Acknowledgments

LACC Production Team

Sandra Budd, Assistant Director, Exhibit Designer, and Curator of LACC
Bill DeWalt and Sylvia Keller, Senior Advisors to LACC
Chris Smith, Graphic Design, Grey Aria Design Studio
William Graves, Mount Maker and Art Handler
Alejandro Franco, Art Handler and Painter
Sarah Erwin, LACC Registrar and Exhibition Installation
Samuel Stuart, LACC Registrar and Exhibition Installation
Jalen Manhertz, LACC Registrar and Exhibition Installation
Vanessa Chaves, LASA Marketing and Communications Manager and Exhibit Video Production
Norman Beck, Audio and Video Engineer
Ann Feris, Image Research
Anna Ruscalleda, Staff Translator
Lazaros Amanatidis, Director of Information Systems and Software Development
Ellie Haizlett, Education Resources

Organizing Committee

Bill DeWalt, LACC Special Advisor
Sandra Budd, LACC Curator
Sylvia Keller, LACC Special Advisor
Manuel Roman-Lacayo, LACC Deputy Director
Vanessa Chaves, LASA Marketing and Communications Manager
Adriana Jiménez, LACC Advisory Board Member

Special Recognition for Loans and Collaboration

Bill DeWalt and Sylvia Keller developed the concepts and ideas for the exhibit, produced the interpretive label text, and loaned objects from their personal collection.
Joel Aaronson and Claire Keyes loaned objects from their extensive collection of Latin American artifacts.
Carnegie Museum of Natural History loaned pre-Hispanic objects from its Section of Anthropology and taxidermy specimens from its Section of Mammals.
Museo del Banco Central de Costa Rica loaned replicas of pre-Hispanic gold objects from its Museo de Oro Precolombino, and currency from its Museo de Numismática.
Marité Vidales and Pablo Zuniga Ferrer generously loand original artworks produced by Marité.
Ricardo Solís loaned cultural objects from his personal collection.
Adriana Jiménez loaned cultural objects from her personal collection.
Ghisselle Blanco loaned cultural objects from her personal collection.
The Embassy of Costa Rica in Washington, D.C. provided timely assistance in making contacts with advisors and lenders in both the United States and Cosa Rica.

The Costa Rica Exhibition is made possible in part by the financial support of the following organizations and individuals.

Maestro Meetings
Latin American Studies Association
Sylvia Keller and Bill DeWalt
Milagros Pereyra-Rojas and Enrique Mu
Duolingo
The Fine Foundation
Roxana Vichoy
Charles Hale
UPMC Health Plan
Joel Aaronson and Claire Keyes
Regional Asset District (RAD)
Morgan Stanley
Jon Reddig
Gil Joseph
Aspire Grant and Development