program - Program Director
omorose@gemsvancouver.or
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Festival team

Della Haddock
(she/her)

Festival Coordinator
della@gemsvancouver.or
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Rianna Richards
(she/her)

Festival Assistant
rianna@gemsvancouver.or
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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