Leadership

Based in Washington, DC, the French-American Cultural Foundation was founded in 1998 by American Leonard Silverstein (1922-2018) to celebrate and strengthen the ties that bind France and America, and their proud peoples.

President

Debra Dunn

Board of Trustees

Aaron Lewis, Acting Chair

Peter Selfridge

Claire Dwoskin

Tim Touchette, Secretary

Kristen Lund

Heather Larrison

Executive Staff

Brenda Bertholf, Senior Advisor (France)

Janelle Giddings, Program Director

Adele Naudin, Scholar-in-Residence (Paris)

Council for the Humanities

William Adair, Chair

Marcee Craighill

Blaise Ducose

Valerie Maltaverne

Thomas Pheasant

Cloe Pitiot

Iris de Rode

David Bruce Smith

R. Scott Stephenson

Marguerite Sullivan

Katarina Weir

Dodge Thompson

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