| Who are these people and Why CUT!?
Having several years experience in event planning, we
decided to pool our resources and start organizing on our own events with the central goal in mind of
helping out children's charities.
They are, after all, the future of this planet and more precious than any resource this
world can produce.
Each event we host, will benefit in part or wholly, a different
organization that works towards the betterment of children's health or home situations. In the process,
it is also our goal to make these events a fun and unique experience for the people who attend.
Your CUT! Film Festival Event Hosts for 2009:
Linda Judd: Linda holds degrees in Theatre Arts and
Administration of Justice and has a love for all things film and theatre. She has been active in
event planning in event planning and marketing for over 20 years, a well as managing her own marketing/design firm, ivyWEB, for the past 17 years.
Teresa Spreckelmeyer: Teresa brings to the team several years of event planning, promotion and web design experience, as well as the management of a multi-national grass roots promotion team.
Both ladies have a deep interest in helping children's organizations, specifically because of their own personal experiences with family members who at one time or another, were given vital aid and care.
We are also very proud to be joined with the following members of our planning team:
Volunteers Team Leader(s)
Alice Patterson
Alice has been involved in organizing functions since she was a child. She has assisted her relatives with
their huge Polynesian family functions: weddings, funerals, birthdays and reunions. She started working on her own
functions, through church activities, from the time she was 12; putting together dinners, dances, conferences, meetings,
and other social activities, ranging from 5 attendees to 500 attendees. She has also assisted with other celebrity charity
events before working with CUT. Her real, full-time job is managing an office for a contractor. In her free time, she
enjoys live music, traveling, socializing, and working with other charity events through her friends and contacts. She
finds the most joy in helping children’s causes.
Transportation & Special Activities Team Leader(s)
Amber Bilisoli
Amber has over 10 years of experience in project management and holds an Associate's Degree in Business
Administration. She is currently in a fundraising management position for childrens healthcare and research.
Amber has served as an event volunteer in areas such as coordinating live entertainment, managing hospitality,
providing tours and managing schedules for VIP guests. She has been married for 13 years and has two young sons
who keep her happy and hopping everyday.
Kathy Horsfall
Being a cancer survivor has given Kathy invaluable insight into just how important the involvement of others
(personally and/or financially) is to the treatment and well-being of those in need. That is why her real passion
lies in helping others any way she can. For the last several years, Kathy has been directly involved with fund-raising
activities for numerous charities. As often as possible, she pairs up fund-raising with another of her passions, the film
industry - often basing the charity around the film being promoted. She loves movies! You can find out more about Kathy's endeavors at
Legacy Colorado
Hospitality Team Leader(s)
Missy Blum
Stefanie Hendricks
Dayna Linton
Dayna is very familiar with event planning and brings ten years of experience with her to CUT!
From weddings to corporate meetings, conventions to seminars, Dayna has run the gamut of event planning.
In addition, Dayna is the President of a 501(c) (3)
charitable foundation which focuses on women and
children's issues. No stranger to talent, Dayna is also co-owner of a talent management company which
manages actors, models and musicians.
CUT!
The idea began simply from our desire to create a new event after our three year "sabbatical" from event planning, following the Jacks or Better Celebrity Poker Tournament in 2005. Many ideas were tossed around, but after a discussion about how certain genre's of movies are treated as second-class citizens in Hollywood, the idea for CUT! began to take shape. We wanted to devote a weekend event specifically around movies and how they were made, with the minds behind the films there to tell the story.
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