TMY FESTIVAL STAFF 2022

Maribel Alvarez, Co-director  
Bryan Falcon, Co-director  
Tim Escobedo, Senior Advisor  
Kara Jones, Production Manager  

PRODUCTION STAFF  

Kara Jones, Production Manager 
Noe Gamez, Logistics Director 
Sergio, Logistics support 
Julio, Logistics support 
Aaron Dinius, Production Team Lead 
Saul Macias, Production Team Lead 
Gerard Acuna-Schultz, Production Team Lead 
Peter Cano (assistant production)  
Xavier Flores (assistant production)  
Giovanni (parking) 
Ymani (parking)  
Teja (parking)  
Alex Leal (parking)  
Giovanni Acuna-Schultz (parking)  
Kizzy (parking)  
Mary (service attendant)  
Rosario (service attendant)  
Delia Acuna (Ice)  
Laila Acuna-Schultz  (Ice)  

PERFORMANCE  

Kate Alexander, Performance Director  
Angelina Ramirez, Curator, Movement & Wellness Tent  
Richard Noel, Stage Manager  
Lisa Falk, Stage Manager  
Yarrow King, Stage Manager  
Marc Pinate, MC  
Stephanie Bermudez, MC  
Adiba Nelson, MC  
Alida Gunn-Wilson, MC  
Naomi Proano, MC  

FOOD  

Narda Rivera, Manager, Food Vendors & Sustainability    
Gustavo Rivera, Food Vendors Assistant  

FOLK ARTS  

Leia Maahs, Folk Arts Co-curator
Bernard Siquieros, Folk Arts Co-curator
Maria Arvayo, Folk Arts Coordinator 
Denise Uyehara, Folk Arts Coordinator

VOLUNTEER TEAM  

Nelda Ruiz, Volunteer Director  
Marisol Flores Aguirre, Coordinator  
Lynn Hourani, Registrar 
Claudio Rodriguez, Team Leader

FINANCES  

Elizabeth Eklund, Finance Coordinator  
Jeffrey Todd Herman (Accountant)  
Beth Zimner (Accountant)  
Andrea Schultz, Cash Handler  
Kate Jewell-Williams, Cash Handler  

OTHER AREAS  

Alisha Vasquez, Accessibility Coordinator  
Juanita Lerma, Community Matters Assistant  
Christiana Benson, Sponsorships  
Kimi Eisele, Communications/Memory Tent Co-curator  
Brittany Villegas, Merch and Jim’s Shrine 
Lupita Jonhston, Festival Information Offic
Jennie Gubner, Memory Tent Co-curator 
Jose Duran, Shrine Designer
Vanda Pollard, Shrine Designer

PARTNERS  

Ilse Rojas-Hamilton (Compost Cats)  
Makenzie Jackson (Compost Cats)  
Monique Vallery (AIDSWALK)  
Catherine Strickland (PIMA COUNTY MEET YOURSELF)  
Julie Ray  (Julie Ray Creative)  
Big Al  (Dukes Car Club)  
Rodrigo Ortega, A La Carte Rentals  
Rene Sotomayor Jr, 5th Avenue Productions  
Lenny Madrid, Security 

SOUTHWEST FOLKLIFE ALLIANCE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Bryan Falcon (Chair)
Vice President Product Strategy
PowerSchool, LLC

Elizabeth Stahmer (Vice-Chair)
UA / Social & Behavioral Sciences Research Institute

Lynn Hourani (Secretary)
Islamic Center of Tucson

Maribel Alvarez (Treasurer)
Director, Tucson Meet Yourself
Associate Dean of Community Engagement,
UA College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
University of Arizona Jim Griffith Chair of Public Folklore

Teresa Bravo 
Pima County Coordinator of
Economic Development and International Projects

Dr. Robert Breunig
Retired Museum Curator and Professor 

Berlin Loa
Assistant Professor UA School of Information
Knowledge River Program Manager 

Alicia Nuñez
Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President
Chicanos por la Causa

Jocelyn Retamoza-Gonzvar
President of the Latinos@ Amazon Affinity Group

Dr. Praise Zenenga
UA / Africana Studies

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