PFS Board of Directors

Connect with the PFS Board via e-mail: contact-bod@pfs.org

Board of Directors

Rob Bralow

President, Board of Directors

Rob Bralow has been involved with the Society for a long time. From the days when the Philadelphia Folksong Society held concerts and meetings at the International House, through events at the Germant...

Constance Magnuson

Vice President, Board of Directors

In my attempts to be the unshakable optimist, I am usually confronted with question why I choose to view the world from the standpoint of optimism. You can look for everything bad in the world, think ...

Brenda Hillegas

Secretary, Board of Directors

Brenda has been running around various folk, Irish, and Celtic festivals up and down the east coast for the past fifteen years. Long story short, Friends was a rerun one night so she ended up at a boo...

Tim Snyder

Treasurer, Board of Directors

Tim Snyder is a Director with PricewaterhouseCoopers and joined the PFS Board of Directors as a graduate of the Arts + Business Council for Greater Philadelphia Business on Board program....

Matt Diamondstone

Director

Matt Diamondstone attended his first Fest at the ripe old age of three - his father brought him and it changed his life. Matt is now a technical trainer for a large IT company, and has been volunteeri...

Dr. Jim Klingler

Director

Dr. Klingler is a 1968 graduate of Bucknell University where he majored in Economics. After a stint as an officer in the U.S. Navy he enrolled in the graduate program at Temple University and receive...

Heather Shayne Blakeslee

Director

Heather Shayne Blakeslee believes in empowering people and communities to create a thriving economy and a living future. She has over 20 years of experience as a sustainability, social justice, social...

Kimberly Sinclair

Director

Kimberly Sinclair is an award-winning publicist and music industry professional based in Nova Scotia, Canada and Louisville, KY. Since founding Spincount in 2008, her firm has been awarded Company OTY...

Krys Sipple

Director

Nonprofit professional with over twenty-five years of experience. Skilled leader with strong analytic and problem-solving skills. Expertise in creating governance infrastructure and development prog...

PFS Elections

Looking to join the PFS Board of Directors? Please review our Overview and Application and the Nominating Petition! If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to email us at folkthevote@pfs.org!

Board Nominations Due: Thursday, December 17th
Board Elections Start: Friday, January 1st
Board Election: Sunday, January 31st