Committees

The Francophonie Festival in Washington, DC, is not only a wonderful opportunity to present people with the cultural diversity of the Francophone world, it is also a delightful excuse for DC’s representatives in French-speaking Embassies, governments and institutions to meet all year long and to share the pleasure of working together on a common project.

Francophonie directory

President : Stéphane Rosenberg (Embassy of Haiti)
Vice-President : Faiza Medhi (Embassy of Morocco)
Secretary General : Marie-Hélène Renaud Zavala (Embassy of France)
Intern Francophonie: Emmanuelle Vichot
Designer: Olivier Dupeyron

Press and communication subcommittee

Jennifer Pietropaoli (Alliance Francaise / France)
Lorenzo Ravano (Monaco)
Timothy Johnson (Quebec)
Janina Cismaru (Romania)
Brigitte Blachère and Liz Paige (Smithsonian)

Cultural Programs Subcommittee

Sylvain Cornevaux (Alliance Française / France)
Hector Posset (Benin)
Isabel Varela and Isabel Olivera (Cap-Vert)
Sylvie Yassingou (Central African Republic)
Mahomoud El Ashmawy and Mirande Goubran (Egypt)
Catherine Albertini, Marie-Catherine Glaser and Alice Chamblas (France)
Suzanne Monny (Gabon)
Stephane Rosenbery (Haiti)
Faiza Mehdi (Morocco)
Timothy Johnson (Quebec)
Brigitte Blachère and Liz Paige (Smithsonian) 
Christine Vest (Switzerland)
Faten Bahri (Tunisia)

Budget Subcommittee

Thomas Chaurin (Alliance Francaise / France)
Bernard Geenen (Belgium)
Marie Mea Kouablan(Cote d’Ivoire)
Catherine Albertini (France)
Faiza Mehdi (Morocco)
Becaye Traoré (Senegal)

Logistic Subcommittee

Miriam Kabore (Burkina Faso)
Sylvie Yassingou (Central African Republic)
Martina Tenko (Croatia)
Wilfried Braillon and Pierre Loukia (France)
Suzanne Monny (Gabon)
Thierno Balde (Guinea)
Christine Vest (Suisse)

Outreach and Prize Subcommittee

Jean-Claude Duthion and Marie Catherine Glaser (France)
Mirande Goubran and Mahomoud El Ashmawy (Egypt)
Thierno Balde (Guinea)
Pato Mbalembou (Togo)