Titles are one thing. Belief is another. We're an international team committed to a vision: to excite,
inform and engage.

Elizabeth Silkes
CEO
esilkes@cinereach.org

Liz brings two decades of experience in the non-profit as well as corporate sectors to her role as CEO of Cinereach, most recently having served as Executive Director of FilmAid International, an organization using film to address the needs of refugees and other displaced communities. She has also served as director of the major gifts program at Amnesty International, the largest grassroots human rights organization in the US and the world, and has held leadership positions for community-based and regional non-profits. She is a frequent speaker on panels addressing the psycho-social impact of film.

Philipp Engelhorn
Chair of the Board & Founder
phil@cinereach.org

Philipp graduated from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts with a degree in Film Production. He's directed several shorts and has gained experience on various different sets. Originally from Germany, he likes to travel and thinks the lack of global unity is at the core of many of today's problems and dreams of a more acceptive and respectful future. Just recently he was invited to join the Leadership Circle of the Creative Visions Foundation.


Philipp Engelhorn

Michael Raisler
Creative Director
mike@cinereach.org

Michael is a graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts with a degree in Film and Television Production. He is an artist and filmmaker, and has extensive production experience. Michael believes in the celebration of cultural difference, and the power of film to nurture understanding.

Michael Raisler

Andrew Heyduk
Grants Manager
aheyduk@cinereach.org

Andrew brings over a decade of experience in international development and program design to his position as Grants Manager for Cinereach. Andrew’s extensive experience directing humanitarian relief and program operations includes positions with FilmAid International and AmeriCares Foundation, among other organizations, in such diverse locations as Iraq, Chad, Sudan, Kosovo, Haiti, Turkey, and India.

 

Margaret Shafer
Operations and Finance Associate
mshafer@cinereach.org

Margaret graduated from Santa Clara University with a degree in Creative Writing. The following year she completed a year-long social service program working for a women and children's homeless shelter in Washington State. Prior to beginning at Cinereach, Margaret worked for the organization FilmAid International.

 

Fern Portnoy
Philanthropic Advisor
info@cinereach.org

Fern is an independent consultant to individual philanthropists, foundations and non profit organizations and has worked for 15 years as the chief executive officer of the Piton Foundation, a private, entrepreneurial grant making organization. Fern has also worked with the American Foundation for Aids Research, AT&T, Amado Family Foundation and the Colorado Symphony Orchestra.

 Fern Portnoy

Bruce Rabb
Member of the Board
info@cinereach.org

Bruce is Counsel to the law firm Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP and a member of the Supervisory Board of Agora SA, the largest circulation quality newspaper in Poland. He is also a Director of FilmAid International, the Centre for Law and Economic Justice, Citizens Union of the City of New York City, Sustainable South Bronx and the Sabre Foundation, and Director Emeritus and Secretary of Human Rights Watch.

Bruce Rabb