Management
Mission:
To preserve, nurture and promote folk culture as an essential element in Australian life.
We Value:
- Diverse traditions
- A welcoming community
- Tradition bearers and the passing on of tradition
- Participation
- Volunteering and the community it generates
- Sustainability
- A safe environment
- Respect for self and others
- Contemporary expression of tradition
About the Organisation
The National Folk Festival is a limited-liability non-profit company formed for the purpose of presenting the event. It has a volunteer Board of Directors with a broad range of skills and experience which is elected from amongst members of the Company. Company members are current and past Board members, and current and past appointed Directors of the event. Almost all Board members have served in a volunteer and core volunteer capacity before serving on the Board.
The Board appoints a small core of paid staff, who organise another small team of core office volunteers and key contractors. This small crew of paid staff, core office volunteers and key contractors manage the entire event, including the program, with the large team of volunteer Coordinators and volunteers.
Board of Directors 2008-2009
- President: Neil Roach, BA (ANU), BA Theatre (UWS), Acting Director AusDance (ACT), Operations Manager of the festival 1998-2003, Stalls coordinator 1997, Board member from 2004.
- Vice-President: Lyndal Thorburn, BSc(Hons), Grad dip Legal studies, PhD FAICD, Board member from 2007.
- Treasurer: Graham Cruttenden, BBus (Accounting), Treasury Coordinator 1994-2002, Board member from 1997.
- Secretary:Graham Chalker, former CEO Australia Mobile Telecommunications Association, former General Manager of Sing Australia, folk musician. Board member from 2006.
- Member: Pam Cogar, Festival volunteer Publications Officer, former Coordinator of the Festival Office, Board member from 1999 to 2005 and from 2008.
- Member: David Garratt, BEd Grad Dip RE, Principal of Daramalan College, Assistant-Coordinator of the Festival Shop 1997-2004, Board member from 2003.
- Member: John Taylor BA (hons) LLB, American Music program advisor from 1996, Security Coordinator 1997/1998, Board member from 1998, and semi-professional banjophonist.
- Member: Peter Logue, Director, Communications - Australian Coal Association, folk musician. Board member from 2006.
- Member: Mark Cranfield, former Director - Oral History, National Library of Australia, folk historian. Board member from 2006.
- Member: Jared Wilkins BSc BEd, Managing Director of National Folk Festival, Production Manager 2003-2006, Board member from 2006.
Core Staff
- Managing Director: Jared Wilkins
- Artistic Director: Dave O’Neill
- Human Resources Manager: Jess Henderson
- Production Manager: Rachel Gould
- Accounts Manager: Nelle Smith
Core Office Volunteers and Key Contractors
- Publications Officer: Pam Cogar
- Ticketing and IT: Jeff Power
- Media and Communications:Jane Speechley
Governance Charter
This Charter sets out the role, composition and responsibilities of the Board of
Directors of the National Folk Festival Ltd. (the Company). The
Charter aims to ensure that responsibility is properly sourced and that there is a
high level of accountability, clarity and transparency of roles and decision-making
authority between the Board, members, staff and volunteers.
A copy of the Charter can be down loaded by clicking on this link - NFF Ltd Governance Charter
