2314 Higgins Canyon Road
Half Moon Bay, CA 94019
650 726 9234
gail@evenari.com 

 

GAIL K. EVENARI

Skills
Creative, effective leader, educator, communicator and energetic collaborator from initiation of concept through completion of project or program

Roles
Executive Director, Project Manager, Educator, Producer/Director, Creative Director, Designer, Writer

Software
Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Premiere, Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver), QuarkXPress, Microsoft Office, FileMaker Pro, FinalCutPro, Joomla CMS

Projects
Program development and management, Film, print, web, exhibit and multimedia design and production
Educational Media - Award-winning Documentary Production, Outreach, Curriculum Design

EMPLOYMENT

EVENARI MEDIA PRODUCTIONS evenari.com
Principal/Creative Director 1982 - present

Marketing and Communications
Clients include: Chevron Corporation (Public Affairs), PG&E (RFPs and Public Affairs), Peninsula Library System, California Library Association, Houghton Miflin, Harcourt Brace, KQED, Cetrella Bistro, Stanford University

MAIDEN VOYAGE PRODUCTIONS maidenvoyage.org
Founder/Executive Director - California nonprofit 501(c)3 1994 - present

Filmography
Wayfinders: A Pacific Odyssey - PBS Documentary, 1999

Timeless Craft: Building Mauloa - Documentary, 2014

Spirit of the Land Series - Produced for Chevron USA Public Affairs and public television
- In the Wake of Our Ancestors;
- Alaska: The Yup’ik Eskimos
- Hawai‘i: Continuing Traditions -

Recent Publications and Projects
Independent Film and Multimedia Projects: Research, Writing, Design

  • The Calling PBS documentary series: research, writing proposals, deisgn and production of Discussion Guide and Curriculum Guides for ITVS
  • Center for Global Development: research and writing consumer website
  • Crude Impact: Curriculum development and design for feature documentary about the impact of human addiction to oil
  • UC Davis: Fire and Forest Health -Art direct, write, design and produce educational component and DVD packaging for documentary.
  • YouthGive: Research, write and produce curriculum guides for youth philanthropy organization
  • The Kindling Group: PBS documentaryA Doula Story
  • Active Voice: Miscellaneous writing and design for film outreach
  • Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics in Film, research and writing for documentaries
  • Oregon Public Broadcasting: Bridging World History videos - research and writing scripts

WALDORF SCHOOL OF THE PENINSULA waldorfpeninula.org
Marketing and Communications Manager - 2008-2011
Created and managed internal communications, the website and external print and digital marketing materials.

TEACHING
            Waldorf School of the Peninsula Waldorf School of the Peninsula
                        French and Art electives for Middle School and High School, 2009-present
           UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, 2000-01
                        Assisted in teaching Everyday Heroes
                        Co-taught Writing for the Web
            Peninsula Temple Sholom, Burlingame, CA
                       9th Grade Religious School, 1991-95
            San Francisco School Volunteers: Project Director, 1980-82
                        Project Director of Museum Education Program
            Oakland Tribune: Education Coordinator, 1979-80
                        Developed interdisciplinary newspaper curriculum guide
                        Led school group tours of newspaper plant
            Oakland Public Schools —
                        Middle and High School Substitute Teacher; 1978-80

EDUCATION
            San Francisco State University
                        Masters Degree, Education; 1980
                        Teaching Credentials: French, English, Art
            University of California, Berkeley: Summa Cum Laude; Phi Beta Kappa; 1974
            University of Paris, Vincennes; 1971
            University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; 1970

            Languages: French (fluent) and Spanish (competent)

References available upon request.