Meet the Production Team

on location in...

Bahamas with Bonnemaison... Go Brooks!

Photo credit: Marisa

Los Angeles, CA... with Cheech Marin on a live event.

Baltimore, MD... Shooting a commercial with West Wing director, Joe Becker

Celebración Latina Night, honoring Cristina Saralegui (right)

In DC... Emceed by NBC4's Mary Alice Salinas (left.) ArbonaWorks provided outreach, Spanish PR and scriptwriting. Plus, Marisa and Raquel designed Cristina's award, a silver medallion.

Photo credit: Monica Villalta

Marisa directing music video. Photo credit: Jorge Sepulveda

Sedona, AZ... Marisa directing a docudrama with Codename: Butterflies filmmaker Cecilia Domeyko.

Photo credit: Ben Phelan

make waves with a fusion of creativity and engaging content delivered by an energetic team

arbonaworks will assess your needs and assemble the right crew from our talent pool, to deliver on-time, on-budget, and on-point media to your audience. We have strong partnerships with studios and post-production facilities from DC to NY.

MARISA ARBONA-RUIZ: Executive Producer, Director, Writer, On-Camera and Voice-Over Talent

Marisa is a multitalented, award-winning filmmaker with a thriving versatility and adventurous spirit relished by clients and colleagues alike. Her fifteen-plus years in media and global travel give her an edge tackling dramatic human stories, cultural diversity and sensitive subjects. Her natural ease with people results in intimate interviews among diverse walks of life; from migrant farmworkers to CEOs, celebrities, spiritual leaders, indigenous leaders, Congress and world leaders. Marisa strategizes and executes projects with verve, blending creative vision, leadership and an eye for detail. A producer, director, scriptwriter and actor, her expertise covers documentary, film, news, entertainment, live events, programming, commercials, promos, and social marketing for both English- and Spanish-language broadcast markets. She also narrates with a smooth and resonant voice ( page6.html ). Marisa is former Executive Vice President of Women In Film & Video - DC and Vice-Chair of Communications for Women In Film & Television International, a global network of 10,000 professionals.

This quintessential artist began her career as a designer/illustrator and singer/songwriter. A song co-written with GRAMMY-winning Joanne Shenandoah is featured on a National Cancer Institute video. No surprise, when off the set, Marisa can be found breaking into song and dance on many concert stages. She loves comedy, and sings with Coral Cantigas, Washington DC's Premier Latino Chorus.

BROOKS T. MOORE: Technical Director, Editor, Voice-Over Talent

Brooks is known as much for his ingenuity as a technical director as for his extraordinary skills as both an editor and a narrator with a great voice. Also good with a camera, he has excelled for two decades as an accomplished production leader in the Baltimore-Washington, DC region with extensive international production experience and for delivering high-quality, cutting edge projects.

From air and underwater expeditions to the Moche Indian pyramids of Peru, Brooks has covered the earth and sky to capture the images and stories of the world we live in - places, creatures and people from all walks of life. He has also executed all facets of production covering feature film, documentary, television programming, live production, digital multimedia, and commercials. Brooks has continuously garnered multiple Emmy, Telly and other awards for technically outstanding work. "Divine Trash," a documentary about John Waters won a Sundance Filmmakers Award and the International Monetary Award for Best Achievement in a documentary. Brooks' distinctive voice ( page6.html ) is regularly featured on Discovery and National Geographic channel documentaries. Not one to sit idle, Brooks grew up in the saddle and can't seem to get away from filming or announcing at horse shows.

MARI BONNEMAISON: Researcher, Investigative Reporter
Mari's career as a producer, researcher and investigative reporter spans more than twenty years of broadcast experience in an environment where fearlessness, tenacity and accuracy matter. She honed her skills as an investigative reporter working with two of Peru's highest rated TV news magazine programs and as a senior producer and project manager for an international production company. She gained valuable international experience by traveling the world on assignment with International Monetary Fund, Johns Hopkins University, SAIS, and the Inter-American Development Bank, and landed an exclusive interview with the late Benazir Bhutto shortly before her assassination. Mari’s Peruvian heritage and years of living in Peru, Italy and the U.S. give her a unique edge in program content development, story development and documentation. She loves working on unique cross-cultural projects both domestically and internationally – but what really makes Mari tick is an aqua-marine ocean, a boat and scuba gear.

HILLARY HOWARD: TV & Radio Broadcast Journalist, Investigative Reporter, Announcer/Narrator, Speechwriter

Hillary is an Emmy Award-winning, Washington DC area TV and radio broadcast favorite, who brings comfort, sensitivity and humor to even the most technical material. Her authoritative and conversational style work splendidly for narrations, on-camera hosting and interviews. She also brings great skill and ease to any live or unscripted situation. As an Emmy award-winning reporter and writer, she brings twenty-plus years of experience to each story. Well known for her reporting and anchoring at Washington, DC's FOX-owned station, Hillary covered a wide array of stories from a feature on old slave narratives to in-depth examinations of the health industry and the environment. Hillary's breadth of broadcast experience combined with deep insight and an ability to distill the most difficult material make her an extraordinarily powerful speechwriter and give her a unique edge as a media trainer, and a producer and writer for both broadcast and live events. She has an innate talent for intimately connecting with an audience. Her skill in front of the camera can turn ordinary projects compelling. And her clear, crisp and warm voice is a Washington area treasure. Behind the scenes is a nature lover, storm chaser and explorer -- and when not working Hillary will run, not walk, to the nearest beach or river trail.

RALF OBERTI: Director of Photography, Editor

Ralf is an award-winning, international cinematographer, who has been shooting film and video for more than twenty years for clients in Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, across the U.S., and Antarctica. Ralf's skill and spirit of adventure led him to become a member of the first South American TV crew to climb the highest point of the Americas, the "Aconcagua," and later a member of the first Chilean team to climb "K-2" in the Himalayas. Ralf's work on “Cuba Mia,” a documentary directed by Cecilia Domeyko filmed entirely in Havana, Cuba, won him a Best Cinematography Award from the New York Independent Film and Video Festival. Ralf has also filmed and edited interactive video kiosks and video wall exhibits at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI). Ralf previously served as director of photography and co-editor of the award-winning Chilean documentary series, "Al Sur del Mundo." He later filmed and edited “Visiones,” a cultural program that ran on Chilean television for ten years. Ralf holds a B.A. in Film and Television from the University of Oregon. When not blazing mountain trails, Ralf can be seen jetsetting to Chile and enjoying the great outdoors with friends and family.

RAQUEL HALSEY: Production Assistant & Coordinator

Raquel is a dynamic, young professional who began gaining production, political and business experience at the age of 14, when she received a PSA finalist award with Women In Film & Video's Image Makers Program. She became a summer office assistant at the Women In Film & Video office in Washington, DC. She has since worked on documentaries, PSAs and live events, and assisted with news coverage of the American Indian Inaugural Ball. She has also appeared in new stories and in a PSA for the National Eye Institute, and played a student in a Touchstone feature film. At 17, Raquel interned for Congressman Wynn, and by age 20 she became a staffer in his Captiol Hill office, covering community outreach and Native American, Social Securtiy and Housing legislative issues. Committed to improving the quality of life for the underserved, she worked on education policy with StandardsWork and now works on foster child advocacy with CASA for Children of DC.