Latin America Regional Advisory Board and Commmittees

Xavier Lopez Ancona (2023 - 25)

Committee Chair

CEO
KidZania, Kinezis
Mexico

Juan Antonio Busto (2023)

Committee Member

Miembro del consejo
IRTRA
Guatemala

Felipe Arteaga Cerda, ICAE (2022)

Committee Member

Gerente de proyectos
Happyland
Perú

Valeria Cañón 

Committee Member 

Education Subcommittee Chairman 
Aquópolis Parque Acuático, Parque de Aventuras Aerópolis, El Griego Resort 
Administrative and Human Resources Director 
Argentina 

Cícero Fiedler (2024)

Committee Member

CEO
Interparques Holding
Brazil

Marcos Michan Kanan (2023)

Committee Member

CEO, YP
Xtreme Park
México

Marcos Michan Kanan

Committee Member

CEO, YP
Xtreme Park
Mexico

Oscar Jairo Orozco (2024)

Committee Member

CEO
Parque Temático Hacienda Nápoles
Colombia

Luis Fernanda Velásquez (2024)

Committee Member

Maintenance Director
Parque del Café
Colombia

Rafael Penna Almeida, ICAE (2023)

Committee Member

Corporate General Manager of Parks & Entertainment
Aviva
Brazil

Ricardo Tonding Etges (2023)

Committee Member

Presidente del subcomité de relaciones con los gobiernos
Vicepresidente de Ventas y Marketing 
Vekoma Rides Manufacturing B.V.
Netherlands

Paulina Reyes

IAAPA Staff Liaison
CDMX, México 

Valeria Cañón

Committee Chair 

Aquópolis, Aerópolis, El Griego
Argentina 

Anderson Grade

Committee Member

Chefe de Operações
Interparques

Claudia Poggio Lezcano

Committee Member

Gerente de Entrenamientos y Excelencia Operacional
Happyland

Montserrat Fonseca

IAAPA Staff Liaison

Luis Fernanda Velásquez

Committee Chair

Maintenance Director
Parque del Café
Colombia

Claudio Lanza

Committee Member

Ride Maintenance Manager
Parque de la Costa
Argentina

Florencia Bereau

Committee Member

Head of Safety and Hygiene
Neverland Parks
Argentina

Francisco Donatiello

Committee Member

Consultant
Repro Engenharia de Entretenimento
Brazil

Gabriela Cortes

Committee Member

Operations Director
Hasbro City
Mexico

Jorge Mario Rodas

Committee Member

Xetulul Manager
Parque Xetulul, IRTRA

Luis Espejo

Committee Member

Maintenance Manager
Fantasilandia
Beaucheff, Chile

Sofia Garcia

Committee Member

EHS Manager
Parque Diversiones Costa Rica
 

Paulina Reyes

IAAPA staff liaison
CDMX, México

Ricardo Toding Etges

Committee Chair

Vice President of Sales and Marketing
Vekoma Rides Manufacturing B.V.
Netherlands

Hernán Barbieri

Committee Member

COO
KidZania
Mexico

Andres Falla

Committee Member

General Manager
Parque Mundo Aventura – Corparques
Columbia

Renato Fensterseifer, Jr.

Committee Member

Director
Alpen Park
Brazil

Uriel Fernando Mendoza Arenas

Committee Member

Director
Parque Chicamocha
Colombia

Carlos Pilaftsidis, ICAE

Committee Member

Owner and CEO
Aquopolis Water Park
Argentina

Iliana Rodriguez

Committee Member

Chief Sustainability and Institutional Relations Officer
Xcaret SA De CV
Mexico

Paulina Reyes

IAAPA Staff Liaison
CDMX, México