Who We Are

The Western Folklife Center is governed by a board of trustees, along with a national advisory council made up of leaders in western cultural life. 

Staff

Kristin Windbigler, Chief Executive Officer
Katie Aiken, Programs Manager
Teddi Baer, Director of Operations & Ticket Sales
Callie Greenhaw, National Cowboy Poetry Gathering Manager
Cleo Hansen, Office Manager
Ken Harriman, Gift Shop Manager
Cynthia Delaney, Gift Shop Associate
Marianne Molland, Programs Administrator
Daniel Neel, Director of Development & Corporate Partnerships
Jaymi Terrell, Accounting Assistant
Carolyn Flores Trainor, Development Manager

email us at wfc@westernfolklife.org


National Advisory Council

Carole Anderson, Reno, NV
Joe Brown, Las Vegas, NV
Michael Bigham, Mill Valley, CA
Hal Cannon, Virgin, UT
Pete Ellison, Salt Lake City, UT
Michael Fischer, Gardnerville, NV George Gund IV, San Francisco, CA
Mimi Ellis Hogan, Reno, NV
Teresa Jordan, Virgin, UT
Louise Klarr, Jackson, MI
Chris Machen, Gainesville, FL
William Matthews, Denver, CO
Cyd McMullen, Spring Creek, NV
Maryanne Mott, Santa Barbara, CA
Michael Martin Murphey, Fort Worth, TX Leslie Parraguirre, Las Vegas, NV
Nancy Remington, Reno, NV
Sally Sherman, Beverly Hills, CA
Red Steagall, Fort Worth, TX

Banner photo by Marla Aufmuth

Board of Trustees

Jon Griggs, Chairman, Elko, NV
Rob Dondero, Vice Chair, Las Vegas, NV

Annie Hatch, Vice Chair, Cheyenne, WY
John Patrick Rice, Secretary, Elko, NV Preston Wright, Interim Treasurer, Deeth, NV

Clare McKay, Juntura, OR
H. Russell McMullen, Elko, NV
Chrissy Menicucci Benna, Reno, NV
Chaz Mitchell, Newcastle, UT
Kristi Overgaard, Roberts, MT
Reed Simmons, Reno, NV
Tiffany Tiberti, Las Vegas, NV