The Executive Committee of the ISFNR is elected by the General Assembly and consists of the President, Vice-Presidents representing different continents, Treasurer, and three ordinary members.
Along with the President the Vice-Presidents form the Membership Committee of the Society, under a Chair to be elected from their own number.
Current members of the Executive Committee
Mirjam Mencej
President
Department of Ethnology & Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana
Zavetiska 5, 1000 Ljubljana, SLOVENIA
mirjam.mencej [at] guest.arnes.si / mirjam.mencej [at] ff.uni-lj.si
Simona Kuntarič Zupanc
Administrative Coordinator
Department of Ethnology & Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana
Zavetiska 5, 1000 Ljubljana, SLOVENIA
simona.kuntariczupanc [at] ff.uni-lj.si
Sandis Laime
Vice-President Europe
Institute of Literature, Folklore and Art, University of Latvia
Mūkusalas Iela 3, Riga, LV-1423, LATVIA
sandis.laime [at] gmail.com / +371 67229017
Anne E. Duggan
Vice-President North America
Department of Classical and Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Wayne State University
487 Manoogian Hall, 906 W. Warren Avenue, Detroit, MI 48201
a.duggan [at] wayne.edu / (+1) 248-761-3169
Dani Schrire
Vice-President Asia
Program in Folklore and Folk-Culture Studies
Faculty of Humanities, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Mount Scopus 9190501, ISRAEL
dani.schrire [at] mail.huji.ac.il / +972-2-5881633
Maria Inés Palleiro
Vice-President South America
Department of Hispanic Philology
Buenos Aires University/National Council for Scientific Research (CONICET)
Argentina Aguilar 2118 (1426), Buenos Aires, Argentina
marinespalleiro [at] gmail.com
N/A
Vice-President Africa
N/A
Andrew Teverson
Coordinator for Records and Archives
University of the Arts London, London College of Fashion
20 John Prince’s Street, London, W1G 0BJ, UNITED KINGDOM
a.teverson [at] fashion.arts.ac.uk / +44 (0)20 7514 7670
Terry Gunnell
EC Member, Chairperson of the Membership Committee
Professor emeritus of Folkloristics, University of Iceland
Rekagrandi 1
107 Reykjavík, Iceland
terry [at] hi.is
Frog
EC Member, Coordinator of ISFNR media channels
Folklore Studies
PL 58 (Unioninkatu 38 D 230)
00014 University of Helsinki, FINLAND
misterfrogfrog [at] yahoo.de
Lina Būgienė
EC Member, Coordinator of the ISFNR Lecture Series
Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore
Antakalnio 6
LT-10308 Vilnius, Lithuania
lina.bugiene [at] llti.lt / bugiene.lina [at] gmail.com / +370 67619794
Ave Goršič
Treasurer
Estonian Folklore Archives, Estonian Literary Museum
Vanemuise 42
51003, Tartu, ESTONIA
ave.gorsic [at] folklore.ee
Malay Bera
Early Career Scholar
School of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Tartu
Ülikooli 18, 50090 Tartu, Estonia
malayoffc [at] gmail.com / malay.bera [at] ut.ee
Ave Goršič’s photo: Alar Madisson (2025)