Mary is responsible for managing IDA's finances and operations. Before joining IDA, Mary had a lengthy career as a public radio and television producer in San Diego. During her tenure at KPBS, she launched and managed daily shows and produced arts docs, live performance specials, and current affairs talk shows. She currently lives in Sherman Oaks with her documentary filmmaker husband, her son, and their two tuxedo cats.
Katy Hurley is currently the Funds Coordinator at IDA. Prior to working at IDA, she worked at Jane Doe Films, an award-winning production company that specializes in investigative documentaries such as The Hunting Ground and The Invisible War. In 2019, she graduated from California State University Long Beach and was a student in the nonfiction filmmaking program. She was an HFPA grant recipient for her short student film and was selected for Best Documentary at the CSU Media Arts Festival.
Ranell Shubert is the Nonfiction Access Initiative Funds Program Manager at the International Documentary Association, a movement aimed at narrative change through building power, community, and increasing opportunities for nonfiction media-makers who identify as disabled. She also teaches Podcast Production at the University of Southern California. Prior to joining IDA and NAI, she produced the Whats Up With Docs Podcast and also worked with the 1IN4 Coalition creating artist development programs for creatives with disabilities.
The son of two journalists, Colin Arp (he/him) was born and raised in the greater Los Angeles area and has always had a deep love of all things storytelling. He began his early career in writing, but with an additional hobby in amateur photography, it was inevitable that he eventually found his way into filmmaking.
Maria Santos joined the International Documentary Association as the Funds Program Officer in September 2022. She oversees all of the funding grants and provides year-round creative and strategic support to all IDA grantees. Previously, she was the Manager of Labs and Artist Support at the Sundance Documentary Film Program, since September 2020. During her time there, she was the lead on working with International Artists, primarily in Central and South America.