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

Mounir Bouchenaki, Ph.D., Director General, International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property

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

Mickey Hart, musician, author

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

Ellen McCulloch-Lovell, President, Marlboro College  

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

J. Scott Raecker, vice-chair, Member of Iowa Legislature; Executive Director, Drake University Institute for Character Development

Bob Santelli, Ph.D., Executive Director, GRAMMY Museum

Cathy Sulzberger, foundation board member, real estate developer

Michael Asch, ex officio; Chair, Folkways Advisory Board

G. Wayne Clough, ex officio; Secretary, Smithsonian Institution

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

Richard Kurin, ex officio; Acting Under Secretary for History, Art, and Culture, Smithsonian Institution