VTIFF Executive Director since June 2023. Steve was Executive Artistic Director of Circus Smirkus, out of Greensboro, VT. Before this, he served for a decade as the Artistic Director of both the Flynn Center and the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival in Burlington VT. He has also been a programmer/director at Florida State University in Tallahassee, FL and the Porter Center in Brevard, NC, as well as the jazz curator for Spivey Hall in Atlanta, GA. Prior to his performing-arts career, Steve was a cops reporter, film/drama critic and rhythm guitarist. He graduated from Florida State University as an English major and Film Studies minor. His indie short film “Slap” (1996) has been seen by more than a dozen people in three states.