Dan Jeremy Brooks, President
Dan Jeremy Brooks writes music, often for reality TV shows, especially the parts where people are yelling at each other in the kitchen. Also, he will never break, never lie down, never bend for anybody. He’s with you now . . . until the end.
Heidi Wetzel, Secretary
Heidi is from the Detroit area, lived in Phoenix, and has made the Fox River area home since 2000. She is a fan of the On Being-This Movie Changed Me podcast, and the list of movies that made an impact on her life include “My Man Godfrey”, “You Can’t Take It With You”, “Auntie Mame”, “Groundhog Day”, and “Everything Everywhere All At Once”.
Kyle Reeves , Treasurer
Kyle is an artist and recent transplant from New York City. He owns and operates a vintage audio restoration business a few blocks from downtown in the West Boulevard District.
Vicki McCoy
Vicki is an Aurora-born local realtor with a long history of participation in and support for the arts in Aurora.
Helen Ratzlow
Helen considers Aurora to be her “Goldilocks” home, the one that is “just right” after years of moving around. She is a political activist and aspiring visual artist who just happens to like movies. (Also Jeanne made me do it.)
Jeanne Norris
Jeanne is a retired teacher and collaborator in community efforts including Friends of Phillips Park, the Midwest Literary Fest, the Aurora ArtWalk, Louche Puce Market, Culture Stock, Cultural Creatives, the Harry Potter Fest and the Fox Valley Music Foundation.
Ramsey Miller
Ramsey Miller is a lot of things and does a lot of things, but for the purposes of the Aurora Film Society is a filmmaker and hopes to make the art and knowledge of filmmaking accessible for any person that AFS can reach.
Laura Barton
Laura Barton moved to Aurora with her parents in 1964. Over the years, she has done volunteer work including as an ESL tutor for Waubonsee College. She retired from Old Second Bank in 2022 and lives with her husband Warren and their cats in Aurora’s historic Tanner district. She has as eclectic taste in movies; favorites include “Casablanca”and “Alien” as well as mostly anything directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Chris Petersen
Chris is a lifelong resident of the Aurora area, as well as a (self-)published author and inveterate movie freak. His record for multiplex-hopping is six movies in a single day. Some of the films that have had the greatest impact on his life include “Raising Arizona,” “The Invisible Man,” “The Shining,” and “Godzilla, Mothra & King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack.” At the time of this writing, he has seen more films by Edward D. Wood than by Cecil B. DeMille.