Staff
Ellen McHale, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Anne Rappaport Berliner
Staff Folklorist
Tazmira Sultana
Gallery, Administration and Publications Manager
Edgar Betelu
Senior Community Folklorist, Hudson Valley and Capital Region
Ladan Nikravan
Senior Community Folklife Fieldworker Capital District & Mohawk Valley
Ellen La Que
Gallery Assistant
Divena Ramessar
Community Fieldworker
Schenectady
Akilah Briggs-Melvin
Community Fieldworker
Binghamton
Elinor Levy, Ph.D.
Regional Coordinator, Mentoring and Professional Development Program
Mira Johnson, Ed.D.
New York Folk Arts in Education Network Coordinator/ A Shared Position with Local Learning: The National Network for Folk Arts in Education
Todd DeGarmo
Patti Mason
Associate Editor, Voices: The Journal of New York Folklore
Board
Wilfredo Morel, President
Nada Odeh, Vice President
Artist, Western New York
James Hall, Treasurer
Aaron Paige, Secretary
Camilla Ammirati
St. Lawrence University, North Country
Violet Baron
Long Island Traditions, Long Island
Sandra A. M. Bell
Evelyn D’Agostino-Sasso
Hayden Haynes
Onöhsagwë: de’ Cultural Center, Southern Tier
Mira Johnson
Mackenzie Kwok
Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation, New York Metro Region
T.C. Owens
Arts Council of the Southern Finger Lakes, Southern Tier
