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Board of Directors

2011-2012

top L to R: Nancy Leeper, Demetri Tashie, Corinna Snyder, Dan Auvil           Photo:Mike Slama
front L to R: Erica george, Doug Allen, Rachel MacFarlane(GM), Ann Norton

Dan Auvil

I've been attending the EEFC workshops since their beginning both as a teacher and happy camper. Reading evaluations during my previous service on the Board (2006-2009) and speaking with newcomers to the scene have expanded my appreciation of the EEFC offering. This has prompted my return to the Board and I hope, as President, I can help ensure the continued vibrancy, and survival, of the workshops, so future campers have a chance to experience those "magic moments" that have enriched my life.

Corinna Snyder

Corinna Škėma Snyder has been attending EEFC workshops since 2008 - this year she brought her two young kids (6,8) with her to Iroquois Springs. She sings and plays Balkan music in Brooklyn NY. She joined the Board this year and will serve as Vice President, Program Committee Chair, and Family Liaison - a new role for the EEFC. She holds a PhD in cultural anthropology, and works as a corporate learning and development director at an enormous consulting firm.

Doug Allen

Douglas Allen has attended EEFC camps since 2008, studied at the Plovdiv Music Seminar under Vladimir Vladimov in 2010, and joined the Board as Treasurer in 2011. His day job in commercial real estate keeps him busy when he is not flower gardening or watching over his chicken flock on the weekends. As always he welcomes direct communication from the EEFC community members who have questions or are interested helping the financial strength of the organization. He welcomes all correspondence at board@eefc.org

Erica George

Erica George lives in the Boston area, and grew up in the folk dance community of Rochester, NY. She's been dancing all her life, and started coming to EEFC camps when she was in college - 13 east coast camps and counting!

Erica has worked and volunteered in a variety of nonprofit organizations, and has served on several steering committees and boards, including the Folk Arts Center of New England. She is currently building a consultancy in online strategy and outreach, writing, and editing. Her past jobs have included online community management, event planning, administrative coordination, and political organizing.

If you interact with the EEFC through Facebook or Twitter, Erica is probably the person you’re talking to. She is also on the Programming and Membership committees. Erica hopes to use her term on the board to help the EEFC survive and thrive for many years into the future.

Nancy Leeper

Nancy Leeper was introduced to folk dancing in the early 1970s, when she quickly established a preference for music and dances of the Balkans. As a long-time performer with The Ethnic Dance Theatre in Minnesota, she expanded her interests in the region and later pursued graduate studies in cultural and political geography, with her research focusing on Balkan diaspora communities and development funding networks in Southeastern Europe. Nancy lives in Corvallis, Oregon, where she is a freelance editor. Whenever possible, she serves as an international election observer, and has participated in several election missions in Macedonia, Albania, and Kyrgyzstan.

Nancy attended her first Balkan Music & Dance Workshop in 1988. From that year on, she held work exchange and administrative staff positions, and served as administrative director for EEFC in the mid-1990s. After being away from the EEFC community for many years, Nancy is happily back with the organization, and deeply committed to maintaining the health and vitality of the workshops, as well as expanding the reach of EEFC’s programs and services to connect with communities beyond the workshops.

Ann Norton

Ann has been folk dancing since 1975. Balkan dance and music was her favorite from the start. She danced with performance groups in Colorado and California in the 1970s and 1980s and attended her first Balkan camp in Mendocino in 1983. She has only missed one year since then, but went to both East and West Coast camps another year to make up for it. Over the years Ann has taken beginning classes in many instruments and in singing, but decided that she was better suited to dancing to Balkan music than to producing it. When she left Colorado in 1986, Ann decided to settle in an area that had lots of live Balkan music, and ended up in the San Francisco Bay Area. She still lives there with her husband Mike, who she met at Balkan camp, two dogs and three cats. In "real" life, Ann is a veterinary technician.

"After many years of doing work exchange for the Mendocino workshop, I’m looking forward to doing a lot more for the EEFC while I’m on the board. I can’t think of any organization that has had a bigger impact on my life. EEFC people are family, and camp is home."

Demetri Tashie

Demetri Tashie is a musician playing, among other instruments, lauoto and zourna and has attended many EEFC camps on both coasts. Demetri has been a long time mover and shaker with the Greek American Folklore Society (GAFS) and is currently on their board. He is also a judge for the FDF and HDF Greek festivals. He lives in Jackson Heights, N.Y., and is a graphic designer.

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