Board of Directors

Paula "Pimm" Allen
Traditional Resources Program, United Indian Health Services
Arcata, California

Melanie Beene
Executive Director, Community Initiatives
San Francisco, CA 

Emmett Castro, V.P. of Finance and Administration
Certified Public Accountant, Castro Accountancy Corporation
Fresno, CA

Jo Farb Hernandez, Secretary
Director, Natalie and James Thompson Art Gallery, San Jose State University
Principal, Curatorial and Museum Management Services
Director, SPACES
Watsonville, CA

Joel Jacinto
Executive Director, Search to Involve Pilipino Americans
Los Angeles, CA

Maria Rosario Jackson, Ph.D.
Senior Research Associate, The Urban Institute
Washington, D.C.

Sojin Kim, Ph.D.
Curator, History Department, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Los Angeles, CA

Amy Kitchener (ex officio)
Executive Director, Alliance for California Traditional Arts
Fresno, CA

Libby Maynard
Co-founder and Executive Director, Ink People Center for the Arts
Eureka, CA

Chike Nwoffiah, V.P. of External Development
Executive Director, Oriki Theater
Mountain View, CA

Amy Rouillard
San Diego, CA

Charlie Seemann, Board President
Executive Director, Western Folklife Center
Elko, NV

Daniel Sheehy, Ph.D., V.P. of Governance
CEO, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Washington, D.C.

Deborah Wong, Ph.D.
Professor of Music, University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA

Emeritus Board Members

Robert Arroyo
Retired Instructor of Political Science & Chicano/Latino Studies, Fresno City College
Retired Administrator, Fresno City College
Kingsburg, CA

Natividad Cano
Director, Los Camperos de Nati Cano
Los Angeles, CA

Vicki Filgas
Director, Los Paisanos folklórico dance troupe
Spanish language teacher, Selma High School
Selma, CA

Frank LaPena
Professor Emeritus, American Indian Studies, CSU Sacramento
Traditional Maidu dance master
Visual artist
Sacramento, CA

Bess Lomax Hawes
Former Director, Folk & Traditional Arts Program, National Endowment for the Arts
West Hills, CA

Malcolm Margolin
Founder and Publisher, Heyday Books
Executive Director, Heyday Institute
Berkeley, CA

Nancy Marquez
Former Director, Arte Américas
Fresno, CA

Hugo Morales
Executive Director, Radio Bilingüe
Fresno, CA

Peter Pennekamp
Executive Director, Humboldt Area Foundation
Bayside, CA