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CLAIFF27 Staff and Board

27th annual Cine Las Americas International Film Festival

Team

STAFF

Gabriel Ornelas – Executive Director

Giselle De La Rosa – Associate Festival Director, Conference Coordinator & Hecho en Tejas Program Associate

Leti Bueno – Grants & Development Coordinator

Laura Donnelly – Development Consultant

Andrea Zarate – Communications Coordinator

Fabiana Montenegro – Social Media Coordinator

Damaris Llanos – Social Media Assistant

Julio Toledano – Creative Director and Graphic Designer

Ernie Quiroz – Film Program Co-Lead

Florencia Choto – Film Program Co-Lead

Maribel Falcon – Film Program Associate: Music Videos

Tom Cavanaugh – Technical Director & Hecho en Tejas, Film Program Associate

Christian D. Nelson – Emergente Youth International Film Festival Co-Director

Miguel Briones – Education Coordinator & Emergente Youth International Film Festival Co-Director

Alexa Ornelas – Box Office Coordinator & Elevent Support

Anoush Crane – Events & Hospitality Coordinator
Justina Walford – Public Relations

Alexa Ornelas – Box Office Coordinator

Vanessa Alvarado Flores – Volunteer Coordinator

Josh Stauffer – Web Designer

Jackie Mackey, Sophie Niles, Madison Snelling – Juice Consulting (Public Relations)

Christian D. Nelson, Austin Film Society – Video Services

Mari Hernandez – Photographer

David Neahusan – Accountant

Joseph Ornelas – Program Assistant

Cerise Saucedo – Student Intern

Elena Bessire – Portuguese Translator

David Lopez – Venue Manager

Alyssa M Pineda – Box Office Assistant & Support

CONFERENCE COMMITTEE

John Estrada
Giselle De La Rosa
Hector Gonzalez
Laura Donnelly
Jeannelle Ramirez
James Rodriguez

FILM SCREENERS

Elena Bessire
Erin Campbell
Sarah Clawson
Dino Costa
Nicholas Dauster
Val Florez
Chris Green
Viviana Guerrero
Diana Patricia Guizado
Chantal Lackan
Olivier Lapuente
Alexis Page
Paul Smith
Joan Tuttle Vargas
Harold Urteaga
Carlos Zapata

EXECUTIVE BOARD

John Estrada
Jeannelle Ramirez
Cassandra Sanchez-Barrera
Francisco Garcia
David Gil
Enrique Duran II
Meghan Cleary Rauker
Hector Gonzales
Daniel Maldonado

ADVISORY BOARD

Sergio Alcocer, Rest of the World

Cynthia Benitez, Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian

Charles Ramirez Berg, The University of Texas at Austin

Jason Borge, The University of Texas at Austin

Christine Davila, TV Development Executive and Film Producer

Stephen E. Jackson, Blue 62 Entertainment

AJ Johnson, Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin

Chale Nafus, Austin Film Society (ret.)

Daniel Northway-Frank, Northway-Frank Consulting

Tracy Rector, Longhouse Media/Clearwater Film

David Rice, Author, Lecturer, Film Producer

Patricia Vonne, Musician and Filmmaker