Latin America Regional Advisory Board

Xavier Lopez Ancona (2023 - 25)

Committee Chair

KidZania, Kinezis
CEO
Mexico

Juan Antonio Busto (2023)

Committee Member

IRTRA
Miembro del consejo
Guatemala

Felipe Arteaga Cerda, ICAE (2022)

Committee Member

Happyland
Gerente de proyectos
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

Interparques Holding
CEO
Brazil

Marcos Michan Kanan (2023)

Committee Member

Xtreme Park
CEO, YP
México

Marcos Michan Kanan

Committee Member

Xtreme Park
CEO, YP
Mexico

Oscar Jairo Orozco (2024)

Committee Member

Parque Temático Hacienda Nápoles
CEO
Colombia

Luis Fernanda Velásquez (2024)

Committee Member

Parque del Café
Maintenance Director
Colombia

Rafael Penna Almeida, ICAE (2023)

Committee Member

Aviva
Corporate General Manager of Parks & Entertainment
Brazil

Ricardo Tonding Etges (2023)

Committee Member

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

Paulina Reyes

IAAPA staff liaison
CDMX, México 

Valeria Cañón

Committee Chair 

Aquópolis, Aerópolis, El Griego
Argentina 

Rafael Anleu (2023)

Committee Member

IRTRA
Guatemala

Tania Bayona (2019)

Committee Member

White Water West
Richmond BC, Canada

Angel Daille (2023)

Committee Member

Fantasilandia
Santiago de Chile

Giselle Escalante (2023)

Committee Member

Universidad Anáhuac México
Norte México

Renato Lenzi (2022)

Committee Member

Alamos Travel
Cancún, Q.R.

Claudia Orozco (2023)

Committee Member

Parque Temático Hacienda Nápoles
Colombia

Paula Negrete (2024)

Committee Member

El Dorado Resorts, Grupo Lomas Cancún
México

Omar Raslan (2024)

Committee Member

Tickamore/IACPOS Zaragoza
España

Mariana Ruiz (2024)

Committee Member

Grupo Xcaret
México

Roberto Becerra

IAAPA STAFF LIAISON

Alcaldía Cuauhtémoc, CDMX
México

Luis Fernanda Velásquez (2024)

Committee Chair

Parque del Café
Maintenance Director
Pereira, Colombia

Claudio Lanza (2024)

Committee Member

Parque de la Costa
Ride Maintenance Manager
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Florencia Bereau (2024)

Committee Member

Neverland Parks
Head of Safety and Hygiene
Cordoba, Argentina

Francisco Donatiello (2020) 

Committee Member

Repro Engenharia de Entretenimento 
Consultant 
São Paulo, Brasil

Gabriela Cortes

Committee Member

Industry Consultant
Mexico City, Mexico

Heysell García (2024)

Committee Member

Consultant
Bogotá, Colombia

Jorge Mario Rodas (2021)

Committee Member

Parque Xetulul, IRTRA
Manager
Centro América, Guatemala

Luis Espejo (2024)

Committee Member

Fantasilandia
Maintenance Manager
Beaucheff, Chile

Paulina Reyes

IAAPA staff liaison
CDMX, México

Ricardo Toding Etges

Committee Chair

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

Hernán Barbieri

Committee Member

KidZania
COO
Mexico

Andres Falla

Committee Member

Parque Mundo Aventura – Corparques
General Manager
Colombia

Renato Fensterseifer, Jr.

Committee Member

Alpen ParkDirector
Brazil

Uriel Fernando Mendoza Arenas

Committee Member

Parque Chicamocha
Director
Colombia

Carlos Pilaftsidis, ICAE

Committee Member

Aquopolis Water Park
Owner and CEO
Argentina

Iliana Rodriguez

Committee Member

Xcaret SA De CV
Chief Sustainability and Institutional Relations Officer
Mexico

Paulina Reyes

IAAPA staff liaison
CDMX, México