Meet the team

Tony Alfaro - Founding Partner

Tony cares deeply about music and live events. He was the first to stream music videos on a large scale — merging with LAUNCH to become the first internet music company to go public. He founded an Inc 500 Fastest Growing Company and was a real estate developer in Fiji for a decade. He is currently the Founder & CEO of Ribbon — a social planning platform making it easier to plan events with friends. 

 He has over a thousand live shows and festivals under his belt. His favorite artists include Phish, Bob Moses, Jane’s Addiction, Lee Burridge, Jamie Jones, Maceo Plex, Nora En Pure, Radiohead, Neil Young, and Sofi Tukker. Tony’s biggest love is Burning Man. 

 Tony has brought together a team of industry experts and friends to form GETSVOG. We are grateful for the opportunity to help friends and colleagues secure much-needed funding — so we can all get back to the life and business we LOVE. 

Tony has a Bachelor of Arts in Art History and Economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Kimberly Cantrelle - Managing Director

Kimberly is a lifelong entrepreneur & lover of music. In 2002 she opened her first venue called CINESPACE– an intimate live music club in Hollywood that featured some of the most infamous live performances by artists including Daft Punk, Lady Gaga, Kanye West, Steve Aoki, Kesha, Wyclef, The Game, Kid Cudi, Skrillex, & The Cult. During this time she also co-founded KITCHEN24 – a 24-hour diner with locations in Hollywood and West Hollywood.

In addition, Kimberly built a successful event production business with clients including the Sundance Film Festival, Coachella, Insomniac, Playboy, Maxim, Netflix, Nike, Disney, Vice, Weedmaps and Wish. As 2020 brought our event industry to a halt, Kimberly joined forces with Tony & his team at GetPPP to help business owners navigate the PPP process. She is excited to help her fellow music industry friends bring their venues back to life with the help of the SVO Grant program.

Kimberly received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Pacific Union College and an MBA from San Francisco State University. She currently resides in LA with her husband Trent and twins Jayden & Kellan.

Allison King - Funding Director

Allison Audrey King is a business consultant and financial wellness maven. She navigates her clients to operational success using her strategic analytical abilities, deft interpersonal skills, and diverse experience in the business and finance sectors. A native of Seattle who grew up in the winds of Chicago, King believes in building resilient communities bound together by their mutual interest to create an economy that is as vibrant, as it is sustainable.

King began her career in finance in her teens, working her way up the ladder at multiple blue-chip financial institutions. She has garnered diverse experience across business sectors, auditing national and international fortune 500 companies, and bringing in multiple seven-figure sales. While she is driven to build skills in business, finance, and operations, social responsibility is part of her DNA.

Drawing on her diverse experience in the financial and social impact sectors, she is focused on strengthening socially impactful institutions in the technology, finance and arts sectors.

King seeks to challenge people's assumptions around money and around their connections with others.

Travis Pelton - Applications Director

Travis spent the past year helping businesses secure Paycheck Protection Program funding as the Director of Applications for GETPPP.  He developed his attention to detail with property management, commercial leasing, real estate sales, and managing a fine dining restaurant for nearly twenty years. 

Travis grew up in the Las Vegas club scene frequenting Drais, Pure, Foundation Room, XS, and Rehab way too often. His favorite memories are the early wild pool parties. Travis is excited to work with the same team to leverage his application and funding expertise to secure SVOG financing for the events. Travis now resides in San Diego, where it’s a bit more mellow than Vegas.

Julio Aragon - Funding Specialist

Julio lives to have his mind blown by the genius that is the artist and musician. Live music was in his blood inside the womb, but what sealed the deal for him at the age of 9 was his first concert, The Jacksons ‘Victory Tour’ MJ blew his mind. 

Professionally, Julio is a sales and marketing veteran with over 20 years of experience in the direct to consumer, event marketing and online advertising space. 

Julio is a Virginia native and received a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from George Mason University. 

He currently resides in beautiful San Diego with his amazing kids, Luka and Zivi, who in their short lives have already seen over 15 live shows and been to 4 music festivals. 

