Angelique Reisch
President of WIA Bay Area
Angelique joined Pixar Animation Studios in July 2004. She has since worked as a Lighting Technical Director on a number of Pixar features including Ratatouille, Up, WALL-E, Cars 2, Brave, and most recently, Monsters University. She also taught the inaugural Pixar Undergraduate Program (PUP) class in 2008. When she's not lighting shots, you can find her drumming with her co-workers in the band ClownCar.
President of WIA Bay Area
Angelique joined Pixar Animation Studios in July 2004. She has since worked as a Lighting Technical Director on a number of Pixar features including Ratatouille, Up, WALL-E, Cars 2, Brave, and most recently, Monsters University. She also taught the inaugural Pixar Undergraduate Program (PUP) class in 2008. When she's not lighting shots, you can find her drumming with her co-workers in the band ClownCar.
Favorite movie quote: Katherine Hepburn - The Philadelphia Story, 1940."The time to make up your mind about people is never." Audrey Hepburn: "Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible!'
Mary Kate Dangoia
WIA Bay Area Leadership Team
Mary Kate is a originally from Boston, MA and currently working as a Production Coordinator at Tippett Studio. Her first major motion picture is Ted 2.
Favorite movie quote:
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: You know, I'm a rather brilliant surgeon. Perhaps I can help you with that hump.
Igor: What hump?
Young Frankenstein 1974
Silicon Valley Leadership Team
Jen Dahlman Jen has over 20 years in the animation industry with a majority spent at DreamWorks Animation. As a chronic organizer, she loves budgeting, scheduling, and pairing up people with the right opportunities and watching them exceed their own expectations. She has worked on animated features, shorts, and everything in between. Her latest adventure is with Nimble Collective, where she is Director of Content Services.
Silicon Valley Leadership Team
Haley graduated from the Academy of Art in 2014 with a BFA in animation and visual effects. She loves all things light and color, and has spent the last couple of years building up her skills as a lighting and surfacing artist. She currently works at Nimble Collective as a Creative Development Specialist.
Women in Animation SF was founded by Angelique Reisch, Mary Kate Dangoia and
Angela Entzminger. It was expanded to Women in Animation Bay Area in 2017.
