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Staff

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

Lonnie Bunch, Secretary
Kevin Gover, Under Secretary for Museums and Culture
Richard Kurin, Distinguished Scholar and Ambassador-at-Large

CENTER FOR FOLKLIFE AND CULTURAL HERITAGE

LEADERSHIP TEAM

Marquinta Bell, Administrative Officer
Halle Butvin, Director of Special Projects
Stacy Cavanagh, Interim Deputy Director
Amalia Córdova, Supervisory Museum Curator
Maureen Loughran, Smithsonian Folkways Director and Curator, Interim Archives Director
Sabrina Lynn Motley, Festival Director
Clifford Murphy, Director
Liska Radachi, Associate Director of Advancement

ADVISORY COUNCIL

Ginnie Cooper, Chair
Francesco Bandarin, John Boochever, Thomas Downs, George Edwards, Robert N. Johnson, Joe Kapp, Heidi Kühn, Dorothy McSweeny, Selina Morales, Frederik Paulsen, George Schell, Council Members
Brian Pertl, Ex officio

SMITHSONIAN FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL

ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT

Asia Lynch, Management Support Specialist
Paloma Catalan, Linda Proctor, Gail Sutton, Administrative Assistants
Sheily Torres, Admin Intern

DESIGN & COMMUNICATIONS

Josué Castilleja, Art Director
Zaki Ghul, Graphic Designer
Scott Hasty, Design Assistant
Alana Colón, Design Intern
Elisa Hough, Editor and Web Content Manager
Chloe Levine, Social Media Coordinator
Molly Szymanski, Media Intern
Toby Dodds, Director of Web and IT

DOCUMENTATION

Cecilia Peterson, Dave Walker, Documentation Coordinators
Charlie Weber, Video Director
Nicholas Aguirre Zafiro, Ali Ali, Taina Cunion, Marlaena Henry, Soraya Keiser, Trinity Le, Anna Beth Lee, Ella Ryan, Naomi Skiles, Zihan Zhang, Documentation Interns

PARTICIPANT SUPPORT

Karen Stark, Participant Coordinator
Elena Lacayo, Leah Rosenberger, Participant Assistants
Taylor Russell, Housing Coordinator
Fernando Cordova, Transportation Coordinator
Erin Fontes, Transportation Assistant
Stephanie Aitken, Lauren Ikard, Participant Staff Interns

PROGRAM SUPPORT

Arlene Reiniger, Intern Coordinator
Emily Lawson, Foodways Coordinator
Lirit Gilmore, Foodways Assistant
Erin Younger, Material Culture Research Associate
Betty Belanus, Family Activities Leader, Visitor Survey Leader

PRODUCTION

Sarah Roffman, Production Manager
Adeline King, Production Assistant
Christopher Esswein, Production Intern
Sharon Arana, Festival Services Coordinator
Emma Miller, Festival Services Assistant
Katelyn Haas, Sustainability Coordinator
Spencer Wood, Sustainability Assistant
Gordon Languell, Audio Coordinator
Brian Gaines, Concessions Manager
Guy Wassertzug, IT Support
Eric Annis, Conner Barron, Andrew Bobker, Kim Buchanan, Jeanette Buck, Nick Bungato, Ed Casey, Dave Clements, Rachel Cross, Sam Cruz, Tanya Dieudonne, Andrew Field-Pickering, Paulina Guerrero, Dakota Jones, George Key, Gregg Lamping, Sissie Lang, Dean Languell, Bruce Loughry, Jess Makler, Raquel Ornelas, Marly Perez, Deborah Ruttenberg, Deylin Sandoval, Erik Sharar, Philip Spiess, Keith Stephens, Neil Isaac Tesh, Megan Williams, Stage and Sound Crew

TECH CREW

Tyler Nelson, Technical Director
Julius Bjornson, Matt Vegiard, Assistant Technical Directors
Connor Marks, Administrative Assistant
Gus Redmond, Shop Manager
Francisco Fialho, Kirubel Seyoum, Warehouse Coordinators
Whitney Brown, Claire Caverly, Jenna Oien, Carpenters
Sarah Phillips, Scenic Painter
Alaric Strickland, Forklift Operator
Charlie Marcus, Electrician
William Patterson, Ali Rocha, Gabriel Silverstein-Rivera, Exhibit Workers
Betty Aquino, Supply Coordinator
Katie Curry, Supply Assistant

VISITOR SERVICES

Diane Nutting, Accessibility Coordinator
Tori Baker, Accessibility Assistant
Emily Howard, Brianna Rodgers, Accessibility Interns
Joyful Signing, LLC, ASL Interpreters
Bob Watson, Braillist
Charish Bishop, Volunteer Coordinator
Madison Willingham, Volunteer Assistant
Bella Titus, Volunteer Staff Intern

PROGRAM

Indigenous Voices of the Americas

Michelle Delaney, Rebecca Fenton, Shawn Termin, Lead Curators
Pablo Molinero Martinez, Arlene Reiniger, Program Coordinators
Natalie Amador Solis, Latinx Curatorial Assistant
Cynthia Benitez, Amalia Córdova, Hali Dardar, James Deutsch, Cristina Díaz-Carrera, Catherine Gierke, Marjorie Hunt, Halena Kapuni-Reynolds, Sojin Kim, Hayes Lavis, Mary Linn, Justin Mugits, Christopher Turner, Cynthia Vidaurri, Curator Support Team
Andrea Mayorga, Program Assistant
Aria Kupperstein, Sitalin Sánchez, Program Interns


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