Nicki Wilson has spent a lifetime involved in the Performing Arts. She has taught theatre, was Artistic Director of The Actors Center, and President and Artistic Director of the not-for-profit theatre companies Castle Hill Theatre and New Stage Performing Arts for 14 years. Nicki worked with Richard Stanley as the booker of live events for Upstairs Live at the Triplex for two years. She is also a playwright and stage director.

Hannah Wilken is a writer, editor, and marketing expert. She currently works as the Marketing Manager at Kripalu where she has been for four years. In 2023 she graduated from the Bennington Writers Seminar MFA program. Born in Pittsfield and raised in Stockbridge, Hannah is proud to live in Lee and is committed to the Berkshire County community.

Sam Handel is an award-winning filmmaker whose films have premiered at Tribeca FF and been exhibited at over 100 international film festivals. Sam is also an editorial photographer whose work has appeared in Time, Venice Magazine, Elle, The Source, Redbook, People Magazine, and others. A Berkshire Country resident for 20 years, he is proud to have served on the Berkshire Food Co-op board, coached GB little league and Housy basketball, and occasionally cooked at Cantina 229.

Molly Cooper is a film producer and writer based in Great Barrington. Her producing credits include The Grand Budapest Hotel, Moonrise Kingdom, and Fantastic Mr. Fox. She has worked for production companies based at Universal Pictures, New Line, and DreamWorks, as well as on projects for The Criterion Collection, HBO, and Abrams Books. Her film writing has appeared in Filmmaker Magazine and Bright Wall/Dark Room, and she currently teaches film at Bard College at Simon's Rock.

John Valente served as the General Manager of the Triplex and Beacon Cinemas, working with Richard Stanley for 17 years. Using his long career in theater and television, John and Richard helped launch the Berkshire International Film Festival while adding the fourth screen to the Triplex and opening the Beacon Cinema to help revitalize downtown Pittsfield.

Gail Lansky recently moved from Amherst to the Berkshires. She spent her entire career at non-profit organizations, including the Yiddish Book Center, the Harold Grinspoon Foundation, and Amhert Cinema, where she was director of Outreach and Development. She worked most recently as a preschool teacher. Her prior board experience includes chair of UMass Hillel and vice president of the Amherst Survival Center.

Stephen M. Goodman retired full-time to Egremont, Massachusetts in 2020 after owning a second home there since 2000. He practiced law for more than 40 years, the last 35 as a partner at Pryor Cashman LLP, a mid-size New York City law firm. His practice consisted of representing corporations and investors in mergers and acquisitions, as well as securities transactions. He co-founded a biotechnology investment group, Mid

Atlantic Bio Angels (MABA), a group of investors drawn from the area between Washington, D.C., and Boston, which holds meetings with promising biomedical start- ups to consider providing them with seed capital. He is currently on Egremont’s Bylaw Review Committee and, while a resident of Scarsdale and White Plains, New York, served as President of the New York Region of the American Jewish Committee and as a member of the Board of Trustees of Temple Israel Center in White Plains.