Festival Honorary
Co-Chairs




Festival Program Managers


2023 Friendship Circle
(Festival volunteer planners)
Shakila Ahmad
Umama Alam
P.O. Louis Arnold Sr.
Afreen Asif
Zeinab Bah
Rev. Paul Booth, Jr.
Mary Anne Bressler
Dr. James Buchanan*
Jan Armstrong Cobb
Jake Campbell
Jackie Congedo
Cynthia Cummins
Teresa Davis
Becca & Fred Desai*
Rev. Norma Lynn Felts
Marie Gemelli-Carroll
Chip Harrod
Michael Hawkins
Adam Hayden*
Rev. John Ivey
Miriam Jackobs*
Becky Jones
Rabbi Meredith Kahan
Sandy Kaltman*
Danya Karram
Aasees Kaur
Rumana Khan
Shazadi Khawaja
Justin Kirschner
Bill Madges, Ph.D.
Nazly Mamedova
Aruni Marapane
Karen Martin*
Minda Matthews-Smith
Alycia Mcclurg*
Sri Mirle
Maria Munir
Andrew Musgrave*
Rev. Jim Newby
Saira Noor
Maliha Omar
Penny Pensak
Sr. Christine Pratt
Terrie Puckett
Allison Reynolds-Berry
Sarah Reynolds
Lisa Rosner*
Brant Schulz
Rick Schwen
Zeinab Schwen*
Bruce Seidel
Jan Seidel
Simranjit Singh
Rev. Melanie Slane
Samina Sohail, M.D.
Jeremy Spiegel
Tony Stieritz
Tamie Sullivan
Joey Taylor*
Rabbi Karen Thomashow
Deborah Vance, Ph.D.*
Steve Vance*
Rabbi Gary Zola, Ph.D.
Rev. Henry Zorn
*subcommittee co-chair