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Staff

Lief Hall
she/her
Admin and Operations Manager
Contact for 
general inquiries, memberships, and space rentals
email iconinfo@vivomediaarts.com
email icon
phone icon604-872-8337
 / Ext.
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Arman Paxad
he/him
Technical Services Manager
Contact for 
equipment rentals and project technical support
email icontech@vivomediaarts.com
email icon
phone icon604-872-8337
 / Ext.
2
Genki Ferguson
he/him
Video Out Distribution Manager
Contact for 
digitization inquiries, distribution information or submission opportunities
email icondistribution@vivomediaarts.com
email icon
phone icon604-872-8337
 / Ext.
3
Karen Knights
she/her
Archive Manager
Contact for 
archival (CDMLA) research, access, or preservation inquiries
email icondevelopment@vivomediaarts.com
email icon
phone icon604-872-8337
 / Ext.
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Lauren Marsden
she/they
Program Manager
Contact for 
email iconprogramming@vivomediaarts.com
email icon
phone icon604-872-8337
 / Ext.
5
nazanin oghanian
she/they
Events and Communications Manager
Contact for 
email iconevents@vivomediaarts.com
email icon
phone icon604-872-8337
 / Ext.
Clark Henderson
Video Out Technician & Distribution Assistant
Contact for 
email icondistributiontech@vivomediaarts.com
email icon
phone icon604-872-8337
 / Ext.
Carla Ritchie
General Manager
Contact for 
email iconadmin@vivomediaarts.com
email icon
phone icon604-872-8337
 / Ext.
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Kendra Place
she/her
Grants and Development Manager
Contact for 
email iconfundraising@vivomediaarts.com
email icon
phone icon604-872-8337
 / Ext.

2022-2024 Contract Support

Arman Paxad
Website Development
Casey Wei
Online Archive (CollectiveAccess) Project Management
Emma Metcalfe Hurst
Archivist
Emily Guerrero
Archivist
Emily Yee Clare
Organizational Consultation
James Goldie
Archivist
Katrina Orlowski
Online Archive (CollectiveAccess) Project Management [Phase 2]
Maura Doherty
Bookkeeper
Syr Reifsteck
Archivist
Hans Ongsansoy
Archivist
Karen Ng
Archivist

Board of Directors

Niloufar Samadi
Co-Chair
Saghi Ehteshamzadeh
Co-Chair
Sarah Bakke
Secretary
Sufi Raffati
Treasurer
Chloe Alexandra Thompson
Director
Lynn Chen
Director
Sameena Siddiqui
Director

VIVO Media Arts Centre is financially supported by individual donations, the Province of BC through the BC Arts Council and BC Gaming Commission, the City of Vancouver, and the Canada Council for the Arts.