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Sue Eisaguirre

Founder/Executive Director of NatureTrack Foundation

Sue is the Founder/Director of NatureTrack, an outdoor education 501C3 foundation providing standards-based field trips in the nature world to inspire school-aged children to embrace our natural world with respect and wonderment. The NatureTrack Film Festival is an extension of the organization’s mission and seeks to ignite passion for nature through film; encouraging all generations to be stewards of and appreciate our natural resources.

sue@naturetrack.org

Mitchka Saberi

Festival Director

Mitchka is a filmmaker living in Los Angeles after graduating from UC Santa Barbara in 2020. She is the co-founder for a production company and has produced several short narrative and documentary films. Having experienced attending other festivals with her films, Mitchka is excited to create an amazing festival experience for filmmakers and attendees alike.

mitchka@naturetrackfilmfestival.org

Francisco Lopez

Festival Director

Francisco Lopez is a filmmaker and editor who graduated from UC Santa Barbara with a degree in Film + Media Studies. He is also a writer/director for various short narrative and documentary films. Francisco loves to incorporate under-explored natural areas in his films, and is very excited to join the NTFF team to bring his passion for the outdoors to this role.

francisco@naturetrackfilmfestival.org

Gareth Kelly

Development Director

Gareth Kelly is an award winning filmmaker living in Goleta, California. Originally from the UK Kelly spent a decade in the construction industry before founding Bowline Films and pursuing his passion for filmmaking. As the Development Director for the 5th NatureTrack Film Festival Kelly is excited to connect the festival with incredible partners and deliver a world class event for the community.

gareth@naturetrackfilmfestival.org

Maureen “Mo” McFadden

Publicity & Marketing Director

Mo has been in the PR biz for more than half her life. She gets great satisfaction from seeing stories about her clients in the news. NatureTrack has two of her most enduring interests – film and nature. She came on board NatureTrack Film Festival in 2020 as its press agent which was cut short by Covid. Staying with the organization she began working on the NatureTrack programs. Now it’s Film Festival time again and I’m ready for action.

mcmpr101@gmail.com