Kurt Dewhurst, co-chair, Ph.D., Director, Michigan State University Museum

Michael Doucet, violin, guitar, accordion, mandolin musician of Cajun music revival

Tony Gittens, Ph.D., Director, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities

Enrique Lamadrid, Ph.D., Professor, University of New Mexico, Department of Spanish & Portuguese

Debora Kodish, Ph.D., Director, Philadelphia Folklore Project

Judy Mitoma, Co-chair, Professor, World Music and Cultures, UCLA; Director, Sacred Music Festival  

Libby O'Connell, Ph.D., Historian-in-residence, The History Channel

J. Scott Raecker, Member of Iowa Legislature; former Director, Iowa Sesquicentennial Commission

Bob Santelli, CEO and Deputy Director of Public Programs, Experience Music Project

John Herzog, Smithsonian National Board Liaison; CEO, RM Smyth & Co.; founder, Museum of American Financial History

Michael Asch, ex officio; Chair, Folkways Advisory Board

Cristián Samper, ex officio; Acting Secretary, Smithsonian Institution

Sheila Burke, ex officio; Deputy Secretary, Smithsonian Institution

Richard Kurin, ex officio; Director, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage