From left: Mary Anne Vaughn and Evie Colbert at a 2025 Montclair Film Festival event. Manny Carabel/Getty Images Montclair Film, the organization behind the New Jersey-based Montclair Film Festival long supported by Stephen and Evie Colbert and a number of entertainment industry figures residing in the area, has made a few changes to its board of trustees.
Board vice president Mary Anne Vaughn has been unanimously elected as president, succeeding Evie Colbert, who was unanimously elected to the role of president emeritus, where she’ll continue to have a voting position on the board and a leadership position on its executive committee and remain closely involved with the organization. Colbert stepped down after a decade of daily involvement in the leadership of the organization to allow other board members to grow and develop as leaders.
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Additionally, longtime trustee Sarah Barrack was unanimously elected as vice president of the board.
Mary Anne Vaughn Montclair Film Vaughn has served on the Montclair Film board since 2017, helping to steer its mission in film, education, community engagement and visual storytelling.
She began her career in mortgage banking before shifting to the nonprofit sector, supporting fundraising and outreach for the Special Olympics. She later spent time in London, leading admissions and marketing for an American university before returning to the U.S.
With a background as an entertainment and business affairs attorney, Barrack has served as a trustee for Montclair Film for 15 years, launching the volunteer program for the inaugural festival.
“I love Montclair Film because I love the people by whom I am surrounded,” Vaughn said in a statement. “I am so grateful for Evie’s mentorship and leadership. I believe in our mission, am so incredibly proud to have been chosen to be the next leader of the Board and am excited to collaborate with our amazingly talented staff.”
Montclair Film executive director and co-head Tricia Haggerty Wenz added, “We are excited to welcome Mary Anne Vaughn and Sarah Barrack in their new leadership roles. Mary Anne’s longstanding commitment to our mission and Sarah’s leadership experience on our Board are tremendous assets to our organization. And with Evie Colbert’s continued stewardship of Montclair Film, we remain excited for the future.”
Vaughn, Colbert and Barrack have been in their new roles since April 1, the beginning of Montclair Film’s fiscal year.
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