Team NextNOW Fest

STUDENT CURATORIAL TEAM

Elle Burke
Information Science and Immersive Media Design ‘26
Artistic Planning Fellow

Megan Foulk
Communication ‘25
Artistic Planning Fellow

Olivia Mezzullo
Government and Politics ‘25
Artistic Planning Fellow

Rashonda Lazar
MFA Projection Design ‘24
Artistic Planning Graduate Assistant, Festival Arts

James Jenets
Festival Designer

Karen Dolle
Lighting Designer, Dekelboum Concert Hall (Maryland Night Live)

Luis Garcia
Lighting & Projections Designer, Grand Pavilion

Malory Hartman
Lighting Designer, Kogod Theatre (NextDANCE)

Jerran Kowalski
Associate Lighting & Projections Designer, Grand Pavilion

Terrence “Terry” Dwyer
Executive Director, The Clarice
tdwyer1@umd.edu

Megan Pagado Wells
Co-Director, Artistic Programming
mpagado@umd.edu

Tyler Clifford
Senior Artistic Planning Coordinator, Festival Arts
tylerc@umd.edu

Sara Gordon
Manager of Guest Experience
swright6@umd.edu

Carlos Howard
Marketing Communications Coordinator
cmhg92@umd.edu

Emily Shallbetter
Guest Experience Coordinator
eshallbe@umd.edu

Chelsea Walsh
Assistant Manager of Artist Services
cvwalsh@umd.edu

Kara Wharton
Production Manager
karaw@umd.edu

NextNOW Fest is supported by the entire management staff of The Clarice. Click here to view the full Clarice Management Staff listing.

Photo by David Andrews