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Staff

Executive Director

Senior Associate Director

Colleen Arnerich

Director of Production & Operations

Víctor Hernández-Sang

Programming Manager

Kayt Novak

Programming & Marketing Coordinator

Lynn Witherspoon

National Folk Festival Technical Director

Dan Margolies

Development Specialist

Elaine Randolph

Production Associate

Colleen (CJ) Holroyd

Senior Program & Administration Manager

Bridgette Hammond

Festival Logistics Coordinator

Deirdre Whitty

Finance Manager

Amy Millin

Development Specialist

Carrie Randall

Production Assistant

Board of Directors

George Holt, Chair

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Barry Bergey, Vice President

Hillsborough, North Carolina

David Morrison, President

McLean, Virginia

Nathan (Bill) Pearson, Jr., Treasurer

Rye, New York

Kathy Sawyer, Secretary

Arlington, Virginia

Sahar Atassi

Washington, D.C.

Junious Brickhouse

Silver Spring, Maryland

Michael Doucet

Lafayette, Louisiana

Lisa Gilman

Silver Spring, Maryland

Daniel Herrera

Northridge, California

John Holum

Lantana, Florida

Scott Lilly

Sarasota, Florida

John Moe

Worthington, Ohio

Clark Noone

El Cerrito, California

Barry Lee Pearson

Hyattsville, Maryland

Charlie Seemann

Elko, Nevada

Lisa Sims

Richmond, Virginia

Andy Wallace

South Thomaston, Maine

Margaret (Peggy) Bulger

Fernandina Beach, Florida

Laura Defreyne

Santa Cruz, California

Jerry Douglas

Nashville, Tennessee

Julia Glanz

Greenbelt, Maryland

Karen Ann Hoffman

Stevens Point, Wisconsin

Natalie Hopkinson

Washington, D.C.

Mark Mioduski

Falls Church, Virginia

Brian Morrison

Falls Church, Virginia

Julia Olin, Executive Director Emerita

Franklin Furnace, Ohio

Tom Rankin

Hillsborough, North Carolina

Daniel Sheehy

Falls Church, Virginia

Dena Stoner

Alexandria, Virginia

Dwain Winters

Bethesda, Maryland

Board Spotlights

Many NCTA board members, past and present, are recipients of the National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellowship. These are our current board members who are NEA National Heritage Fellows:

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