Being a dad is his most favorite job in the world.

Luke Przybylski - Funding Specialist

Luke Przybylski is a ten-year veteran of major event production, design and site operations management. His passion for live events began as a venue and production manager at live music venues throughout LA, including Sound, National and Playhouse. Upon shifting his focus to large-scale festival and concert production, he quickly established himself as a leading team member with a knack for quick fixes and overseeing detailed builds, eye for decor and environmental design, and ability to assemble and lead wide and diverse site operations teams.

Luke has held leadership or management positions at festivals including EDC, Coachella, Outside Lands, Tortuga, Kaboo, Ultra and Voodoo. He has concepted, built and executed turnkey and sustainable high-end production compounds at events from the playa at Burning Man to the mountains of Pemberton. Brands including Heineken, RedBull, Land Rover and 7UP are among his brand experiential experience. Luke joined JJ-LA as Head of Production, and oversaw the daily operation of the fabrication studio well as supervising on-site operations.

Luke is a native Angeleno. When not tiring himself out on our event sites, Luke can be found kicking his own butt in the gym, hopping a flight on an exotic adventure, or honing his gaming skills at home.

Tanya Alcala - Partnerships Director

Tanya is an L.A. native and received her B.S. in Biology from Loyola Marymount University. She is a seasoned sales professional with a strong background in pharmaceutical sales contracting. She developed, managed, and maintained accounts for a leading national pharmaceutical GPO. In her role, she advised pharmacy owners on purchasing decisions and contract utilization to strategically increase their market share of contracted pharmaceutical products with top Pharma companies. Interestingly, Tanya left sales to obtain a medical degree from the University of California San Diego. During her medical education she realized that although she loved learning about science and medicine, her personality and competitive spirit thrived in a sales arena. Tanya took time off after receiving her M.D. to raise her 3 children. She is now excited to be back in action with a dynamic company like GetMyFunds.

Tanya resides in San Diego and is an avid surfer. Her favorite break is Cardiff Reef where she is known as the “Wave Hog” in the line up. Her other hobbies include pickleball, hiking with her dog Panda, and coaching her children’s sports teams. She is the only head female football coach in Drew Brees’ FNA Football league in Del Mar, CA.

Jay Clark - Funding Specialist

Jay has spent the last two-plus decades working in various roles in Finance and Sales. While he has worked in several different industries including hospitality, consumer goods, and nightlife, most of Jay’s professional career has been spent in the travel industry.

Jay is excited to have recently joined the GetMyFunds.com team as a Funding Specialists assisting the foodservice industry process and secure Restaurant Revitalization Funds (RRF) grants from the SBA.

Personally, Jay is an avid foodie, travel enthusiast, and admires all types of animals.

Myron Batsa - Funding Specialist

With over 10 years of working on large scale events, festivals and brand activations, Myron has become an expert on Experiential Marketing. Early in his career Myron began working with BLVD Catering, a high-end event catering company as their lead client relationship manager, where he would manage logistics for movie premieres, events and galas. Later his career path took him to work for a production and events firm which catered to studios doing activations and premieres at the top film festivals. Myron has worked on some of the largest film premieres at Sundance Film Festival, Toronto Film Festival and Cannes Film Festival.

 In 2011, Myron began working as a consultant with Insomniac Music and worked as an VIP activation and sponsorship manager for their portfolio of festivals. In 2013, Myron transitioned to working full time for Insomniac on festivals all over the world. Myron led in the ideation, creation and execution of brand partnerships and curated activations for all VIP guests.

In 2018, Myron took his love of the guest experience to the next level when he joined Vice. As the West Coast Experiential Producer working across all Vice’s verticals, Vice Studios, Virtue, La Reyna, Vice +, Noisey and Munchies Myron produced cross-country brand activations, studio premiers and CES along with a handful of other conferences.

Brett Ballou - Business Development

Brett has done it all in the way of electronic music festivals, nightclubs, and event promotion. He and Brian Alper formed B3 Productions in 1996 to create the most influential electronic dance music festivals in North America with “How Sweet It Is” and “JuJuBeats.” 

