FESTIVAL STAFF
Ethan Van Thillo, Founder/Executive Director
Moises Esparza, Programming Manager
Juan Lopez, Exhibitions Coordinator
Rosana Marques, Marketing & Special Events Manager
Pilar Kuri, Sabor Latino – Food, Beer & Wine Festival Coordinator
Miguel Rodriguez, Festival Programmer
Larissa Vega, Special Guests Manager
Andy Gonzalez, Arte Latino
Saul Silva, Sonido Latino
Paola Hernández-Jiao, Festival Ambassador
Josi Guaimas, Web Programmer
Franko Rosas, Art Director
Greg Penetrante, Technology Associate
Helen Guzman, Will Call
Maria DiGregorio, Will Call
Film Jury
TBA
Interns / Volunteers
Christopher Floyd
Mai Fujimoto
Maritza Acevedo
Meng Hao
Roxana Gutierrez
Film Festival Selection Committee
TBD
Poster Selection Committee
Adolfo Ventura (MAAC Project & MACSD Board Member)
Alexis Emilio Contreras (Graphic Designer at Mindgruve)
Andy Gonzalez (La Onda Arte)
Armando Medina (Designer and Art Director at Mindgruve)
Franko Rosas (Graphic Designer at Studio Ecole)
Gary Benzel (Graphic Design Professor at SDSU)
Media Arts Center San Diego
Tracy Griffith, Bookkeeper
Anna Hayman / Operations Manager
Ryan Kuratomi, Media Director
Larry da Silveira, Youth Programs Coordinator
Marco Chavez, Cinema Associate
Gabriela Espinal, Cinema Associate
Kristian Perez-Franco, Cinema Associate
Grace van Thillo, Development
Shanna Trenholm, Development
Alex Wesser, Instructor
Nate Velasco, Instructor
Gabriela Espinal, Instructor
Mizar Martin, Instructor
Joshua Salaises, Instructor
Lizelle Lopez, Instructor
Karina Lizet Perez, Instructor
Keith Russell, Instructor
Media Arts Center San Diego Board of Directors
Daniel Cruz Gonzalez, Board President
Retired, City of San Diego
Paul Espinosa, Vice President
President/CEO of Espinosa Productions
Adolfo Ventura, M.A., Treasurer
MAAC, Director of Operations
Francisco Mata, Secretary
San Ysidro School District, Coordinator of Public Relations and Community Services
Linda Caballero-Sotelo, Director
Executive Director of the New Americans Museum
Gustavo Perez, Director
Senior Manager with Ernst & Young LLP’s Indirect Tax Practice, State and Local Tax
Vanessa Barron, Director
Marketing and Advertising Expert
John Kiladis, Director
Marketing & Communications, San Diego Gas & Electric
Gustavo M. Rios, Director
Construction Attorney & Project Advisor
Cindy Cesare, Director
Journalist and field producer for the network show, CBS News/48 Hours. Owner and President of CinCity Media, Inc.
Taina Berardi, Director
Holistic Health Entrepreneur
