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
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
Ginnie Cooper, Chair
Francesco Bandarin, John Boochever, Gretchen Gonzales Davidson, 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
Diane Nutting, Accessibility Coordinator
Tori Baker, Accessibility Assistant
Emily Howard, Brianna Rodgers, Accessibility Interns
Sterling Jasa-Phillips, Accessibility Lead Volunteer
Joyful Signing, LLC, ASL Interpreters
Claire Baldi, Carmen Cromartie, Cassandra Ellis, Terry O’Connor, Francisco Philibert, CART Captioners
Emma Cieslik, Felicia Teter, Audio Describers
Steve Harris, Sound Associates Inc., Assistive Listening Equipment Support
Bob Watson, Braillist
Asia Lynch, Management Support Specialist
Linda Proctor, Administrative Assistants
Paloma Catalan, Gail Sutton, Admin Support Specialists
Andria Moore, Admin Intern
Ramona Dowdal, Admin Volunteer
Josué Castilleja, Art Director
Zaki Ghul, Scott Hasty, Senior Graphic Designers
Alana Colón, Design Intern
Elisa Hough, Editor and Web Content Manager
Chloe Levine, Social Media Coordinator
Molly Szymanski, Media Intern
Toby Dodds, Luke Hatfield, Web Support
Cecilia Peterson, Dave Walker, Documentation Coordinators
Charlie Weber, Video Director
Sonya Pencheva, Lead Photographer
Josh Weilepp, Digital Asset Management Assistant
Katie Marshall, Audio Documentation Assistant
Juno Appel, Isabella León-Chambers, Richard Rusincovitch, Documentation Interns
Nicholas Aguirre Zafiro, Ali Ali, Taina Cunion, Chelsea DeBaise, Hayden Draycott, Ned Driscoll, Katherine Gemperline, Marlaena Henry, Lauren Hogg, Soraya Keiser, Trinity Le, Anna Beth Lee, Ella Ryan, Naomi Skiles, Eowyn Stewart, Zihan Zhang, Hope Zhu, Writing and Video Interns
Paul Motsuk, Lead Volunteer
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
Elijah Lynch, Transportation Intern
Ashlee La‘akea Ai, Monica Vallin, Cultural Liaisons
Ellie Kennedy-Wood, Lead Volunteer
Arlene Reiniger, Intern Coordinator
Emily Lawson, Foodways Coordinator
Lirit Gilmore, Foodways Assistant
Kyra Uphoff, Gardens Coordinator
Erin Younger, Material Culture Research Associate
Betty Belanus, Family Activities Lead Volunteer
Sarah Christianson, Gardens Lead Volunteer
Alix Davidson, Foodways Lead Volunteer
Mirva Johnson, Museum Lead Volunteer
Logan Clark, John Smith, Folkways Program Support
Sloane Keller, Cultural Vitality Program Support
Philippa Rappoport, Lead for Education and Engagement, Smithsonian Office of Educational Technology
Aidan Keys, Evaluation and Festival Support
Sophia Brandon, Jacob Shapiro, Evaluation Interns
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
Willa Sheil, Sustainability Lead Volunteer
Jessie Tabella, Production/Festival Services Intern
Brian Gaines, Concessions Manager
Guy Wassertzug, IT Support
Natalie Alexander, IT Support Assistant
Matt Sokol, IT Intern
Gordon Languell, Audio Coordinator
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, Sam Gerardi, Dakota Jones, George Key, Gregg Lamping, Sissie Lang, Dean Languell, Bruce Loughry, Jess Makler, Raquel Ornelas, Marly Perez, Mary Robinson, Deborah Ruttenberg, Deylin Sandoval, Erik Sharar, Philip Spiess, Keith Stephens, Neil Isaac Tesh, Megan Williams, Stage and Sound Crew
Tyler Nelson, Technical Director
Julius Bjornson, Matthew Vegiard, Assistant Technical Directors
Connor Marks, Administrative Assistant
Gus Redmond, Shop Manager
Francisco Fialho, Kirubel Seyoum,Logistics & Carpentry Coordinators
Whitney Brown, Claire Caverly, Jenna Oien, Carpenters
Sarah Phillips, Scenic Painter
Alaric Strickland, Forklift Operator
Terrance Meniefield, Specialist
Charlie Marcus, Electrician
William Patterson, Ali Rocha, Exhibit Workers
Marques Bell, Tech Intern
Betty Aquino, Supply Coordinator
Katie Curry, Supply Assistant
Shaine Sanders, Supply Intern
Charish Bishop, Volunteer Coordinator
Madison Willingham, Volunteer Assistant
Bella Titus, Volunteer Staff Intern
Jane Davenport, Visitor Services Lead Volunteer
Michelle Delaney, Rebecca Fenton, Shawn Termin, Lead Curators
Cristina Díaz-Carrera, Curator
Pablo Molinero Martinez, Arlene Reiniger, Program Coordinators
Natalie Amador Solis, Latinx Curatorial Assistant
Betty Belanus, Cynthia Benitez, Amalia Córdova, Hali Dardar, James Deutsch, Catherine Gierke, Marjorie Hunt, Halena Kapuni-Reynolds, Sojin Kim, Hayes Lavis, Mary Linn, Justin Mugits, Christopher Turner, Cynthia Vidaurri, Curatorial Working Group
Andrea Mayorga, Program Assistant
Madeline Armstrong, Bea Barnes, Lili Dowell, Sophia Fedus, Jahaira Galvan, Kamila Galvez Molina, Kailee Hall, Aria Kupperstein, Jillianne Lim, Eloy Neira de la Cadena, Lily Pangelinan, Sitalin Sánchez Acevedo, Antonio Silva, Devon Szczepkowicz, Noelani Talamoni, Gabriella Velasquez, Program Interns
Liliana Caracoza Lopez, Community Engagement Coordinator
Andrea Delgado, Jill Vanderweit, Lead Volunteers
Cynthia Chavez Lamar, Director
Machel Monenerkit, Deputy Director
Maria Marable-Bunch, Associate Director, Museum Learning and Programs
Shawn Termin, Assistant Director, Programs
Michelle Delaney, Assistant Director, History and Culture
