Our Team
Our Board
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Bahareh Shigematsu
BOARD CHAIR
She/HerBahareh Shigematsu is grateful to work and play on the ancestral and stolen territories of the Coast Salish peoples. She was born and raised in Tehran and speaks Farsi, Turkish, French and English. She has worked as a costume designer, produced an independent feature film, as well as music videos for Persian recording artists. She has worked with Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre since 2014, as an Artistic Associate, as well as Production Manager for the MSG Lab play development workshop series.
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Alva Tang
BOARD SECRETARY
She/HerAlva Tang is a fundraising professional that has always had a passion for the arts. She believes The Frank Theatre is doing amazing work — work that she wishes she would have had around her growing up as inspiration. She believes this work is powerful, captivating, and incredibly impactful. She is happy to use her skills, experiences, and connections to bring artists the opportunity for more queer representation on our stages, and contribute to our vibrant LGBTQ2S+ Community.
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Linda Gorrie
TREASURER
She/HerLinda Gorrie has been working as a professional arts administrator since 1984, most recently as administrative director of Playwrights Theatre Centre (1998-2013), director of finance and administration for the Vancouver International Film Festival Society (2013-2017) and business management consultant to the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival and grunt gallery (2004-present). She participated in the Banff Centre School of Management Arts Management Program (1987), was a member of the Executive Director’s Learning Circle (Vantage Point) and was awarded the Mary Phillips Prize at the 2005 Jessie Theatre Awards. She served as treasurer of the Professional Association of Canadian Theatres (PACT) (2005-2015), and chairperson of the Leon and Thea Koerner Foundation (2008-2015).
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Kathleen Mullen
BOARD MEMBER AT LARGE
She/Her
Kathleen Mullen (she/her) grew up queer in Edmonton, Alberta and the San Francisco Bay Area. For the past 20+ years she has contributed to the planning and execution of film and art festivals nationally and internationally as curator, programmer, and arts manager. Since 2014, she has been involved with the Seattle Queer Film Festival produced by Three Dollar Bill Cinema as the Festival Director leading the artistic and operations of the 28-year-old festival. Along with SQFF, Kathleen currently works with the Whistler Film Festival, Vancouver Latin American Film Festival, and Make Believe. Kathleen continues to consult with filmmakers and organizations through her company Letter K Media.
Other festivals that Kathleen has programmed for include: Toronto International Film Festival, Hot Docs, Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival, Planet in Focus, Vancouver International Film Festival, and Boston Museum of Fine Arts. She loves supporting other filmmakers, up and coming festival programmers, and the new generation of arts administrators. She co-teaches the Skoden Indigenous Film Festival class at Simon Fraser University. Kathleen has written and directed the films you wash my skin with sunshine, Sleep Lines, Button OUT!, and Breathtaking, her award-winning mid-length documentary that screened internationally and won the Audience Award at the Canadian Labour International Film Festival.
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Ben Lange
BOARD MEMBER AT LARGE
He/Him
Ben Lange (he/him) moved from Germany to Canada at the age of 14 and has spent the last 7 years in marketing and communications. Throughout his professional career, he has performed a wide variety of key functions related to digital marketing, media purchasing, and creative development.
Before starting his current role at Rocky Mountaineer, he worked with local arts organizations such as the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival and Vancouver Pride Society amongst others. He focuses on marketing through developing and nurturing partnerships to reach beyond existing audiences.