OUR TEAM

Our small full-time staff oversees production of the Festival and runs the Blue Metropolis Foundation’s social and educational programs. They’re assisted by external collaborators, freelance programmers for both the Festival and the educational programs, advisory committees made up of volunteer professionals, the all-important volunteers who work during the Festival, and of course the Board of Directors. 
The Festival stages 200 activities in several languages every edition and offers year-round educational programs dedicated to fostering academic perseverance, the love of reading, and social harmony.

EXTERNAL COLLABORATORS AND SERVICES

LINDA AMYOT Youth Programming
INGRID BEJERMAN Azul and Almemar Programming
DARBY M. BRADFORD Programmer at Large for the NEXT series and Strategic Consultant, Outreach
MATHIEU LAUZON-DISCÖ Fantasy Literatures  
HÉLÈNE BUGHIN Social media
FELIPE DEL POZO Media relations (French)
JANIS KIRSHNER Media relations (English)
KATHY NADAL Graphic Design and Artistic Direction
MARIO ALLAIRE Production Director
LAMBERT LAM-NGOC Website (maternity leave replacement)
NICOLAS FERRAZZA Infomation Technology (IT)
DUMONT ST-PIERRE INC. Accounting

VOLUNTEERS RESSOURCES:

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

LOUISE-ANN MAZIAK Chair of the Board of Directors
KATHERINE NIKIDIS Vice-President of the Board of Directors,
Head of School, Trafalgar School for Girls
PIERRE-ANDRÉ THEMENS Secretary
Executive Vice Chair, Canadian Centre for Architecture
MÉLANIE BERNIER Senior Vice President, Chief Legal and People Officer, Legal Affairs, Compliance, Taxation and Human Resources, PSP Investments
JOFFREY BIENVENUE CTO, Peerless Clothing Inc.
YOUSSEF J. FICHTALI Associate, Watson Farley & Williams – Energy, Projects and Infrastructure
DR MAI-KIM GERVAIS Surgical Oncologist, Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont and Assistant Director, Department of Surgery, Université de Montréal
CLÉMENTINE SALLÉE Global Director, Legal, CPCS Transcom Limited
ANNE WHITELAW Provost and Vice-President, Academic, Concordia University