Our Leadership

Multi-cultural understanding, acceptance, and unity

International Festival Foundation (IFF) Executive Board

Manish Ingle

President

Kathy McCarter

Vice-President

Janeen Marzewski

Secretory

Denisha Sitapara

Treasurer

IFF Board Members

Alan Gold

Andrea Duffy

April Donahue

Audrey R. Ware-Jones

Denisha Sitapara

Shauna Zhang

Tom Meyer

Lela Vashakidze

David Hall

Janeen Marzewski

Kathy McCarter

Kiran Padgaonkar

Manish Ingle

Ernie Dixon

Rose Hahn Yuan

IFF COMMITTEES

 Publicity & Fundraising Committee

Finance Committee

Exhibits & Committee

  • Manish Ingle, Committee Chair
  • Alan Gold
  • Kathy McCarter
  • Denisha Sitapara
  • Tom Meyer
  • Eugene Luciw
  • Lela Vashakidze
  • Matt Winarski
  • Andrea Duffy
  • Kiran Padgaonkar
  • Kris York
  • Umer Bin Khalid
  • Anne Campbell


  • Denisha Sitapara, Committee Chair
  • Kiran Padgaonkar
  • Kathy McCarter
  • Manish Ingle












  • Iain Campbell, Committee Chair
  • Riham Halvorsen
  • Dee Riad
  • Adel Riad
  • America Lara
  • Faith Philip
  • Rose Hahn Yuan








Food Committee

Children's Activities & Committee

Health Fair Committee

  • Mohana Padgaonkar, Committee Chair
  • Kiran Padgaonkar
  • Flora Szabo
  • Thanh Doan

For food vendor questions: kindly contact at

food@internationalfestivalfoundation.org




  • Ellen Price-Maloy, Committee Chair
  • Smitha Paes
  • Laurie Friedman
  • Flora Szabo
  • Stacy Spizziri





  • Kathy McCarter, Committee Chair
  • Angelo Arocena
  • Mary Lou Arocena
  • Susan Lamar
  • George McCarter
  • Christina Sirianni



Entertainment Committee

Facilities Committee

Social Media Committee

  • April Donahue, Committee Chair
  • Rupam Singh
  • Alan Gold
  • Frances Gold
  • Andrea Duffy
  • Nancy Becker
  • Karla Dalessio
  • Shauna Zhang
  • Sharon Hartz
  • Eugene Luciw




  • Kiran Padgaonker, Committee Chair
  • Mohana Padgaonkar
  • Emily Lyons
  • Kristen Warner







  • Matt Winarski, Committee Chair
  • Kris York
  • Falesha Grasty
  • Dakshita Singh
  • Smiti




Parade of Nations Committee

Parking Committee

Volunteer Committee

  • Andrea Duffy, Committee Chair
  • Carol Clark
  • Kiran Padgaonkar
  • Manish Ingle


Ernie Dixon - Committee Chair








Jaycy Naveen, Committee Chair

David Hall

Tom Meyer

Rose Hahn Yuan

Babu Medi


Health Recources Committee

  • Rich Davis Committee Chair
  • Scott Campbell
  • Kiran Padgaonkar
  • Kathy McCarter
  • Manish Ingle
Vision of International Festival Foundation

Multi cultural understanding, acceptance and unity