Festival Leadership

2025 BEA Festival Leadership

Audio Competition
Faculty Audio Chair:

Jodeane Newcomb Brownlee, University of Nebraska-Omaha | jbrownlee@unomaha.edu
Student Audio Chair:
Kyle Miller, Northwest Missouri State University | KJMILLER@nwmissouri.edu

Documentary Competition
Faculty Documentary Chair:
Shawn Kildea, Rider University | skildea@rider.edu
Student Documentary Chair:
Kathleen Ryan, University of Colorado-Boulder | kathleen.ryan@colorado.edu

Film & Video Competition
Senior Faculty Film & Video Competition Chair:
Tom Hallaq, Kansas State University | thallaq@ksu.edu
Senior Student Film & Video Competition Chair:
Mike Sinclair, Regent University College of Arts and Sciences | msinclair@regent.edu
Animation/Experimental/Mixed Chair
:
Nathan Tillett, Regent University College | nathtil@regent.edu
Instructional/Educational Chair:
Shahriar Shafiani, Howard University | ss725514@ohio.edu
Music Video Chair:
Houston Wells, University of Florida | hwells@jou.ufl.edu
Narrative Video Chair:
John Doyle, Eastern University | john.doyle@eastern.edu
Ronald Johnson, Wartburg College | ronald.johnson@wartburg.edu
Spots Chair (between 15 and 90 seconds):
Dean Cummings, Georgia Southern University | dcummings@georgiasouthern.edu  
Promotional Chair (Promo material from 90 seconds to 30 minutes):

Studio Chair (multi-camera or live-to-tape):
Bill Hallman, Penn State University | wjh147@psu.edu 

Interactive Multimedia & Emerging Technologies (IMET) Competition
Faculty IMET Chair:
Robin Haislett, Weber State,  robinhaislett@weber.edu
Student IMET Chair:
Todd O’Neill, Middle Tennessee State University | todd.oneill@mtsu.edu

News Competition
News Senior Chair:
Harrison Hove, University of Florida | hchove@ufl.edu

Faculty News Chair:
Brian Rackham, Northern Arizona University | brian.rackham@nau.edu
Student Radio Chair:
Tanya Ott-Fulmore, Mercer University | ott-fulmore_tl@mercer.edu
Student Television Short Feature:
Shawn Montano, Univ. of Northern Colorado | shawn.montano@unco.edu
Allysa Adams, Arizona State University | allysa.adams@asu.edu 
Student Television Long Feature:
Kevin Curran, Arizona State University | kevin.j.curran@asu.edu
Student Television Hard News:
Ginger Blackstone, University of Arkansas | gingerb@uark.edu
Student Television News Reporter:
Harrison Hove, University of Florida | hchove@ufl.edu
Student Television Anchor:
Bob Gould, Michigan State University | bgouldmsu@gmail.com
Student Television Weathercaster Chair:
Allysa Adams, Arizona State University | aadams1@asu.edu
Student Newscast 3 Days or Less:
Kirstin Pellizzaro, Arizona State University | kpellizz@asu.edu
Student Newscast 4 Days or More:
Tony DeMars, Lamar University | tdemars@lamar.edu
Student News Magazine Chair:
Boriana Treadwell, University of Miami | btreadwell@miami.edu
Student Television News Special Event Coverage:
Shelvia Dancy, UNC – Chapel Hill | dancys@unc.edu

Scriptwriting Competition
Faculty Scriptwriting Chair:
Dr. Leslie Kreiner Wilson, Pepperdine University | leslie.kreiner@pepperdine.edu
Student Scriptwriting Co-Chairs:
Andrea Baltazar, Weber State University | andreabaltazar@weber.edu
Michael Crews, Georgia College & State University | michael.crews@gcsu.edu

Sports Competition
Sports Senior Chair: Suzy Smith, Ball State University | sjsmith@bsu.edu 
Faculty Sports Chair: Open
Student Sports Co-Chairs:
Chris Shofner, Bethel University | c-shofner@bethel.edu
Gina Martino Dahlia, West Virginia University | gina.dahlia@mail.wvu.edu
Chuck Scatterday, West Virginia University | robert.scatterday1@mail.wvu.edu
Andrew Smith, Kansas State University | andrewasmith@ksu.edu

Two-Year/Small Colleges Competition
Two-Year/Small College Co-Chairs:
Lucas Cuny, Valley College | lcuny@valleycollege.edu