Board of Directors

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

Emmett Castro, Secretary
Certified Public Accountant, Castro Accountancy Corporation
Fresno, CA

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

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

Sojin Kim, Ph.D.
Curator, Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Washington, D.C.

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

Malcolm Margolin
Founder and Publisher, Heyday
Berkeley, CA 

Libby Maynard, V.P. of Finance and Administration
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
Former Senior Programs Manager,
California Council for the Humanities
San Diego, CA

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

Daniel Sheehy, Ph.D., V.P. of Governance
Director, Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Director & Curator, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Washington, D.C.

Deborah Wong, Ph.D., President
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

Melanie Beene
Executive Director, Community Initiatives
San Francisco, CA

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

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

Jo Farb Hernandez
Director, Natalie and James Thompson Art Gallery,
School of Art and Design, San Jose State University;
Principal, Curatorial and Museum Management Services;
Executive Director, SPACES
Watsonville, California

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

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