The Freshi Team is a group of dedicated educators, administrators, entertainment professionals, independent filmmakers, writers, musicians, freelance artists and youth interns working collaboratively to give kids a true “hands-on” filmmaking experience. Freshi gives youth a chance to tell their own stories and use their own voices.

The entire team is committed to guarding and nurturing each student’s independent vision for the kind of story he/she wants to tell, consistent with a standards based curriculum and standardized assessment tools.

The Freshi principals have presented youth oriented filmmaking workshops for over 14 years, beginning with workshops offered at the International Family Film Festival, the first and foremost youth and family oriented film festival in the United States.

Principals:

Chris Shoemaker -
Managing Director: Operations & Brand

Chris Welch -
Managing Director: Finance

Dr. Suzanne Shoemaker, PH.D. -
Managing Director: Education & Marketing

Kim Turney -
Administrative Director

Sue Neiberger -
Eductaional Sales

Sadie Alexandru -
Director of Sales & Marketing

Patte Dee McKee -
Film & Screenplay Programer

Christina Hall -
Assistant Director of Events

Rich Samuels -
Director of Production

Advisors:

Stephen A. Block

Tom Carnahan

Kevin Custer

Matt Handal

Janis Salin

Evelyn Seubert

Jim Woloshyn

Ron Vaisbort