Beth Atkinson, President

Bio-statistician, Mayo Clinic

Matt Hayden – Vice President

Retired businessman; Executive Coaching Consultant, former board member/chair of eight environmental NGO’s.  Matt is also chair of the Finance/Fundraising Committee

Andrea Cool – Secretary

Senior Lecturer/Lecturer, Humanities Department, University of Wisconsin-Platteville

Tamara Funk, Treasurer 

Curator of Textiles and Historic Sites Collections; Wisconsin Historical Society

Jason Busniewski

PhD candidate in ethnomusicology

Steve Pike

Retired Madison teacher and past MTI President, currently a WEA Member Benefits Consultant; dance caller and coordinator of Squirrel Moon Contra Dance Weekend

Bill Robichaud

Conservation biologist and writer; Co-founder and Director of the Saola Foundation for Annamite Mountains Conservation.

John C. Van Orman

Musician, Cultural Anthropology instructor at Ozarka College, Folklore Village Children’s School Program. 

Greg Winz

Retired technician, UW-Madison Nuclear Engineering, Engineering Physics department. Folkdance caller and blacksmithing instructor.  Greg is also chair of the Infrastructure Committee.

Advisory Council

We are fortunate to have the following individuals who have agreed to serve in an advisory capacity to the FV board and staff.

Paul Dahlin

1996 National Heritage Fellow, Paul Dahlin is a Swedish American fiddler from Minnesota, who carries the traditions his grandfather, Edwin Johnson brought from Dalarna Sweden in 1924. Paul has been performing since he 17, when he, his grandfather, and his Uncle Bruce performed at the Snoose Blvd. Festival in 1971. Paul and his family have been yearly performers/instructors during our Fall Swedish Weekend for over 40 years.  Paul’s self-stated focus is upon authenticity and tradition.

Adam Helt-Baldwin

Former President, Folklore Village Board of Directors; Construction Director, Dane County Habitat for Humanity. Adam also serves on our Infrastructure Committee.

Karen Ann Hoffman

2020 NEA National Heritage Fellow Karen Ann Hoffman is a Haudenosaunee Raised Beadworker from Stevens Point, Wisconsin. Karen has been beading peace, beauty, and meaning through her Haudenosaunee Raised Beadwork since the 1990s. Her work is in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, the Field Museum, the Iroquois Indian Museum, and the Oneida Nation Museum.

Maria Terres

Former president, Folklore Village board of directors; musician, educator.   

James “Sandy” Wilson

Retired from 40 years in the Building Restoration Business in Chicago, Sandy holds a special interest in the Aslak Lie House.