Overview
- The Sundance Institute said Rosen died Wednesday after a cancer battle; she had disclosed her diagnosis in May 2025 and stepped away to undergo treatment.
- Rosen served as Sundance’s chief communications officer since 2020 after a 2007–2019 run as Tribeca Enterprises’ EVP of communications and programming, following earlier work with Tribeca via Rubenstein.
- Her leadership spanned the festival’s pandemic-era virtual pivot, the return to in-person editions, and messaging on the planned 2027 relocation from Park City, Utah, to Boulder, Colorado.
- Sundance board chair Ebs Burnough and Tribeca co-founders Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal issued statements praising her integrity, advocacy for filmmakers, and lasting impact.
- A funeral is scheduled for Friday, December 5, in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, with a livestream; Shiva observances will follow, and donations are requested to Temple Beth Sholom, the Kenneth Rosen Endowment Fund, or the American Cancer Society, with survivors including her mother Sheryle, sister Stefani, and brother Brian.