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Staff

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

Lonnie Bunch, Secretary
Meroë Park, Deputy Secretary and Chief Operating Officer
Kevin Gover, Under Secretary for Museums and Culture
Ronald Cortez, Under Secretary for Finance and Administration | Chief Financial Officer
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 | Interim Communications Director
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

ADVISORY COUNCIL

Joe Kapp, Chair
Heidi Kühn, Chair, Of the People Council
Rohit Agarwal, Francesco Bandarin, John Boochever, Jere Broh-Kahn, Gretchen Gonzales Davidson, Thomas Downs, George Edwards, Violet Grgich, Karen Ann Hoffman, Robert N. Johnson, Dorothy McSweeny, Selina Morales, Flavia Panza, Frederik Paulsen, George Schell, Council Members
Brian Pertl, Ex officio

SMITHSONIAN FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL

Youth and the Future of Culture

Michelle Banks, Lead Curator
Amalia Córdova, Cristina Díaz-Carrera, Rebecca Fenton, Marjorie Hunt, Sojin Kim, Mary Linn, Curators
Halena Kapuni-Reynolds, Guest Co-Curator, National Museum of the American Indian
Arlene Reiniger, Senior Program Coordinator | Intern Coordinator
Alexia Fawcett, Pablo Molinero-Martinez, Program Coordinators
Eloy Neira de la Cadena, Andrea Mayorga, Curatorial Assistants
Ali Ali, Conner Barron, Sophia Fedus, Connor Roop, Program Assistants
Krystin Anderson, Daniel Atuma, Liv Berg, Zoe Cymrot, Amare Davis, Lydia Desormeaux, William Diaz-Contreras, Brianna Fernandez, Jeffrey Gerald, Lila Hancock, Peyton Hoffman, Morgan Joiner, Mary Bridget Jones, Olivia Jones, Renatka Kozlowska, Sofia Little, Rachel Lyndon, Zavier Northrup, Shannon Perry, Melia Person, Anh Thu Pham-Vu, Angelina Rios-Galindo, Alix Roederer-Morin, Khaki Sawyer, Ruth Schmidt, Sofia Wallace, London Wright, Program Interns

ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES

Diane Nutting, Accessibility Manager
Tori Baker, Accessibility Assistant
Bella Pulliam, Accessibility Intern
Mary Robinson, Accessibility Support Specialist
Joyful Signing, LLC, ASL Interpreters
Claire Baldi, Carmen Cromartie, Darian Elliott, Patty Nelson, Francisco Philibert, Captioners
Emma Cieslik, Audio Describer
Steve Harris, Sound Associates Inc., Assistive Listening Equipment Support
Bob Watson, Braillist
Katie Burbridge, Accessibility Lead Volunteer

ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT

Suzanne Amoonarquah, Financial Management Specialist
Paloma Catalan, Asia Lynch, Management Support Specialists
Keisha Martin, Aaliyah Puma, Gail Sutton, Admin Support Specialists
Teagan Shekleton, Admin Intern

ADVANCEMENT

Claire Morgan, Donor Relations Specialist
Frances Leiter, Advancement Intern
Madlyn Wohlman, Lead Volunteer

DESIGN

Josué Castilleja, Art Director
Zaki Ghul, Senior Graphic Designer
Jess Coia, Graphic Designer
Kyle Skowronski, Design Intern
Quin Gusmano, Natalie Niselson, Thanjila Thahsin, Cooper Hewitt, Design Interns

DOCUMENTATION & COMMUNICATIONS

Cecilia Peterson, Dave Walker, Documentation Coordinators
Annika Young, Communications and Digital Media Coordinator
Sonya Pencheva, Lead Photographer
Josh Weilepp, Digital Asset Management Assistant
Katie Marshall, Audio Documentation Assistant
Rachel Liu, Sam Seliger, Documentation Interns
Elisa Hough, Editor and Web Content Manager
Grace Bowie, Social Media Specialist
Cassie Roshu, Media Intern
Sebastian Barajas, Elise Jeffries, Ella Peters, Abby Scamardella, Joella Shearer, Shauri Thacker, Por Tupsamphan, Folklife Storytellers Workshop Interns
Toby Dodds, Luke Hatfield, Web Support
Paul Motsuk, Lead Volunteer

