The Ashland Independent Film Festival has a new Executive Director. She is Anne Ashbey Pierotti, and she will succeed Tom Olbrich on November 1.  Pierotti is already well known to the festival, having served on the Ashland Independent Film Festival’s board of directors from 2006 to June of 2011 and was the board’s President from 2008 to 2010.

“I am deeply honored to have been selected for this position,” said Pierotti. “I look forward to collaborating with the AIFF’s incredible staff, board, volunteers and community supporters to build upon the festival’s success and ensure a bright future for independent film in Southern Oregon.”

The eleventh annual Ashland Independent Film Festival will be held April 12-16, 2012.