Gasparilla International Film Festival | March 23 - 26, 2023
Festival Team
Gasparilla International Film Festival | March 25 - 30, 2025
Board of Directors
​Roia Barrios President | Roia Barrios, P.A.
*Tim Zehnder | Hill Ward Henderson
Kelley Sadlowski | Secretary
Michael Cichon | Treasurer | Truist Bank
Tyler Martinolich | Film Tampa Bay
Kevin Ambler | Ambler Law Group
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Cathy Cromar | Board Member
Teresa Lickerman | Board Member
Phara McLachlan | Nahteava
Justin Kitchens | Banner Life Insurance Company
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*Denotes Past President
Advisory Board
*Joseph Alexander | Alexander Real Estate, LLC *Tammy Briant Spratling | Community Tampa Bay Sara Scher | Tampa Bay Jewish International Film Festival
Jason Ambler | Film Director
Armand Assante | SAG / AFTRA Actor
Leslie Cohen | The MediaPro Studio Paul Cohen, FSU Film / Torchlight
Randall Emmett | Convergence Entertainment Tom Gordin, Tagwear, Inc.
Commissioner Ken Hagan | Hillsborough County Dr. Patrizia La Trecchia | PHD University of South Florida
*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 | Hungry Bull Productions
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
Gregory Firestone | My Florida Mediator
*Rachel Feinman | Tampa General Hospital
Evan Smith | Evan Smith Creative
Frank Robertson | Frank Robertson Media
Francis Vayalumkal | India International Film Festival
*Denotes Past President
GIFF Staff
Monica Varner | Executive Director
Ferdian Jap | Marketing Strategy / Theater Ops
Bob Clements | AV / Technical Operations
Susan Engel | National PR / Media Relations
Cathy Cromar | Shorts Programming & Volunteer Manager
Chelsea Cromar | Website & Volunteer Manager
Chris Fasick | Video / Marketing
Alexis Chamberlain | Social Media Manager
Jake Tabler | Travel / Guest Services
Michelle Meadows | Events / Logistics
Kelly Zeigler | Grand Jury / Sponsor Concierge
Kayla Schupp | Filmmaker Liason / VIP Concierge
Laura Ly | Filmmaker Lounge
Al Frederick | Latin PR / Media Relations
Hilary Webber | Education / Industry Panels
Colin Tabler | Guest Services Intern
Zach Steele | Film Trafficking Festival Intern
Eva Schoen | Box Office Festival Intern
Managers & Coordinators
Darin Klahr | Area Coordinator
Louise Krikorian | Area Coordinator
Joel Goldberg | Area Coordinator
Omar Marcof | Area Coordinator
GIFF Screeners
Alvy Vereecke
Amber Russell
Behnoosh Vasigh
Brittany Shropshire
Bryan Bonnah
Cathy Cromar
David Cromar
Cameron Cabral
Charles Mann
Darin Klahr
Dawn Sebastian
Deborah Osbach
Donna Korloch
Eileen McGill
Emily Knudson
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Eyla Woods - O'Toole
Hilary Webber
Johnny Vance
Joshua Morgan
Louise Shumate
Louise Krikorian
Mary Hinton
Nick Naylor
Rita Krohn
Rose O'Toole
Savannah Gambrell
Sheba Gurm
Ted Haynes
Tim Searfoss
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