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, U.S. 250 Council
Rohit Agarwal, Francesco Bandarin, John Boochever, Ginnie Cooper, 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

ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT

Asia Lynch, Management Support Specialist
Linda Proctor, Administrative Assistant
Paloma Catalan, Gail Sutton, Admin Support Specialists

DESIGN & COMMUNICATIONS

Josué Castilleja, Art Director
Elisa Hough, Editor and Web Content Manager
Toby Dodds, Luke Hatfield, Web Support

DOCUMENTATION

Cecilia Peterson, Dave Walker, Documentation Coordinators

PARTICIPANT SUPPORT

Karen Stark, Participant Coordinator
Taylor Russell, Housing Coordinator

PROGRAM SUPPORT

Arlene Reiniger, Intern Coordinator
Lirit Gilmore, Foodways Coordinator
Erin Younger, Material Culture Research Associate
Philippa Rappoport, Lead for Education and Engagement, Smithsonian Office of Educational Technology

PRODUCTION & FESTIVAL SERVICES

Sarah Roffman, Production Manager
Sharon Arana, Festival Services Coordinator
Gordon Languell, Audio Coordinator

TECHNICAL SERVICES

Tyler Nelson, Technical Director
Matthew Vegiard, Assistant Technical Director
Gus Redmond, Tech Shop Foreman

PROGRAM

Youth and the Future of Culture

Michelle Banks, Lead Curator
Cristina Díaz-Carrera, Rebecca Fenton, Marjorie Hunt, Sojin Kim, Mary Linn, Curators
Alexia Fawcett, Pablo Molinero-Martinez, Eloy Neira de la Cadena, Arlene Reiniger, Program Coordinators
Sophia Fedus, Program Assistant
Andrea Mayorga, Curatorial Assistant