Staff

California Office

		Marina Drummer, Grants Advisor marina@lef-foundation.org Marina has worked with the foundation since its inception in 1985. She runs her own non-profit, Community Futures Collective, that serves as a fiscal sponsor for grassroots organizations as well as providing infrastructure development. In addition, Marina serves as Administrator of the Advocates for Indigenous California Language Survival.

New England Office

		Lyda Kuth, Executive Director Lyda is a founding board member and current Executive Director of the LEF Foundation. She has been recognized by the Massachusetts Cultural Council with the prestigious Commonwealth Award and honored by Women in Film and Video New England with the Image Award for Vision & Excellence in the media arts. In 2005, Lyda became a Creative Capital board member

		Sara Archambault, Program Director sara@lef-foundation.org Sara joined the LEF Foundation team in 2008 and brings with her an extensive professional history in production, programming, and foundation work. She was the Executive Director of the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities, Managing Director/Producer for Ebb Pod Productions on the Emmy-award winning documentary Traces of the Trade: A Story From the Deep North, and worked as a producer with Christopher Lydon on his online radio show Open Source. Sara is a programmer and co-founder of the award-winning documentary film series at the Brattle Theatre, The DocYard. She is also currently producing the documentary film Street Fighting Man and creating an online audio map telling the stories of not-so-forgotten places in RI called Rhode Island Lost Landscapes: A People's History of Places That Used To Be.

		Nellie Kluz, Program Assistant nellie@lef-foundation.org Nellie joined the staff of LEF in 2009. She has worked at Documentary Educational Resources in their acquisitions department. A graduate of Boston University's film program, Nellie makes nonfiction films, such as the 2011 short Young Bird Season.

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