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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
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

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

SMITHSONIAN FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL

ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES

Diane Nutting, Accessibility Coordinator

ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT

Suzanne Amoonarquah, Financial Management Specialist
Asia Lynch, Management Support Specialist
Linda Proctor, Administrative Assistant
Paloma Catalan, Gail Sutton, Admin Support Specialists
Claire Morgan, Donor Relations Specialist

DESIGN & COMMUNICATIONS

Josué Castilleja, Art Director
Zaki Ghul, Senior Graphic Designer
Jess Coia, Graphic Designer
Elisa Hough, Editor and Web Content Manager
Grace Bowie, Social Media Coordinator
Toby Dodds, Luke Hatfield, Web Support

DOCUMENTATION

Cecilia Peterson, Dave Walker, Documentation Coordinators

PARTICIPANT SUPPORT

Karen Stark, Participant Coordinator
Shea Winsett, Participant Assistant
Taylor Russell, Housing Coordinator

PROGRAM STAFF

Youth and the Future of Culture

Michelle Banks, Lead Curator
Amalia Córdova, Cristina Díaz-Carrera, Rebecca Fenton, Marjorie Hunt, Sojin Kim, Mary Linn, Curators
Alexia Fawcett, Pablo Molinero-Martinez, Arlene Reiniger, Program Coordinators
Sophia Fedus, Connor Roop, Program Assistants
Eloy Neira de la Cadena, Andrea Mayorga, Curatorial Assistants
Daniel Atuma, Jeffrey Gerald, Morgan Joiner, Program Interns

Program Support

Arlene Reiniger, Intern Coordinator
Emily Lawson, Foodways Manager
Lirit Gilmore, Foodways Coordinator
Kyra Uphoff, Gardens Coordinator
Liliana Caracoza Lopez, Community Engagement Coordinator
Erin Younger, Material Culture Research Associate
Halle Butvin, Kirby Ewald, Sloane Keller, Special Projects Support
Philippa Rappoport, Lead for Education and Engagement, Smithsonian Office of Educational Technology

PRODUCTION & FESTIVAL SERVICES

Sarah Roffman, Production Manager
Adeline King, Production Assistant
Sharon Arana, Festival Services Coordinator
Katelyn Haas, Sustainability Coordinator
Jessie Tabella, Sustainability Assistant
Brian Gaines, Concessions Manager
Guy Wassertzug, IT Support
Natalie Alexander, IT Support Assistant
Gordon Languell, Audio Coordinator

TECHNICAL SERVICES

Tyler Nelson, Technical Director
Claire Caverly, Matthew Vegiard, Assistant Technical Directors
Gus Redmond, Tech Shop Foreman
Connor Marks, Administrative Assistant
Sarah Phillips, Scenic Painter
Betty Aquino, Supply Coordinator

VOLUNTEER SUPPORT

Jocelyn Callister, Volunteer Coordinator
Madison Willingham, Volunteer Assistant


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