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Credits & Acknowledgements

Peru Festival Program Staff

Director: Sabrina Lynn Motley

Curators: Olivia Cadaval, Cristina Díaz-Carrera

Curator, consultant to MINCETUR: Rafael Varón Gabai

Program Coordinator: Valentina Pilonieta-Vera

Community Engagement Manager: Alexia Fawcett

Family Activities Curator: Betty Belanus

Interns: Elena Baker, Michelle Bérubé, Sarah Blakeney, Isabel Bradley, Rachel Crichton, Paul Garr, Colin Harney, Natasha Hone, Caity Huffman, Erin Kurvers, Daniela Panetta, Sarika Ramaswamy, Agatha Sloboda, Christine Tristani

Family Activities Lead Volunteers: Erica Martin, Tiffany Wilt

Researchers, Coordinators, and Presenters: Michelle Banks, Victor Boluarte, Nilda Callañaupa, Nadia Calmet, Violet Cavicchi, Xóchitl Chávez, Rodrigo Chocano Paredes, Fabiana Chiu-Rinaldi, Eduardo Díaz, Alfredo DiNatale, James Early, Mariá Regina Firmino-Castillo, Alexandro Hernández, Ingrid Huamaní, Rosa María La Madrid, Javier León, Doris Loayza, Raúl Mancilla Mantilla, Ana Noriega, Federico Serapio Ollero Delgado, Renzo Ortega, Víctor Piminchumo, Marco Arturo Ramírez Colombier, Ana Maria Reyes Albarracin, Deisi Rivadeneira, María Angélica Rodríguez Ibañez, Silvia Salgado, Emily Socolov, Naomi Sturm, Leonardo Tello, Jaime Urrutia, Roger Valencia, Cynthia Vidaurri, Fredi Villagarcia Aquise, Alfredo Villar, Holly Wissler, Ranald Woodaman

Curatorial Advisory Committee: Madeleine Burns, Marjorie Hunt, Mary Linn, Luis Guillermo Lumbreras, Giancarlo Marcone, Soledad Mujica, Diana N’Diaye, Luis Repetto, Marcela Ríos, Daniel Sheehy, Jorge Ortiz Sotelo, Milagritos Saldarriaga, Francisco Tumi, Madeleine Zúñiga

Community Advisory Group: Catherine Cabel Chicas, Nelly Carrión, Billy Castillo, Kristy Chavez-Fernandez, Fabiana Chiu-Rinaldi, María del Carmen Cossu, Miguel García, Elmer Huerta, Vicky Leyva, Doris Loayza, Ana Noriega, Elena Tscherny, Ricardo Villanueva

Republic of Peru Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (MINCETUR)

Minister: Magali Silva Velarde-Álvarez

Vice Minister of Tourism: María del Carmen de Reparaz

Director of Crafts: Melina Burgos Quiñones

PROMPERÚ Director of Communications Milagritos Patricia Ormeño Aspauzo

Logistics Team: Elena Del Castillo Pérez, Christie Malca Roque, Rafael Ospina Vergara, Tena Van Lamoen

Special Thanks—Organizations:

Amazon Conservation Association; Dirección Desconcentrada de Cultura de Cusco; Dirección Desconcentrada de Cultura de La Libertad; Dirección Desconcentrada de Cultura de Moquegua; Embassy of Peru—Washington, D.C.; Flame Pool Alpacas; Permanent Mission of Peru to the Organization of American States; Peru Trade and Investment Office in Washington, D.C.; Piscura Networking; Republic of Peru Ministry of Culture – Dirección del Audiovisual, la Fonografía y los Nuevos Medios; Sugarloaf Alpaca Company; United States Embassy—Lima

Special Thanks—Individuals:

The Hon. Blanca Magali Silva Velarde-Álvarez; Maria del Carmen de Reparaz; Merlita Melina Burgos Quiñones; Christie Yherine Malca Roque; Elena del Castillo Perez; Rafael Varón Gabai; Mateo Peschiera; Michele Albanelli; Chiara Macchiavello; Jorge Pérez; Maria Anderson; The Hon. Diana Álvarez-Calderón; Natalia Ames Ramello; José Barreiro; Marcia Bosshardt; Nancy and Kevin Brandt; Madeleine Burns Vidaurrázaga; Sarah Campbell; Milena Carranza; The Hon. Luis Miguel Castilla, Ambassador of Peru to the United States; Melva Caswell; Luis Chang Boldrini; Luis S. Chang; Alice Chu; Dan Cole; María Elena Córdova Burga; Sarah Feder; Cecilia L. Galarreta; José Miguel Gamarra; Rick and Lisa German; Ana Cecilia Gervasi, Consul General of Peru; Vitaliano Gallardo; Kevin Gover (Pawnee); Katy Grazini; Elisa Greene; Becky Haberacker; Hakim Hasan; Monty Holmes; Frances Holuba; Catherine Holt; Andres Jaramillo; Belinda K. Jackson Farrier; The Hon. Juan Federico Jiménez Mayor, Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States; Andrew Johnston; Sojin Kim; Rebecca Kokinda; Hayes Lavis; Robert Leopold; Philip LoPiccolo; Erin Markley; Berenice Mariscal; Ramiro Matos; Yamila Mayo Heiblum; Soledad Mujica; The Hon. Brian Nichols, Ambassador of the United States to Peru; Vilma Ortiz-Sanchez; Valerie Peterson; Gabriel Pilonieta; Rodolfo Pereira; Meri Price; Juan Luis Reus; John Sanchez; Monica Scott; Dana Small; Elisa Stone; Gail Strickler; Jennifer Tozer; Amy Van Allen; Adriana Velarde; Maria Nelly Vera; Vanessa Wagner de Reyna; Ranald Woodaman; Martha Zegarra


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