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The Napa Valley StreamFest team

Meet
the Team

Napa Valley StreamFest is the brainchild of Ashella Productions, founded by Juliana Folk and Fearon DeWeese. Juliana and Fearon first met while working at the Napa Valley Film Festival, bonding over their shared love for storytelling. In 2022, they launched Ashella Productions and produced the TV pilot “UnCredited,” inspired by Fearon’s journey managing a film festival while navigating IVF and motherhood.

Taking their pilot on the festival circuit, they realized traditional festivals weren’t adapting to the rise of “streamertainment” and the new ways audiences consume content. Determined to revolutionize the festival model, they returned to Napa Valley and enlisted Michael Fox as board chair.

Now entering its second year, they have successfully turned that vision into reality: a festival as dynamic and adaptive as the content it celebrates.

Fearon DeWeese
Fearon DeWeese

Founder & Executive Director

Juliana Folk
Juliana Folk

Founder & Artistic Director

Courtney Wilson
Courtney Wilson

Hospitality Coordinator

Debbie Young
Debbie Young

Volunteer Manager

Britt (Beer) Birrer
Britt (Beer) Birrer

Showrunner | Emcee

Jane Anderson
Jane Anderson

Associate Producer

Kelli A. White
Kelli A. White

Director Fiscal Sponsor Program

Kohn Dwight
Kohn Dwight

Operations Director

Tess Finkle

Emily Oberman
Emily Oberman

The Content Atelier / Marketing

Asher & Ellamay
Asher & Ellamay

Security Team

StreamFest Experience Coordinators

Experience Coordinators

Crystal, Sunni, Lyndsay, Melissa, & Jessica