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The Florida Folklife Council consists of seven members appointed by the Secretary of State to provide geographical, ethnic, and professional representation. During their four-year terms, Folklife Council members advise and assist the Division of Historical Resources and the Florida Folklife Program with respect to the following goals: encouragement of statewide public interest and participation in folklife; the development and promotion of Florida folklife resources; recommendations for the identification, collection, preservation, and presentation of Florida cultural heritage throughout the state; developing proposals to fund projects.
Dr. Larry Crook
Music Department & Center for World Arts
PO Box 117900
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 32611-7900
Term: 9/25/01 to 12/31/08
Reappointed by Secretary Hood
Associate Professor Larry Crook specializes in music history and ethnomusicology
at the University of Florida's School of Music, where he directs the World Music
Ensembles (Jacaré Brazil and Agbedidi Africa). Dr. Crook is also Co-director of the
UF Center for World Arts and is actively involved in planning artistic residencies
to bring renowned international musicians and performing artists to work collaboratively
on projects with faculty, students, and community members. He is an affiliate member of
the Center for Latin American Studies and Center for African Studies, and holds a joint
appointment in the department of Anthropology. A percussionist, he has studied with many
artists from Latin America and Africa. Dr. Crook's research focuses on Brazilian music,
the African Diaspora, music and identity, popular music, and music and social
movements. He is co-editor of Black Brazil: Culture, Identity, and Social
Mobilization and author of Brazilian Music: Northeastern Traditions and the
Heartbeat of a Modern Nation.
Dr. José B. Fernandez
Office of the Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
University of Central Florida
Orlando, Florida 32816-1990
Term: 1/1/06 to 12/31/14
José B. Fernández is Pegasus Professor of History and Foreign Languages and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Central Florida. He is the author of numerous books and articles on Spanish colonial letters of the United States and Hispanic literature of the United States. He is a former Chair of the Florida Folklife Council and past President of the Florida Historical Society. Additionally, he is a Presidential appointee to the National Museum of the American Latino Commission. He received his Ph.D. in Spanish from Florida State University.
Dr. Annette B. Fromm
Coordinator/Assistant Professor Museum Studies
The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum Florida International University
10975 SW 17th Street
Miami, FL 33199
Term: 1/1/09 to 12/31/12
Annette B. Fromm is the Coordinator of the Graduate Certificate in Museum Studies program at Florida International University. Dr. Fromm, a folklorist and museum specialist, has over thirty years of experience in museums and community projects in Ohio, Oklahoma, and Florida. Her work has ranged from institutions which emphasize ethnic cultural diversity to historic preservation. Dr. Fromm has published articles on immigrant-ethnic groups in America, Native Americans in museums, multicultural museums, historic preservation and community, Jews in Greece, Sephardic folklore, Greek folklore, and folk art. Fromm serves as President of the International Committee of Museums of Ethnography, an international committee of the International Council of Museums.
Chris Machen
2151 W. University Avenue
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 32603-1748
Term: 9/1/05 to 8/31/08
A former nurse and an avid horse enthusiast, Chris Machen became the first
lady of the University of Florida when her husband, Bernie, became the
university's president in January 2004. Mrs. Machen was born in St.
Louis, where she graduated from St. Louis University with a degree in
nursing. She worked at Cardinal Glennon Memorial Hospital for Children
in St. Louis, taught nursing at the University of Iowa, and then worked
12 years in the neonatal intensive care unit at the University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill's University Hospital. When Dr. Machen became
dean of the University of Michigan School of Dentistry in 1989, Mrs. Machen
switched to pediatric home health nursing. In 1996, she left nursing to
spend more time with their children. The family moved to Salt Lake City
in 1998, when Dr. Machen became president of the University of
Utah. Mrs. Machen serves as a board member for the Western Folklife
Center and is active in health-related community activities.
Dr. Jerrilyn McGregory
Department of English
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL 32306-1036
Term: 8/18/03 to 8/17/07
Jerrilyn McGregory, Associate Professor of Folklore in the Department
of English at Florida State University, specializes in African-American
literature and folklore. She is the author of Wiregrass Country, about the
folklife of the wiregrass region of north Florida, as well as numerous
articles in scholarly journals. Her specific research areas include: regional
folklore, African American folklore, African American literature, African
Diaspora Studies, onomastics, and Boxing Day celebrations.
Timothy F. Schmand
Executive Director, Bayfront Park Management Trust
301 N. Biscayne Boulevard
Miami, Florida 33132
Term: 1/1/07 to 12/31/10
Mr. Schmand is the Executive Director of the Bayfront Park Management
Trust, a City of Miami agency responsible for managing 61 acres of urban
waterfront parkland. The facilities under his management are among the
most popular special event sites serving Miami's diverse
communities. Mr. Schmand is also an award winning author whose fiction
has appeared in both popular and literary journals. He possesses a B.A. in
Political Science from State University College of New York at Buffalo and
an MFA in Creative Writing from Vermont College.
Dana Ste.Claire
National Director of Museums
Historic Tours of America, Inc.
167 San Marco Avenue
St. Augustine, FL 32084
Term: 7/1/06 to 6/30/10
Dana Ste. Claire [St. Augustine] is currently National Director of Museums for Historic Tours of America, Inc.,
and a consultant in heritage tourism, historic preservation, and cultural resource management. Ste.Claire directed the
10-year restoration/development of Old St. Augustine Village Museum, and is designing and developing HTA museums and
facilities in Boston, San Diego, St. Augustine, Washington D.C., Key West, and Savannah. He is the Chair of the St.
Johns County Tourist Development Council, Chair of the Historic Architectural Review Board (HARB) for the City of St.
Augustine, on the Board of Directors of the St. Augustine/St. Johns County Chamber of Commerce, and recently served on
the Board of Trustees for the Florida Trust for Historic Preservation. He is a former member of several state and national
boards, including the Secretary of State’s Historic Preservation Advisory Council (1992–1999) and the Heritage Tourism
Council (1999–2003), and was formerly was a City Commissioner for Lake Helen, Florida.
Ste. Claire wrote Cracker: the Cracker Culture in Florida History, Borders of Paradise: A History of Florida through New
World Maps, and True Natives: Florida's First People. He holds a B.A. and M.A. in anthropology/archeology and public resource
management from the University of South Florida. He was a featured columnist for the Orlando Sentinel and his "Florida Crackerbarrel"
episodes continue to run on PBS channels throughout the state.