Board of Directors

Cydney joined Pachacamak folk Foundation in 2007 and continue given the Chief Executive her annual evaluations regarding the performance in achieving Pachacamak Folk Foundation mission.

Stefanie Shanebrook has been with Pachacamak Folk since 2007. She holds an MA in Art History and an MAT in Elementary Education. A former museum educator, she has been teaching kindergarten at Ogden International School, a Chicago Public School, since 2015. Although most of her dance experience is in ballet, she enjoys the collective experience of folk dance.​

Nina Sanders, Senior Fellow at the University of Chicago, Neubauer Collegium, is a curator, writer, and culture consultant. Sanders has done work for the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe, NM, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, and the Field Museum in Chicago where she curated the groundbreaking exhibition "Apsaalooke Women and Warriors". Nina has written for the Smithsonian, First American Art Magazine, and Native American Art Magazine and recently published "Apsaalooke Women and Warriors", a scholarly publication associated with the Field Museum exhibition.

Tracy Fehrenbach, Ph.D. is a Clinical Psychologist and Assistant Professor at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago where she serves as the Co-Director of the Center for Child Trauma Assessment and Service Planning. For the past 15 years, Dr. Fehrenbach has specialized in research, evaluation and clinical work.. She has published in peer-reviewed journals and has presented nationally and internationally on these topics.

Uzma Noormohamed is the Program Director at Illinois Science & Energy Innovation Foundation (ISEIF), a private fund established to support public engagement and literacy on energy and electricity topics. Uzma implements ISEIF's grantmaking strategy, manages the grant portfolio, finds collaborative opportunities within the grantee network, and cultivates new grantees. Uzma is a proud native of Chicago's Albany Park neighborhood - one of the most ethnically diverse in the country. She holds a B.A. in Philosophy from DePaul University and an M.A. in Public Policy and Administration from Northwestern University. She was selected as a Boren fellow to study Arabic and political theory at The American University in Cairo, Egypt. Uzma serves on the Advisory Council for Environmentalists of Color.