FESTIVAL SERVICES

Sharon Arana, Festival Services Coordinator
Sara Benboubaker, Festival Services Assistant
Elijah Nichols, Dispatcher
Katelyn Haas, Sustainability Coordinator
Ariana Hameed, Festival Services/Sustainability Intern
Jessie Tabella, Sustainability Assistant
Brian Gaines, Concessions Manager
Guy Wassertzug, IT Support
Natalie Alexander, IT Support Assistant
Gareth Schoeffler, IT Intern
Sarah White, Sustainability Lead Volunteer

PARTICIPANT SUPPORT

Karen Stark, Participant Coordinator
Emma Alvarez de la Rosa, Abby Clark, Elena Lacayo, Shea Winsett, Participant Assistants
Taylor Russell, Housing Coordinator
Fernando Cordóva, Transportation Coordinator
Carlos Ramirez, Transportation Assistant
Alejandra Agustin, Mari Cruz, Participant Staff Interns
Colin Wade, Transportation Intern
Cidar Ayaviri, Juan Barrientos, Jhonny lazarte, Zoila Lopez, Álvaro Rojas, Jorge Pocomani, Drivers
Ellie Kennedy-Wood, Lead Volunteer

PROGRAM SUPPORT

Emily Lawson, Foodways Manager
Lirit Gilmore, Foodways Program Coordinator
Morgan Shortt, Foodways Kitchen Coordinator
Molly Bogart, Andie Miller, Foodways Interns
Kyra Uphoff, Gardens Coordinator
Kat Salazar, Skate Coordinator
Liliana Caracoza Lopez, Community Engagement Coordinator
Erin Younger, Material Culture Research Associate
Eliza MacDonald, Material Culture Intern
Kirby Ewald, Sloane Keller, Cultural Vitality Program
Ashkhen Khudaverdyan, Lesli Robertson, Artisan Engagement
Philippa Rappoport, Lead for Education and Engagement, Smithsonian Office of Educational Technology
Gabriella Kahn, Evaluation Coordinator
Sophie Garcia, Penny Joseph, Diana Ruiz, Evaluation Interns
Sraavya Chintalapati, Alix Davidson, Andrea Delgado, Mirian Fuentes Romero, Anna Goodman, Carlos Izurieta, Mimi Kim, Jill Vanderweit, Patrick Weigand, Program Area Lead Volunteers

PRODUCTION

Sarah Roffman, Production Manager
Addie King, Sheila Perez, Production Assistant
Sage Duarte, Katie Guevara, Production Interns
Gordon Languell, Audio Coordinator
Sam Cruz, Assistant Audio Coordinator
Eric Annis, Kim Buchanan, Jeanette Buck, Nick Bungato, Ed Casey, Dave Clements, Rachel Cross, Sam Cruz, Angus Derrick, Sid Diamond, Tanya Dieudonne, Libby Eveland, Andrew Field-Pickering, Natalie Gandionko, Sam Gerardi, Dakota Jones, George Key, Gregg Lamping, Sissie Lang, Dean Languell, Bruce Loughry, Emma Miller, Ida Mwai, Ishaan O’Neal, Marly Perez, Deborah Ruttenberg, Erik Sharar, Caroline Skrebutenas, Philip Spiess, Keith Stephens, Neil Isaac Tesh, Stage and Sound Crew

TECH TEAM

Tyler Nelson, Technical Director
Gus Redmond, Matthew Vegiard, Assistant Technical Directors
Connor Marks, Administrative Assistant
Lani Boschulte, Francisco Fialho, Kaitlyn Hettinger, Faye Joseph, Dazinsky Muscadin, Madelyn Southard, Carpenters
Katherine Gonzales, Fern Holsten, Tyler Miller, Natalia Alfonzo Mudoy, Milo Rappoport, Korbin Rasmus, Nico Sawester, Scott Schroth, Skylar Strickland, Exhibit Workers
Danielle Harris, Sarah Phillips, Scenic Painter
Charlie Marcus, Electrician
Julius Bjornson, Site Installation Coordinator
Betty Aquino, Supply Coordinator
Ang DiNardo, Supply Assistant
Giselle Esparza Ornelas, Supply Intern
Alaric Strickland, Forklift Operator
Eddie Pangelinan, Tech Intern

VOLUNTEER SUPPORT

Jocelyn Callister, Volunteer Coordinator
Madison Willingham, Volunteer Assistant
Nathan Habon, Volunteer Staff Intern
Erin Taylor, Visitor Services Lead Volunteer


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