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Board of Directors and Staff

Board of Directors

 


Bryan Falcon (Chair)
Artistic & Managing Director, Scoundrel & Scamp Theatre


Elizabeth Stahmer (Vice-Chair)
UA / Social & Behavioral Sciences Research Institute


Amy Amoroso (Secretary, Chair of Governance)
Community Volunteer


Robert Berzok (Treasurer, Chair of Finance & Development)
Crisis Communication Specialist (retired)


Vanessa Bechtol
Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, Visit Tucson


Lynn Hourani
Outreach Director, Islamic Center of Tucson Board of Directors


Francisco Pedroza
UA / College of Social & Behavioral Sciences


Dr. Michelle Tellez (Chair of Programs)
UA/ Mexican American Studies


Dr. Praise Zenenga
UA / Africana Studies


Dr. Jim Griffith 
Board Member Emeritus
Folklorist/Author/Founder Tucson Meet Yourself

 

Staff

Dr. Maribel Alvarez, Folklorist, UA Chair of Public Folklife/ Southwest Center and School of Anthropology

Leia Maahs, Managing Director

Kimi Eisele, Communications Manager, editor BorderLore

Nelda Ruiz, Program Manager

Tim Escobedo, Director of Operations Tucson Meet Yourself

Stephanie Kelly, Bookkeeper

 

 

Who We Are

The Southwest Folklife Alliance is an affiliate non-profit organization of the University of Arizona, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. We are the designated Folk Arts Partner of the Arizona Commission on the Arts with the support of the National Endowment of the Arts.

Our Mission: We build more equitable and vibrant communities by celebrating the everyday expressions of culture, heritage and diversity in the Greater Southwest.

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