K.C. Price
Executive Director
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K.C. Price is Frameline’s Executive Director, keeping an eye on everything and leading staff to be visionary stewards of LGBT media. He also works on programming for the San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival. Prior to working at Frameline, K.C. was the Managing Director of the Ninth Street Independent Film Center, a media arts facility that serves as Frameline’s home, along with housing seven other amazing indie film groups. K.C.’s been working in media arts nonprofits for twelve years, including stints on film juries and grants panels.  A North Carolina native, he earned an MA from George Washington University, where he was a Fellow of the University’s Graduate School of Arts.

Daniel Balugay
Membership & Office Manager
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Daniel Balugay is a Bay Area native and a proud Filipino-American. A champion of nonprofit and community service, Daniel can't sit still when there's work to be done.  Having volunteered with us for several years at our festival before being recruited as a Volunteer Captain, he is thrilled to be working even more closely with the organization as our Membership & Office Manager.

Daniel is a true team player and strives to make each day the best. If he were a machine he'd be a Smile Maker, because he'll put a smile on your face no matter how gloomy a day. Daniel is truly happy to call Frameline home, where his passion for the power of LGBT films can help change the arts, as well as social and political landscapes.

When he’s not on the go, Daniel loves rooting for the World Series Championship team, the SF Giants, adventure sports, geeky online research, and zipping around the Bay Area in any convertible he can get his hands on.

Desiree Buford
Director of Exhibition & Programming
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Desiree Buford has broad experience on the film festival circuit, having worked over the past decade at Frameline, Outfest, the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, and the Mill Valley Film Festival. She earned her B.A. from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, with a minor in LGBT Studies.
 
Des joined Frameline in 2003 and has played a consistent and crucial role in the organization as a programmer for our year round exhibition programs and for the Festival. She has also led the inner workings of Frameline's signature Festival, as well as strengthened the organization's ties with local and national partner organizations. Des is honored to continue Frameline's legacy of bringing the brightest and highest quality LGBT cinema to our communities.

Sarah Deragon
Director of Educational Programming & Acquisitions
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Currently the Director of Educational Programming & Acquisitions, Sarah Deragon started working for the best little LGBT non-profit in the world back in 2007 as part of the festival staff for Frameline32’s. Sarah has always been obsessed with movies and working at Frameline is a wonderful way for her to combine her love for queers and her need to organize the hell out of everything. Frameline is fortunate to have her strategic expertise in growing our educational outreach and filmmaker support programs, including Youth in Motion and the new Frameline Voices project. She grew up in Denver, Colorado, and has a BA in literature and an MA in social and cultural anthropology.

In her spare time, Sarah loves taking photographs, crafting, baking chocolate mayonnaise cupcakes, getting tattoos, and spending quality time with her wife.

Jennifer Kim
Director of Development
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Jennifer Kim is the Director of Development for Frameline, which is a nice way to say she spends her time trying to raise money and take care of donors. Jennifer has over fifteen years of senior level experience in fundraising, nonprofit management, and philanthropic services, and has been known to get excited about revised IRS publications. Jennifer grew up in the Southwest and got her business degree at The University of Texas at Austin. When she’s not at Frameline, you may find her out with her dogs, tasting wine, or thinking about string.

Frances Wallace
Director of Strategic Partnerships & Programmer
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Frances Wallace is Frameline’s Director of Strategic Partnerships & Programmer. Originally from the island of Tasmania, she fell in love with the all things American, so she got a dinghy (not a dingo!) and rowed across the Pacific. Having worked for Frameline’s Film Festival for almost a decade, Frances is proud to be a part of this historical queer world event that wows audiences annually. Frances, who resides in New York City, acts as Frameline's point of contact on the East Coast.

Frances studied film producing and screenwriting at New York University and worked as Film Festival Manager & Programmer for the CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival in New York. She has established relationships with major broadcast channels and distributors to support Frameline's high-quality LGBT programming and facilitate industry connections with independent filmmakers. Frances loves the people she works with and feels blessed to be part of this fab-queer community.

Alex Chousa
Outreach Coordinator
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Alex Chousa joined us in 2010 as a Frameline34 intern and has since earned a bunch of cool new responsibilities in the communcations department. Currently Frameline's Outreach Coordinator, Alex oversees our online presence to keep the world up-to-date on Frameline happenings through E-News, social media, blogging, website maintenance, and more. A champion of new media, Alex dreams in HTML/CSS and ponders our Google Analytics profiles over breakfast every morning.

Philip Walker
Sponsorship Associate
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When he’s not on the phone being nice to sponsors, Philip Walker enjoys being a sore loser at video games, office bake-offs and drinking lots of coffee. This is Philip’s fourteenth Festival at Frameline (which means he has been working here since he was sixteen. SIXTEEN.) He obviously can’t quit Frameline, and loves working with such a smart, overachieving group of people who despite being so cool all have unfortunate tennis camp photos ready to share at a moment’s notice.

Alexis Whitham
Programming & Hospitality Associate
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A Chicago native with Bay Area flair, Alexis Whitham is in her fourth festival season at Frameline having previously worked as Publications Manager, Theatre Manager, Print Traffic Assistant, and unofficial office organizer. In her second year as Programming & Hospitality Associate, Alexis spends most of her time communicating with amazing filmmakers, navigating the depths of FileMakerPro, and planning the Festival’s official cocktail to be served in the green room this June.

In her spare time Alexis enjoys good beer, great friends, organizing impromptu Oakland sporting events, and scheming to defeat Philip Walker in bake-off challenges.