OUR TEAM
Giovanni Russonello
NEXTfest co-director and comms lead
Co-founder, CapitalBop
Luke Stewart
NEXTfest artistic director
Co-founder, CapitalBop
Jamie Sandel
NEXTfest co-director and operations lead
Managing Director, CapitalBop
Kelsye Adams
NEXTfest community & vendor lead
Executive director, Long Live GoGo
Gloria Nauden
NEXTfest senior project advisor
Founding board member, CapitalBop
Dr. Jocelyn Imani
NEXTfest humanities director
Ashleigh Mitchell
NEXTfest humanities coordinator
Program director, Wash. Parks & People
Steve Coleman
NEXTfest parks advisor
Exec. Director, Wash. Parks & People
Justin "Yaddiya" Johnson
NEXTfest artistic partner
Founder, Long Live GoGo
Sia Barnes
NEXTfest social media coordinator
Curator, Woke Flow
Latesha Smith
NEXTfest volunteer coordinator
Principal, Events by Fabienne
Dr. Maurice Jackson
NEXTfest Lead Historian
Associate Professor, Georgetown U
Sadie Gronigan
NEXTfest development coordinator
Development assistant, CapitalBop
Brenda Harrison
NEXTfest permitting coordinator
Principal, The BBH Group