Contact Us

Please feel free to contact any of the following with any questions you may have related to the HFAA and/or Norwegian folk music and dance traditions. For general information questions, send us email at info@hfaa.org. Or you can contact us by regular mail, or by voice or text, at:

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The following members of the HFAA are volunteers who further the efforts of the organization.

Updated as of July, 2026.

Membership: Eric Gjovaag (Tokyo, Japan) - membership@hfaa.org

Merchandise: Karen Rebholz (Wisconsin) -  merchandise@hfaa.org

Sound Post: Catherine Springer (New Jersey) - soundpost@hfaa.org

Web Content Editor: Karin Code (Michigan) - webeditor@hfaa.org

Summer Workshop Committee Chair: Catherine Springer (New Jersey) (phone 612-568-7448) - workshopchair@hfaa.org

Committees:

2026-2027 Adult Student Hardingfele Loan Committee: David Boyden (Germany), Mira Dickey (Washington), Zosha Warpeha (New York), Jonathan Een Newton (alternate) (Maryland) - adultstudent@hfaa.org.

2026-2027 Audit Committee: Maggie Gerty (Minnesota), Alison Wallace (Minnesota) - auditors@hfaa.org

2026-2027 Balchen/Hegge/Skjervheim/Hilger Hardingfele Scholarship Committee: Rex Couture (Missouri), Jonathan Een Newton (Maryland), Adam Work (Connecticut), Amy Rand (alternate) (Minnesota) - scholarships@hfaa.org

2026-2027 Harold K. Sersland Young Dancer Scholarship Committee: Karin Code (Michigan), Riley Letterman (Michigan), Cait Vitale-Sullivan (Wisconsin), Maggie Gerty (alternate) (Minnesota), - youngdancer@hfaa.org

2026-2027 Nominating Committee: Tyler Hendrickson (Iowa), Jonathan Een Newton (Maryland), Sarah Pradt (Minnesota)

2026-2027 Young Student Hardingfele Loan Committee: Karin Code (Michigan), Astrid Bennett (Iowa), Cait Vitale-Sullivan (Wisconsin), Barb Kringstad (alternate) (Rhode Island) - youngstudent@hfaa.org

The following members of the HFAA have been elected to serve as officers and as members of the Board of Directors for the current term. Officers are elected to one-year terms and may be elected multiple times. Board members are elected to three-year terms and may be elected multiple times. Terms run from July to July. NOTE: New terms and term limits went into effect at the July 2026 HFAA elections, according to the bylaws adopted in July 2025.

Updated as of July, 2026.

President, 2026-2027: Vilde Aaslid (Rhode Island) - president@hfaa.org

Vice President, 2026-2028: Alison Wallace (Minnesota) - vicepresident@hfaa.org

Secretary, 2026-2027: Rachel Ulvin Jensen (Minnesota) - secretary@hfaa.org

Treasurer, 2026-2028: Bob Stevens (California) - treasurer@hfaa.org

Director, 2024-2027: Eden Ehm (Iowa) - admin at edenehm dot com

Director, 2024-2027: Margaret (Maggie) Gerty (Minnesota) - mkgerty at gmail dot com

Director, 2025-2028: Eric Gjøvaag (Tokyo, Japan) - egjovaag at gmail dot com

Director, 2025-2028: Barbara Kringstad (Rhode Island) - bkringstad at hotmail dot com

Director, 2026-2029: Synneva Bratland (Minnesota) - synneva.bratland at gmail dot com

Director, 2026-2029: David Boyden (Germany) - dboyden1 at gmail dot com