Festival Committee

Committee Committee Committee 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 Co-Chairs: Bora Erdemli*, Patsy Jones*, Hayri Baysal*
  • Festival Committee Vice Chair: Demet Cabbar*
  • Treasurer: Patsy Jones*
  • Culture Tent: Elif Ertekin*, Jim Melton, Eda Ozcan, Serra Devran
  • Designer: Sitki Kazanci, Elif Kaygisiz
  • D.C. Government Permits: Patsy Jones*, Bora Erdemli*, Hayri Baysal*, Demet Cabbar*, Sema Muslu*, Gizem Salcigil
  • Food Vendor and Restaurant Week Coordinators: Demet Cabbar*, Sema Muslu*
  • Fundraising: Demet Cabbar*, Pinar Guvenir, Feriha Istar*, Sema Muslu*
  • Kids' Activities: Yesim Erdemli, Burcu Gundogan, Nilay Celikcan, Christine Hayek
  • Logistics: Hayri Baysal*, Bora Erdemli*, Emin Dinlersoz
  • Marketing & PR: Demet Cabbar*, Patsy Jones*, Gizem Salcigil, Burcu Gundogan, Sheila Kaufman, Christine Hayek
  • Performances & Stage: Demet Cabbar*, Oksan Cakmak
  • Retail Vendors: Burcu Gundogan
  • Signage: Deniz Ozkan
  • Social Media Committee: Bora Erdemli*, Gizem Salcigil, Demet Cabbar*
  • Tea & Coffee: Sema Muslu*, Ahu Baysal, Cagatay Ates, Guliz Imre
  • Volunteer Coordination: Pinar Guvenir, Catherine Jaffe
  • Website: Deniz Ozkan, Burak Tombuloglu*
  • Other Members: Ayse Kaynar, Allen Lawrence, Burak Sahin, Sorin Pasarin

* ATA-DC Board Members