The Freshi Team is a group of innovative educators and advisors, dedicated to providing kids with a true “hands-on” filmmaking, game design, and new media experience.

The entire team is committed to guarding and nurturing each student’s independent vision for the kind of story he/she wants to tell, consistent with a standards based curriculum and standardized assessment tools.

The Freshi principals have presented youth-oriented filmmaking workshops for over 15 years, beginning with educational classes offered to youth at the International Family Film Festival (IFFF), the first and foremost youth and family-oriented film festival in the United States.

Our Principals:

Christopher Welch
Managing Director, Finance & Operations

Chris Shoemaker
Managing Director, Brand Management and Marketing

Dr. Suzanne Shoemaker, PhD
Managing Director, Sales & Curriculum Development

Kim Turney
Director of Educational Administration

Rich Samuels
Director of Production

Jason Medbury
Director of Technical Services

Lynette Privatsky
Director of Database and Information Systems

Jeff Abel
Director of Graphic Services

Victoria Karess
Sales Manager

Alexandra Overton
Director of Special Services

Patte Dee McKee
Administration & Film/Screenplay Programmer, IFFF

Our Advisors:

Stephen A. Block

Carl Bressler

Tom Carnahan

Kevin Custer

Kim Frank

Matt Handal

Ujj Nath

Janis Salin

Ron Vaisbort

Jim Woloshyn

Educational Advisors:

Dick Roberts