ABOUT US
Building community around film
Our Mission
Rocky Mountain Women’s Film builds community around film by elevating the stories of women and others who are often unheard or unseen. As a women-led organization, we seek to discover, support, connect, and inspire filmmakers while cultivating connection and conversation around their work.
Our Vision
We believe that an authentic story driven by women and others who are often unheard or unseen has the power to spark new levels of empathy and understanding, stimulate constructive discourse, and lead to cultural and community connection through awakening new ideas, entertaining and delighting audiences, and pushing creative boundaries. We believe that experiencing this wider breadth of stories is important to a healthy and thriving culture for all people.
Our values
Rocky Mountain Women’s Film was founded and will continue to be led by women because we believe in the unique power, connection, and strength in women-led community.
Along with our mission to amplify and elevate a wider range of voices through film, we are committed to these values that drive our organization.
Community
Diversity
CURIOSITY + Enrichment
Quality
Respect
The power of under-represented voices
From our origins of elevating the under-represented voice of
women, we seek out and amplify the voices that need to be heard in our community through our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion.
STAFF
Linda Broker
Executive Director
Linda’s passion for film as a catalyst for community began when she started volunteering for the festival in 1994. During the following seven years, she served the festival in various capacities, including Programming chair and Operations chair, before being hired as the first executive director of the organization in 2001. Linda has led the organization through a period of tremendous growth and today RMWF has an active year-round presence.
Favorite Activities: traveling, hiking, and discussing films
Karen Walldorf
Technical Director
Karen began volunteering for RMWF in 2007. She has spent her career in a variety of capacities including a technical writer for the power industry as well as a middle school math teacher. Creatively inclined, but a linear thinker, Karen has combined her interests as the Technical Director for Rocky Mountain Women’s Film.
Favorite Activities: hanging with her two girls, skiing, and traveling.
Kathy Stults
Development Officer
Kathy has spent 43 consecutive years working with at-risk youth in school settings including opening up a school for girls rescued from sex trafficking in 2015. As a volunteer for the organization for more than 18 years, she started the Youth Outreach Program.
Favorite Activities: hiking, dancing, biking, eating soul food, and asking people to support RMWF.
Board of Directors
- Michelle Blessing, President
- Emily Dean Kim, Vice President
- Denise Grimmett, Secretary
- Ina Remus, Treasurer
- Derry Adams
- Suzy Connaughton
- Betsy Dean
- Alexis Knox-Miller
- Tia Phillip
- Brittney Stroh
Corps Volunteers
- Jody Alyn
- Margie Arnold
- Michelle Blessing
- Heather Carroll
- Jennifer Coombes
- Sandra Damm
- Mona David
- Mari Deminski
- Shannon Derbique
- Tamarinde Doane
- Jennifer Doell
- Katy Dunn
- Jessica Fletcher
- Suzanne Holland
- Lynette Jones
- Anita Lane
- Julie Lawton
- Char Lartigue
- Betty Lynn Mahaffy
- Suellen McAndrews
- Dee Melker
- Birdie Miller
- Liz Moore
- Shawn Palko
- Fran Pilch
- Stacy Poore
- Kathleen Ricker
- Lisa Sloan
- Niki Sosa
- Sharon Stone
- Karen To
- Maggie Turner
- Emily Ulrich
- Kathy VanInwegen
- Susan Wilson
- Tommie Wise
