Lonnie Bunch, Secretary
Kevin Gover, Under Secretary for Museums and Culture
Richard Kurin, Distinguished Scholar and Ambassador-at-Large
Clifford Murphy, Director
Maureen Loughran, Smithsonian Folkways Director and Curator
Halle Butvin, Director of Special Projects
Greg Adams, Acting Archives Director
Haili Francis, Major Gifts Officer
Mariam Helmy, Major Gifts Intern
Ginnie Cooper, Chair
Francesco Bandarin, John Boochever, Thomas Downs, Chad Hamill, Robert N. Johnson, Joe Kapp, Dorothy McSweeny, Gouri Mirpuri, Selina Morales, Frederik Paulsen, George Schell, Council Members
Anthony Seeger, Ex officio
Marquinta Bell, Administrative Officer
Nicole Pepe, Financial Assistant
Paloma Catalan, Asia Lynch, Administrative Assistants
Ramona Dowdal, Administrative Volunteer
Sabrina Lynn Motley, Festival Director
Sarah Roffman, Production Manager
Jessica Makler, Production Assistant
Addie King, Leah Rosenberger, Production Interns
Gordon Languell, Audio Coordinator
Jason Morris, Operations Director
Claire Caverly, Operations Assistant
Emma Pedersen, Supply Coordinator
Elena Lacayo, Supply Assistant
Sustainability Coordinator, Patience Williams
Brian Gaines, Concessions Manager
Madelyn Southard, Operations Exhibit Worker
Josué Castilleja, Art Director
Zaki Ghul, Graphic Designer
Scott Hasty, Design Assistant
Elisa Hough, Editor and Web Content Manager
Grace Bowie, Social Media Coordinator
Penny Bebak, Daniel Zhang, Media Interns
Toby Dodds, Director of Web and IT
Amy Kehs, Public Affairs Specialist
Cecilia Peterson, Dave Walker, Documentation Coordinators
Charlie Weber, Video Director
Albert Tong, Video Producer
Sonya Pencheva, Lead Photographer
Josh Weilepp, Digital Asset Management Assistant
Katie Marshall, Audio Documentation Assistant
Nancy Gonzalez, Nora Rodes, Documentation Interns
Tyler Nelson, Technical Director
Jordan Leek, Assistant Technical Director
Connor Marks, Administrative Assistant
Julius Bjornson, Shop Foreman
Whitney Brown, Anna Kann, Gus Redmond, Matthew Vegiard, Carpenters
Sarah Phillips, Scenic Painter
Hayden Draycott, Kyla Duff, Holly Milch, Exhibit Workers
Alaric Strickland, Forks Driver
Kirubel Seyoum, Warehouse Coordinator
Charlie Marcus, Lighting Director
Diane Nutting, Accessibility Coordinator
Laken Brooks, Accessibility Assistant
Jessica Buckley, Accessibility Intern
Mary Downs, Volunteer Coordinator
Charish Bishop, Volunteer Assistant
Renee Hernandez, Volunteer Staff Intern
Sarah Graham, Participant Coordinator
Ellie Kennedy-Wood, Karen Stark, Participant Assistants
Taylor Russell, Hotel Coordinator
Fernando Cordova, Transportation Coordinator
Robert Campuzano, Transportation Assistant
Arlene Reiniger, Intern Coordinator
Kathy Phung, Foodways Program Manager
Leela Miller, Elsa Vincent, Foodways Interns
Erin Younger, Material Culture Research Associate
Amalia Córdova, Meredith Holmgren, Marjorie Hunt, Sojin Kim, Mary S. Linn, Curator Support Team
Halle Butvin, Claudia Foronda, Ashken Khudaverdyan, Smithsonian Artistan Initative Team
Logan Clark, Laura Shanahan, John Smith, Jonathan Williger, Smithsonian Folkways Concert Team
Michelle Banks, Lead Curator
Rebecca Fenton, Co-Curator
Brad Braxton, James Deutsch, Diana Baird N’Diaye, Curatorial Advisors
Natalie Solís, Latinx Curatorial Assistant
Ashley Martinez, Program Coordinator
Mia Sturdivant, Program Intern
Cristina Díaz-Carrera, Tom Peters, Lead Curators
Craig Amason, Drew Beisswenger, Rachel Besara, Rebecca Fenton, Lisa Higgins, Holly Kouns, Kaitlyn McConnell, Jason Morris, Arlene Reiniger, Rachel Reynolds, Virginia Siegel, Curatorial Team
Pablo Molinero-Martinez, Program Coordinator
Aidan Keys, Research Assistant
Emma Alvarez de la Rosa, Conner Barron, Rein Benitez, Sophia Brandon, Lirit Gilmore, Lindsay Anne Herring, M. Quaid Montgomery, Gabriel Rivera-Silverstein, Kyra Uphoff, Program Interns
Susan Hardy, MSU Student Worker
Morgan Shortt, Meg Carpenter, Foodways Assistants
Mónica Vallin, Cultural Liaison
