Festival Team
Gasparilla International Film Festival | March 23 - 26, 2023
Festival Team
Monica Varner | Executive Director
Victoria Huddy | Filmmaker Liason / Box Office
Michelle Meadows | Operations / Logistics
Kelly Zeigler | Community Relations / Grand Jury
Kayla Schupp | Filmmaker Lounge / VIP Concierge
Jake Tabler | Travel / Guest Services
Shelby Barrs | Administrative / Sponsorships
Holly Clifford | PR / Media Relations
Emily Heath | PR / Media Relations
Al Fredrick | Latin PR / Media Relations
Nancy Collet | Film Recruitment / Programming
Bob Clements | AV / Technical Operations
Ferdian Jap | Technical / Marketing Strategy
Wayne Shovlin | Production / Events Lia
Justine | Production / Events
Ashley Lugo | Social Media
Advisory Team
Sara Scher | Tampa Bay Jewish International Film Festival
Jason Ambler | Film Director
Armand Assante | SAG/AFTRA Actor
Leslie Cohen | HBO
Paul Cohen | FSU Film / Torchlight
Randall Emmett | Emmett / Furla Productions
Tom Gordin | Tagwear, Inc.
Comissioner Ken Hagan | Hillsborough County
Patrizia La Trecchia | USF Professor
*Charles (Chad) Moore | Morgan and Morgan, PA
*Eric Odum | ROI Commercial Property Brokerage
Ryan O'Nan | SAG/AFTRA Actor
Aakash Patel | Elevate, Inc.
*Eric Polins | HCP & Associates, Inc.
*Joseph J. Restaino | Film Producer
Robert W Sterrett III | Filmmaker
Michael Stewart | 717 South & AVA
Bryan Glazer | Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Phillip Sipiora | USF Professor
Cinda Snow | Snow Entertainment
Dori Rath | Film Producer
Honorable Bob Martinez | Former Governor of Florida
Honorable Dick Greco | Former Mayor of City of Tampa
*Elizabeth Fendrick | SAG/AFTRA Actor
Dr. Gregory Firestone | Film Producer
Phara Mclachlan | Nahteava
*Rachel Feinman | Tampa General Hospital
Evan Smith | Evan Smith Creative
Frank Robertson | Frank Robertson Media
Francis Vayalumkal | India International Film Festival
Manager & Coordinators
Cathy Cromar | Volunteer Manager
Chelsea Cromar | Volunteer Manager/ Website Manager
Louise Krikorian | Area Coordinator
Darin Klahr | Area Coordinator
Hillary Webber | Education / Industry Panels
Sean Phillips | High School Competition / Scholarships
Evan Smith | High School Competition / Scholarships
Board of Directors
Tim Zehnder, President | Hill Ward Henderson, LLP
Roia Barrios, President Elect | Roia Barrios, P.A.
Tammy Briant Spratling, Immediate Past President | Community Tampa Bay
Joseph Alexander* | Alexander Real Estate, LLC
Kelley Sandlowski | Secretary
Michael Cichon, Treasurer | Truist
Tyler Martinolich | Film Tampa Bay
Cathy Cromar | Film Enthusiast
Jonathan Ellis | Shumaker, Loop, Kendrick, P.A.
Kevin Ambler | Ambler Law Group
Santosh Govindaraju | Convergent Capital Partners
Susan Williams | Visit Tampa Bay
Parker Homans | SIXTYDESIGN
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