AFS Announces Results of 2023 Election

The following AFS members were elected to office in the balloting that ended December 21:

Executive Board (2024-2026):

Betty Belanus (Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage)  
Ziying You (The College of Wooster)

Nominating Committee (2024-2026):

Naomi Sturm-Wijesinghe (Los Herederos and City Lore) 

AFS extends the gratitude of the entire Executive Board and staff to all of the 2023 candidates, who deserve thanks for their willingness to serve AFS and the field, and for their energetic participation in the nomination and election process. The same appreciation is due to the members of the 2023 Nominating Committee—and in particular to departing Committee chair Sarah Gordon—for their work to assemble this slate of excellent candidates.

Our thanks also go to departing Executive Board members Fernando Orejuela, Mintzi Martinez-Rivera, and Langston Collin Wilkins. We appreciate your service and look forward to continuing to work alongside you for the benefit of our Society. 

Incoming Nominating Committee chair Guha Shankar, along with Committee members Carrie Hertz and Naomi Sturm-Wijesinghe, will be taking up the 2024 nominating process—which will elect a President-Elect, two Board members and a member of the Nominating Committee—later this spring.