2019 Fall Staff

Supervisor

George Mayo

Executives

Max Casey-Bolanos
Executive Producer
I am a big fan of the Washington Capitals and the Philadelphia Eagles. I also have 2 cats that are both fat and cuddly. In my free time I enjoy spending time with friends and watching movies. I also love doing outdoor activities such as hiking, kayaking, and fishing. If you see me, please feel free to stop me and start up a conversation!
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Young Bin Lee
Executive Producer
I'm a senior. I like movies, taking photos, and hiking once in a while.
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Department Heads

Vincent Baker
Head Scriptwriter
im a senior. this is my third year in bnc!
Rebby Berard
BNC Online
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Lila Chafe
SilverLens Producer
I'm super excited to produce SilverLens this year, and see all of the great videos coming out of BNC. I love making documentary and narrative work, especially when it involves fun cinematography. Besides making videos, I like dancing, eating pasta, and seals!
Alex Greenleaf
Head of Communications
I'm 18, and I still don't know how to read
Jason Kaplan
Head of Studio
This is my second year in BNC and I have enjoyed being the technical director for info flow. I enjoy wrestling and reading, and look forward to my senior year.
Amelia Tidings-Lynch
Business Head
I love listening to audio books and making jewelry. I hope everyone has a good year and that I can make some good money for BNC
Mackenzie Tyler
InfoFlow Producer
My favorite color is blue, I love coffee and my cats
Katalin Schuffert
Equiptment Manager
I'm a Junior and fun fact: I actually wrote 3 of the 7 Harry Potter books.
Alanna Sibrian
Head of Hosts
I am a senior. Outside of school I like to dance, sing and act. I’m so excited to produce new content for the year to come and work with all the new members of BNC!
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Hunter Walterman
SilverScore Head
This is my second year here at BNC and I truly love what I do. We're here to keep you up-to-date on what's happening at Blair and our community. We work really hard at it and just want to say thank you so much for watching!
Matt Weinsheimer
Director of Packs
I am super excited to be the head of packs this year! I love video making videos and managing the department. Bear down 🙂

Studio Team

Asha Baron
I’m a junior and this is my first year in BNC. I like animals and figure skating. I’m excited to be a part of BNC this year!
Marika Campbell-Blue
i’m a sophomore and this is my first year doing bnc !! 🙂
Amina King
host/camera operator
My biggest dream is to reach the level of filmography and acting skill that is Sharkboy and Lavagirl. I love being a blazer and a part of bnc!
Vivian Li
I love writing, art, journalism, baking, and music! At Blair, I also do debate, DECA, Science Olympiad, and Silver Chips Online. I love fruit of all kinds, but I've recently been digging oranges and figs.
Paulette Maher
Studio/silverstream
I’ve been in bnc for three years. I like free stuff
Kevin Medina
This is my first year in BNC. I am excited to be apart of you daily news, and help operate so you can get your information.
Kimberly Reyes
Studio/Silverstream
I’m a senior (: I’ve been in BNC for 3 years
Sakyiwah Sarpong
and I like dogs and food very well. I also like to take pictures.

Scriptwriters

Monica Cao
I’m a senior and I like to take scenic pictures when I travel.
Kiran Glass
I am in my 11th year as a dancer for the Youth Dance Ensemble at Joy of Motion in DC. I also train in classical bharatnatyam dance. At Blair I am part of BlackCAP and Model UN. I am currently on the scriptwriting team for BNC!
Emma Shepard
I have two pets a cat and a dog.

SilverLens Staff

Celeste Basken
In my free time, I row with Blair crew, run, and bake. I love the Red Sox and summer 🙂
Haili Bruckner
I am a senior and I love sewing, filmmaking, and my dog Thunder.
Maya Bryant
I'm a CAP Junior. I love horror movies, photography, listening to music, going to concerts, filmmaking, fashion and shopping. I would like to get into golf and want to join Blair's bocce team (come to my games 🙂 just kidding lol please don't I don't need anyone seeing me lose a bocce game) I also love love LOVE tie dye or embroidered stuff.
Maria Cannon
In addition to filmmaking, I love being outside and cooking. My favorite rapper is Princess Nokia and just like her, I love to read.
Thrush Charles
I'm a junior at Blair and I like to make movies. I have a passion for editing and storytelling. I also like to play the drums and hang out with my friends outside of school. I have a twin brother named Nathaniel, and he's also in BNC.
Sofia Corrales
In the future I hope to travel more and watch the Yankees win the 2019 World Series. I’m so excited for my first year at Silver Lens!
Liv Dussere
I'm a junior and I love ice skating, playing the guitar, The Beatles, and my cats.
Hemakshi Gordy
I’m a senior and I love theater, filmmaking, and music. I fell in love with documentary filmmaking when I participated in CSPAN StudentCam 2018, and now I’m on Silverlens! After school, I’m also an assistant director for Blair’s fall plays and production Manager of Playset Theatre.
Maddie Graham
I’m a junior who loves books, cats and climate justice. I’m a full-time climate justice organizer, and I joined BNC in the hopes of spreading awareness through film about various social issues that are important to me. Can’t wait for this year!
Daniel Greigg
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Bianca Martinez Penn
I'm a senior. I love Wawa, the beach, and marine life, and I play competitive soccer. Film is fun!
Jordan McAuliff
I am a climate activist and New Yorker, and I love music, art, and theater. This is my first year on BNC and I'm super excited!
Jansikwe Medina-Tayac
I am a senior here on SilverLens. Ever since I participated in CSPAN StudentCam my sophomore year, I have loved making documentaries. I also play soccer for Blair, sing for intoneation, and love to make change within my community!
Hailey Mitchell
I’m a senior on the SilverLens staff and I love dance, documentary-making, painting, and singing.
Che Moorhead
I'm student documentarian and musician. Last year in my film class, I made a documentary on Redlining in Baltimore with two of my friends. It was a lot of fun and introduced me to my second love: film making. I enjoy interviewing people that I wouldn't get the chance to in my regular day to day. Everyone has a story to tell. I just want help them tell it.
Siana Park-Pearson
Apart from making and watching films, I also love noodles. I could, and probably will at some point, live off of them.
Frances O'Connor
I'm a senior in my second year of SilverLens. I love photography, graphic design and film making. I'm looking forward to all the films this year!
Elizabeth Olsson
I produce documentaries for SilverLens and in addition to my love of film I also love plants! My room is a jungle. Seriously.

