Festival Committee

All Festival committee members are volunteers who work endless hours beginning six months prior to the festival to make this event a success.

This year’s festival committee consists of the following individuals:

  • Festival Committee Chair
  •  :  Patsy Jones*
  • Festival Committee Vice Chair
  •  :  Hayri Baysal*, Demet Cabbar*, Sema Muslu*
  • Treasurer
  •  :  Patsy Jones*
  • Culture Tent
  •  :  Hande Ayan, Berna Akbulut, Elif Ertekin*, Ece Ozcelik
  • Designer
  •  :  Sitki Kazanci*
  • D.C. Government Permits
  •  :  Patsy Jones*, Sema Muslu*
  • Food Vendor Coordinator
  •  :  Zeynep Atalan
  • Fundraising
  •  :  Demet Cabbar*, Emsu Gorpe, Feriha Istar*, Pinar Guvenir*, Ebony Kelly*
  • Kids' Activities
  •  :  Dilek Cobanoglu*, Zeynep Kocabal*
  • Logistics
  •  :  Hayri Baysal*, Emin Dinlersoz, Erdal Sarper
  • Marketing & PR
  •  :  Demet Cabbar*, Gizem Salcigil White*, Burcu Gundogan*, Patsy Jones*, Ece Ozcelik
  • Performances & Stage
  •  :  Demet Cabbar*, Emsu Gorpe
  • Retail Vendors
  •  :  Burcu Gundogan*, Gizem Salcigil White*, Ebony Kelly*
  • Signage
  •  :  Deniz Ozkan, Sitki Kazanci*
  • Social Media Committee
  •  :  Gizem Salicigil White*, Sema Muslu*, Sabri Bora Erdemli*, Demet Cabbar*
  • Tea & Coffee
  •  :  Sema Muslu*, Guliz Imre*
  • Volunteer Coordination
  •  :  Pinar Guvenir*, Inger Medburg
  • Website
  •  :  Murat Kazanova*, Sitki Kazanci*, Gizem Salcigil White*,Deniz Ozkan
  • Other Members
  •  :  Jim Melton, Amy Grupp, Neslihan Esen, Gamze Camlicay, Merve Kara, Ozden Deniz, Laura Maddux

    * ATA-DC Board Members

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