Staff & Board

Staff

CO-FOUNDERS
Frederick Baldwin, Co-Founder

Wendy Watriss, Co-Founder
713.223.5522 ext 19

DIRECTOR
Steven Evans, Executive Director
713.223.5522 ext 19 

 

ADMINISTRATION
Marianne Stavenhagen, Administrative Manager
713.223.5522 ext 19

COMMUNICATIONS
Asaeda Badat, Manager of Communications and Engagement
713.223.5522 ext 14

Sara Trevino, Marketing Coordinator
713.223.5522 ext 14

DEVELOPMENT
Tristan Smith, Development Manager
713.223.5522 ext 13

EXHIBITIONS
Max Fields, Curator and Director of Publishing
713.223.5522 ext 18

Chris Wicker, Exhibitions Manager
713.223.5522 ext 10

PORTFOLIO REVIEW
Sarah Ansell, Director of Meeting Place Portfolio Reviews
713.223.5522 ext 21

Maureen "Mo" Munley, Program Associate, Meeting Place Portfolio Reviews
713.223.5522 ext 21

LEARNING PROGRAM
Chelsea Jones, Learning Program Manager
713.223.5522 ext 11

Haven Jones, Learning Program Coordinator
713.223.5522 ext 12 

For all inquiries, please contact us at info@fotofest.org.

Board of Directors

Wendy Watriss, Chairperson
Co-Founder and Senior Artistic Director, FotoFest

William E. Joor III, President
Partner – Retired, Vinson & Elkins LLP

Kenneth Anderson, Vice President
Partner – Retired, Sidley Austin LLP

Masud Haq, Treasurer 
Senior Vice President, Digital Strategy, Publicis.Sapient

Michael A. Casey, Secretary
Managing Director, Scotiabank

Caroline Looke Benak
Production Superintendent, Walter Oil & Gas Corporation

Kath Blanco
National Sales Director – Retired, Univision    

Ashlyn Davis Burns
Founding Director, Assembly

Thomas Damsgaard
Executive Advisor, BIMCO

Steven Evans
Executive Director, FotoFest

Janavi Mahimtura Folmsbee
Artist and Writer

Kenneth Frederick
Senior Reserves Consultant – Retired, Exxon Mobil

Slavka B. Glaser
Investment Banker, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

Carola Herrin
Community Volunteer

Bryn Larsen
Co-Founder, Foto Relevance Gallery

Marcia Nichols
Educator and Community Leader

Abigail Owen-Pontez
Community Volunteer

Benjamin H. Powell
Partner – Retired, Vinson & Elkins LLP

Gregory M. Spier
Managing Director, J.P. Morgan Financial Services

Phuong Tranvan
Independent Financial Analyst

Anne Wilkes Tucker
Curator Emerita, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Ben Wilcox
Partner, Perella Weinberg Partners

In Memoriam
Frederick C. Baldwin, Co-Founder and Chair Emeritus

James C. Kempner, President Emeritus