Packs Members

Auzinea Bacon
I'm a senior and I make silverlight videos
Aline Charkoudian-Rogers
I’m a junior and I love field hockey, what’s popping my dudes?
Donovan Cox
I am a junior and I love soccer, friends, videogames, and family.
Anika Deodhar
I’m new to BNC this year! I love to edit videos and I’m very excited to be working on this team!
Kanayo Duru
I'm a junior. I like baseball, listening to and playing music, and creating videos. I play French Horn and I'm also a part of Blair stage crew!
Beka Edao
I am a senior and like to play basketball and edit videos. I hope at BNC I can work and put more content out that will help me sharpen my skills for my channel
Yohannes Gezahegn
I enjoy meeting new people, love to watch hockey with my family(GO CAPS), and think cats are better than dogs.
Maren Gibb
A Junior who loves cello, chocolate and museums!
Shailen Gibson
I like to watch football and I love dogs even though I don’t have one.
Aliza Gottlieb
What’s crackle-lacking in the shank tank? People say Aliza and I respond. I like to eat cameras. The DSLR’s are the most crunchy. I like raccoons and wish to domesticate one some day.
Annabel Gorman
Anna is a junior who loves baking, sports, and peanut butter!
Bridget Griffith
I'm a junior and I run cross country and track
Kasey Hammond
I've been working as a member of the packs department for BNC, while occasionally making a documentary for SilverLens, for two years. Film production is a topic I've been passionate about since fifth grade, and it's something I want to pursue in college, and possibly as a career. In the past, I've covered events such as Hispanic Heritage Month, yearbook updates, and even Sankofa. I'm really looking forward to everything this year has to offer. BNC is a great place to be and it's full of so many amazing and talented people.
Elise Haverland
What's good homeslice? I was named Elise at birth and my parents decided not to change it later so my name is still Elise. I like making videos. I admire people who have the confidence to put stickers straight on their laptops. Save the planet my dudes!
Olivia Henry
I am a junior in BNC. Outside of classes you can find me playing field hockey and lacrosse or watching way too much Netflix. I have always love filmmaking and editing and am excited to share it with Blair!
Molly Howard
Hello there - I'm a junior on the packs staff. I like theater and Greek food. One day I hope to be in the same room as Meryl Streep, because I think she's really cool.
Jonathan Jeffrey
I'm a senior, and I really enjoy learning about other countries.
Dawit Kelil
I am from Ethiopia I traveled around the world to countries like South Africa, Italy and Ireland. My passion is videography and photography.
Natan Kimelman-Block
I am a junior who enjoys in playing and listening to music. I live at home with my brother, sister, and parents. I am in BNC because I enjoy understanding how art can be manipulated to affect peoples emotions, and I think that this can be seen in film.
Emmanuel Kraft
I’m currently a sophomore are Blair, and am part of the CAP program. I enjoy watching and playing sports, and am on the school’s varsity baseball team. I love music and listen to it any chance I get. I play guitar and saxophone and enjoy hanging out with my friends.
Sam Levy
I enjoy photography, sports and I am a huge Nationals fan. One day I hope to understand Photoshop (it probably won’t happen).
Guy Lingani
I'm a host here on Infoflow! If I'm not hosting you'll usually find me making videos for the show or working somewhere in the studio! If you want to talk tech or basketball, I'm your guy.
Tess Mazzucchelli
I'm a senior in BNC. It's really fun you should join!
Aidan McDougall
A senior in BNC. You can find me in Editing Suite C, come visit please!
Kara Nguyen
I like singing, procrastination, and Stage Crew.
Emily Noyes
Im a junior who is excited to be in BNC, and I really like watching tv so I’m hoping my skills transfer. Feel free to let me know!
Geneva Palmer
I am a sophomore who plays soccer and runs track. I hope to live in and attend college in New York City someday.
Riley Pavlicek
I enjoy film making and hope to become a better editor.
Andrej Radoja
I'm a junior. I love skateboarding and filming short skate videos in and around DC. I also like movies and frogs. I'm excited to be on BNC and continue filmmaking.
Rebecca Santangelo
This is my first year of BNC and I like it. Good stuff. I also like to sing. Making videos is fun!
Keawe Shepherd-Johnson
I'm a senior in the packs department and this is my first year at BNC. I like that I get to see all the cool and unique aspects Blair has. I'm a dual sport athlete, for tennis and wrestling. I also love to read. My favorite book series is Game of Thrones, by George R.R.Martin
Raquel Sklar
I am a Junior. I do stage crew and love watching Hulu. I also play the saxophone.
Nathaniel Thrush
I'm a junior, and I really enjoy editing.

Podcast Crew

Daniel Cook
I love anime, music, art, words, and podcasting, hence my position. I’m far too empathetic for my own good and I eat too many takis.
Maya Hofstetter
I love space, ice cream and forest green. I'm helping to start podcasting at BNC this year, so stay tuned for any upcoming projects!
Kelly Leak
I'm 17 and here to enjoy life

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