Overview
- IFTA announced Brenneman’s appointment on January 14, with longtime chief Jean Prewitt to exit at the end of the month after 25 years.
- IFTA board chair Paul Bales called Brenneman uniquely qualified to lead IFTA and the American Film Market into their next chapter.
- Brenneman previously served nearly a decade at NATO, rising to EVP and general counsel, leading COVID-19 relief efforts including Save Our Screens and guiding the response to the end of the Paramount Consent Decrees.
- Most recently, she was CEO of Attend, a marketplace linking independent filmmakers with exhibitors, and a founding partner of The Fithian Group.
- Prewitt praised the transition, and Brenneman said independents can shape new paths as IFTA and AFM continue as key platforms for global dealmaking.