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		Lacey Adams - Marketing & Membership Manager Lacey began at CCA as a box-office employee and quickly moved up through the ranks to her current position as Marketing Manager. Working with all staff members, she coordinates and supervises the marketing of CCA's diverse projects, including advertising, printed media and distribution of flyers. Lacey is also in charge of membership benefits and renewals and e-mail newsletters. Contact
		Martin Back - Digital Media Arts Director Martin is a media artist and musician exploring the aesthetics of noise, chance and appropriation in both live performance and presentation media. He is originally from Southwestern Louisiana. Martin also plays drums for the operatic, psychedelic, doom-metal outfit Gnossurrus. Martin studied for a BA in Moving Image Arts at the College of Santa Fe, where he was a student of noted media artist David Stout and media theorist and historian Gene Youngblood. Martin is also a protégé of Steina and Woody Vasulka. Contact
		Filip Celander – Cinematheque Manager Prior to joining CCA, Filip owned his own film production company in Stockholm, Sweden, where he directed and produced work for MTV, Kanal 5, TV3, and Viasat. Before moving to the US, he worked extensively throughout Europe as a freelance camera operator and editor. Filip has been involved in the educational programming department at the Telluride Film Festival for the past nine years. He also teaches classes in CCA's Digital Media Program. Filip holds a BA in Moving Images from the College of Santa Fe. Contact
		Cyndi Conn – Visual Arts Director & Curator Cyndi is responsible for the overall visual arts department, including exhibitions, publications, outreach, and special events. Previously, Cyndi was the director of Santa Fe's EVO Gallery, where she was responsible for artist selection, exhibition, marketing, and playing a seminal role in the gallery's evolution to one of the premiere contemporary arts venues in the Southwest. Cyndi has also worked in the marketing department of a high-profile tech company in Paris. Cyndi holds a BA (Magna Cum Laude with Honors) in Latin American studies, Tulane University, and studied at the Universidad Ibero Americana in Mexico City. Currently she is enrolled in the MA program at Skidmore College in Curatorial Practices and Arts Administration in conjunction with the Tang Museum. Contact
		Kathryn M Davis - Media & Outreach Manager Kathryn is an art historian specializing in modern and contemporary American art. She has worked as an arts editor and writer for several local publications; and taught art history at The College of Santa Fe, the University of Tennessee, the Santa Fe Art Institute, and CCA. She is an independent curator, and lectures and leads art tours for institutions including the Fine Art Museums of San Francisco, the Smithsonian Institution, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Newark Museum and Starbucks Coffee. Kathryn has over a decade of experience in the field of art theory, and is currently writing criticism for local and national publications and hosting a radio spot, *ArtBeat* / blu 102.9. Kathryn holds an MA in the Art of the Americas from the University of New Mexico. Contact
		Good-bye and good luck to Meghan Henshaw! Special thanks to Meghan for her years of hard work and expertise at CCA. She’s made a huge impact with her skills as volunteer coordinator, completely turning the whole department around and making all of our lives easier on many levels. Extremely organized and educated in conflict resolution, Meghan has the ability to discern at a glance the strengths within a situation—or person—and draw out those strengths without a jot of condescension, only compassion. Meghan is that rare employee who is always upbeat; she has truly been a joy to work with. We look forward to her volunteering with us in the future under her successor Kelsy Waggaman, former CCA intern in Visual Arts.
		Kelsy Waggaman – Volunteer Coordinator Kelsy is an interdisciplinary artist with a strong background in conflict resolution and community organizing. Formerly a CCA intern, she is currently completing her BFA in intermedia arts at the College of Santa Fe. Her credentials include smiling and laughing for many years, a working knowledge of her truck, and loving life in New Mexico. Contact
		Lisa Pelletier – Graphic Designer A designer for over 19 years, Lisa has worked with clients in the healthcare rights, non-profit, and pharmaceutical industries. In 2001, Lisa launched Mariposa Woman, which she published for three years. In this capacity, she gave the keynote address at a MANA del Norte award ceremony. Lisa headed CCA's re-branding committee, creating a logo which conveys CCA's dynamism and status as the Southwest's locus of contemporary arts. Lisa holds a BFA in Graphic Design from the University of Connecticut. Contact
		Jason Silverman – Cinematheque Director Jason has curated programs for the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, Lensic Center for the Arts, SITE Santa Fe, Bioneers Conference, El Museo del Barrio, the Santa Fe Opera and the True/False Film Festival. He is director of publications and curatorial associate at the Telluride Film Festival, former artistic director of Taos Talking Pictures, and has served as a panelist, juror or nominator for the SXSW and Sundance Film Festivals, the Rockefeller Media Arts Fellowships and Creative Capital. He is contributing editor to Santa Fean magazine, a contributing writer for Wired.com, and a regular contributor to Wired magazine. Jason has also written for Utne Reader, Psychology Today, The Austin Chronicle, and Time Out New York. His collection of essays Untold New Mexico (Sunstone Press, 2006) features an introduction by Governor Bill Richardson, and his essays on film and culture have also been published in eight other collections. Jason holds a BA in English from the University of Michigan and a MA in English from Middlebury College. Contact
		Interim Executive Director – Sandy Thompson Sandy taught K-12 students in Santa Barbara County, focusing on art and environmental studies. He also taught youth through college soccer, as well as baseball, track and cross country, and basketball. He owned his own insurance agency in Santa Barbara for 20 years, before moving to Northern California. There he worked as a freelance arts writer, with articles published in Art & Antiques , ARTweekly , Glass Art , American Crafts , Stained Glass Quarterly , and others. He became the Development Associate for the Museum of Contemporary Arts in Santa Rosa, then Grants Manager for the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts (now the Wells Fargo Center for the Arts). While in Santa Rosa he co-curated the public arts program for the City of Santa Rosa's Art in Public Places; and co-authored the first-ever Arts Element in the City Charter. Sandy holds a BA in Art History and a MA in Education from the University of California, Santa Barbara, as well as elementary and secondary teaching credentials from UCSB. Contact

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