MEET THE TEAM

The 2024 Q-Fest cohort consists of students who share a range of ideas, interests, and talents. With a collective passion for queer advocacy, this year’s cohort aims to create a queer film festival that connects our campus community (and the Chippewa Valley) through queer lives and experiences.

  • Bryson Gavinski (he/him)

    Student Programmer

    Picture This: This is Bryson standing in front of the Japanese Tea Gardens.

  • Emma Velazquez (she/her)

    Student Programmer

    Picture This: Emma had just finished meeting the executive director of Frameline, Allegra Madsen. Emma has a huge girl crush on her, so naturally she had to show off and pose in front of the Frameline backdrop.

  • Miles Perreault (he/they)

    Student Programmer

    Picture This: Miles gets his first slice of Marcellos Pizza after landing in San Francisco. (Veggie Supreme in case you were wondering)

  • Jay Pischke (they/them)

    Student Programmer

    Picture This: Here’s Jay after spending a day with Emily, Chris, and Kallie at the Japanese Tea Gardens! Them and Emily ventured off to find this cute rose garden, where Jay got this photo captured, before going to the Vogue theatre to see Extremely Unique Dynamic!

  • Lee Rutzinski (they/them)

    Student Programmer

    Pictute This: This is Lee walking from our two-week home to Castro Street for book stores, variety shops, and Philz coffee galore

  • Jade Hansen (they/she/it)

    Student Programmer

    Picture This: This is Jade taking a trip to Oakland’s China Town.

  • Max Davis (they/fae/she)

    Student Programmer

    Picture This: In this photo, Max is posing in the threshold of an open gateway in the Japanese Tea Garden. In the background, there is beautiful foliage which provides a glimpse into what the rest of the garden was like.

  • Makayla Rhodes (she/her)

    Student Programmer

    Picture This: Pictured here is Makayla as jellyfish princess with the wonderful jellyfish army at the California Academy of Sciences! (note:no jellyfish were touched in this excursion).

  • Primrose Walker (they/them)

    Student Programmer

    Picture This: This is Primrose at the Presidio, a beautiful park near the Vogue theater. Between films, they took a path all the way down to the Golden Gate Bridge!

  • Christopher Jorgenson (he/him)

    Executive Director of Diversity, Inclusion, and Leadership

  • Kallie Friede (she/her)

    Director, Gender and Sexuality Resource Center

    Picture This: This is Kallie on Alcatraz Island. Alcatraz Island is now owned by the National Park Service and offers lots of information about the prison on the island, the Native occupation of Alcatraz, and the wildlife on the island. If you’re ever in the San Francisco area, it’s a must stop!

  • Emily Luebke (they/she)

    Student Services Coordinator, Gender and Sexuality Resource Center

    Picture This: This is Emily standing in front of a beautiful bush of pink roses. They found this group of roses near the Japanese Tea Gardens in Golden Gate Park. There is so much to explore in San Francisco, and this is one of Emily’s favorite places to go back to every year, as there is always something new to discover!

  • Want to apply?

    We will start taking applications for next years Q-Fest Cohort in February! Click below for more information on how to apply!