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. (The above photo is of current and past board members at this year's conference.)

President

Ashley Shabankareh

Artist / NFP Arts Administrator

at
Artist Corps New Orleans

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Vice President

Charlie Mosbrook

Teaching Artist

at
Roots of American Music

Cleveland Heights, OH, USA

Secretary

Mariah Czap

Co-General Manager

at
Yep Roc Records

Durham, NC, USA

Treasurer

Dee Fretwell

Dean / Business Department, Senior Faculty

at
Southern Oregon University

Ashland, OR, USA

Member-at-Large

Laia Canals

Director

at
Tempi - Roots Music Denmark

Copenhagen, Denmark

Abby Altman

Club Manager

at
Passim

‍Cambridge, MA, USA

Ayappa Biddanda

Sr. Director

at
Concord

Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Lauren Branson

CEO/Owner

at
Little Birdie PR

Nashville, TN, USA

Elizabeth Cawein

Found and Executive Director

at
Music Export Memphis

Memphis, TN, USA

Mary Lowman-Bragg

Artist, Producer

at
Mary Bragg

Nashville, TN, USA

Robert Meitus

Partner

at
Meitus Strohm LLP

‍Bloomington, IN, USA

Art Menius

Folk Radio Promoter and DJ

at
Art Menius Radio

Rougemont, NC, USA

Ann Powers

Critic and Correspondent

at
NPR Music

Nashville, TN, USA

Hilary Saunders

Managing Editor

at
No Depression

New York City, NY, USA

Clayton Shelvin

Executive Director

at
The Freight

San Francisco, CA, USA

Tony Tarleton

Head of Creative & Managing Partner

at
acronym Records

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Tufara Waller Muhammad

Founding Member/Project Manager

at
Datule’ Artist Collective & Highlander Center

‍Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

Brandi Waller-Pace

Found/Executive Director

at
Decolonizing the Music Room

Fort Worth, TX, USA

Tina Wroblewski

Export Development Program

at
Folk Canada

Toronto, ON, Canada

Ben Wright

Program Director

at
Bluegrass Ambassadors

Chicago, IL, USA

Raye Zaragoza

Singer-Songwriter

at
Raye Zaragoza

Los Angeles, CA, USA

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