Brett produced several of Southern California’s most successful club nights including downtown LA’s “Funktion” and OC’s best EDM night, “Swank” at the Liquid Lounge. Brett became a part owner at the Liquid Lounge, co-founded a full-service event planning firm in 2012, and then worked with Brian again to produce electronic music events in major cities across the country.

In 2015, he created “Ocaso” a five day electronic music festival in Costa Rica that features the likes of Maceo Plex, Seth Troxler, and Doc Martin. Brett has teamed up with GETSVOG to help as many friends and colleagues as possible secure the funds they need to get us all back on the dance floor!

Joy Cushing - Funding Specialist

Joy Cushing is a 20 year veteran in hospitality working for large corporations, hospitality groups, and family businesses. She has worked for the Award Winning Napa Rose, Nick & Stef's Patina Restaurant Group. She had General Managed mostly fine dining large volume as well as Casual family-style restaurants throughout the years in Southern California as well as the Nashville Tennessee area. She opened a consulting group, Cellar Tasters, to help restaurants with her expertise to become profitable and a staple for their future. She joined Tony's team in the sister company, GetPPP, as she is excited to help companies get assistance. Her passion for hospitality brought her to GetMyFunds.

Joy was the Wine and Education Manager for Disneyland Resort training over 1,000 Sommeliers and Cicerone. Joy is a Master Sommelier candidate, Advanced WSET, and is looking forward to a future in the Hospitality industry. She enjoys creating beverage programs for restaurants and visiting wine countries across the world assisting with harvest.

Joy has a varying pedigree of education under her as she will always be learning something new. She spends most of her free time with her family hiking, camping, and traveling.

John Lambrides - Funding Specialist

John Lambrides is a thought leader in digital marketing and commerce. He has been involved with multiple startups and has a proven track record of helping brands achieve outstanding growth. His Electrical Engineering background provides a strong technical base for selling, designing, and implementing leading-edge digital solutions for more than 20 years.

Most of his career has been in New York City working with global technology giants including Oracle, Adobe, and NCR as well as innovative startups including VR Global, Opuntia Luxury Oils, Valef Yachts, and INOMO consulting to a broad range of industry leaders including Ritz Carlton, Marriott, HSBC, Nokia, and the NFL.

He is driven by his love of technology and his desire to help others. When he is not pushing pixels he is relaxing on a Greek island with his wife and two boys.

Sarah Roberts - Funding Specialist

Sarah is a Los Angeles native who passionately loves all things music and mental health. She went to UCSB to study Neuroscience focusing on addiction and healthy thought patterns in the brain. She has worked at the Semel Institute for Neuropsychiatry at UCLA researching addiction treatment with Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction therapy.

She then began work in the supply chain industry for consumer packaged goods—sourcing, supplying, and developing organic retail products. She saw that food addiction and consumption was society’s biggest addiction and so directed her focus there. She traveled all over the world to develop sustainable supply chain initiatives and fair-trade projects for U.S.-based products. She has developed countless products in the Natural Products Channel and is currently formulating her own nootropic to add to coffee.

Sarah joined the SVOG Team with compassion from a mental health perspective for those suffering the loss of being able to organize live entertainment, music, and art. She will do anything it takes to help you get funded and be able to dance again!

Bri Brolo - Account Manager

Bri has over 10 years of experience in the hospitality and live event industry. Having grown up in LA, she’s been attending music festivals from a young age which led her to start working in the industry. She has worked at major venues in LA, countless private events, and later moving onto managing sponsorships and staffing for brand activations at music festivals and trade-shows across the country and internationally.

Bri currently resides in LA. She is passionate about cooking, traveling, nature, and of course music.

Louie Sampaio - Operations Director

.Aloysio Sampaio Neto is known as Louie Sampaio. He is an experienced business strategist, sales and marketing professional. Worked in many business enterprise solutions, international sales, multinational industries as payment methods, insurance, and credit card companies as Whirlpool, American Express, Mapfre.

As Operations Director, Louie oversees all operational aspects of company strategy, helps set strategic goals, and to streamline business processes to guarantee the best customer experience for our clients.