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