Barry Rabin

 Barry is a singer/songwriter, practicing attorney, and 30+ year member of the Philadelphia Folksong Society. Barry has been attending the Festival for decades, has played there multiple times, and is looking forward to its continued vitality.

His priorities if elected to the board will be:

– To provide for the Folk Festival’s (and the Society’s) continued financial viability

– To look for ways to attract a younger audience to the Festival

– To continue PFS’s support for the Philadelphia Musical Artists Cooperative and other efforts to support home-grown musicians and songwriters.

Cheryl Tocket

Cheryl has been involved with the Philadelphia Folk Festival and the Folksong Society since 2018 when her dear college friend, Betsy, insisted she join. After volunteering that year at the Fest, her love of music compelled her to continue that tradition every year since. Both of her sons (both drummers) followed suit the following year and a tradition was born. Cheryl has proudly volunteered as Greenroom chair for the past two years. Currently, Cheryl serves as a board director, coordinating the various monthly emails.

Cheryl has a degree in Elementary / Early Childhood Education with a minor in Fine Arts (photography concentration). She was employed as an elementary school and middle school teacher in New Jersey for 35 years, as well as being the Director of the High School Drama program for seven years.

Though Cheryl has retired from public education, she works as a seasonal program leader and farm staff in the Monmouth County Parks System at Historic Longstreet Farm, working with schools, small groups, and summer camp on the farm, managing the care of livestock, gardening, and performing field maintenance.
With nearly 40 years experience working with the public in education as well as retail sales, Cheryl brings strong public relations experience and is also capable of working with a variety of digital platforms. She is an amateur photographer in her spare time.

Nancy Schwartz

Marketing Chair Philadelphia Folk Festival
I am a creative and thoughtful marketing professional who studied marketing
communications at Temple University. I have dedicated my career to developing
meaningful strategies and communications campaigns that have helped businesses and
organizations to succeed with their products and services.
I first attended the Phila Folk Festival with a group of young friends long ago when
Andrew Braunfeld was leading PFF and Tom Rush and Tom Paxton were regular
performers . (I still can’t believe that my parents let me attend without adult supervision.)
What an amazing and joyful experience! Three days of music, dancing, camping and
making new friends as a volunteer on the Camping Committee. Today, I see that same
joy in the hearts of my beautiful great nieces who have grown up attending PFF with
their parents and grandparents.
So last year with about 8 weeks until fest, I was asked to fill an unplanned gap in
marketing. I jumped in with both feet to co-lead the marketing initiative and was able to
help make the 2025 PFF a success. I worked with the board and the festival leadership
team, determined which marketing initiatives still needed to happen and was able to
calmly put out a few fires along the way. Such fun to be totally immersed in PFF again!
I am running for the board so there will be an ear and a voice on the board that
understands marketing issues and strategies. This will help the Philadelphia Folksong
Society focus on the evolving future of folk music while respecting the traditions that got
us to this point. I am certain that my collaborative style coupled with the combination of
a successful marketing career and my understanding of the beauty that is the folk
festival will benefit the Philadelphia Folksong Society and the Philadelphia Folk Festival.

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