Our Board of Directors
FAI is governed by a volunteer board of directors representing leadership in the folk music industry worldwide.
The board is elected by the voting members of the organization each fall, and an annual general meeting of members is held during the conference each year. More about the election process here.
Our board and membership-approved bylaws are available here.
President
Ashley Shabankareh
Artist / NFP Arts Administrator
at
Artist Corps New OrleansNew Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Vice President
Reid Wick
Sr. Membership & Project Manager
at
Recording AcademyNew Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Treasurer
Dee Fretwell
Dean / Business Department, Senior Faculty
at
Southern Oregon UniversityAshland, OR, USA
Thérèse LaGamma
Director, Public Programs
at
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing ArtsWashington, DC, USA
Caroline Randall Williams
Artist / Author / Scholar
at
Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Tennessee, USA