GUEST BIO

Kendra Hodgson is the Managing Director at Women Make Movies. A prior member of the senior leadership team at the Media Education Foundation, an active member of the Nonprofit Funders Group, and a frequent panelist and consultant, she has been working in film distribution and promotion, as well as nonprofit strategy and management, for the past two and a half decades. She has extensive experience with selecting and using technology that improves internal organizational efficiency, while always keeping an eye on external access and equity. Kendra has served as a member of the Gotham Expanding Communities Advisory Committee and a mentor in the Gotham Film Lab and the Firelight Documentary Lab. She frequently consults with filmmakers and distributors about impact distribution, technology, and marketing strategy and sits on festival juries and Gotham Award selection committees. In addition, she is a Pro Bono Consultant for PennPAC, which pairs alumni consultants from the Univ. of Pennsylvania with nonprofit organizations, and served on the board for the Action Coalition for Media Education. She lives in Springfield, MA with her feminist husband, teenage children, and two rescue dogs.