Michael Davis:  Studio Artist, President NBO. Currently running day to day operation of the organization.  Has taught and exhibited extensively  throughout the United States, Europe, and Japan for the past thirty years.  Published in numerous art/craft journals and periodicals as well as books.  Included in museum permanent collections including  the Smithsonian's Renwick Gallery in Washington, DC, Museum of Art and Design in New York City, the Wustum Museum in Racine Wisconsin among others.
E-mail: michaeldavis@nationalbasketry.org

Marcia Docter

Sue Coleman

Ross Durfey: Treasurer. Ross runs an accounting and tax preparation business, specializing in small business accounting and support services, from his home in Rockwood, Ontario, Canada. He has a background in woodworking and is involved  with not for profit organizations and with community festivals in his area.

Wendy Durfey: Secretary. Wendy, is a full-time contemporary basketmaker, working from her studio in Rockwood, Ontario.  She has been weaving baskets for the past 10 years.

Helen Frost Way:  Vice President. Helen is known for her work in contemporary fiber and basketry. She exhibits widely through out the USA and has sat on many art organization boards. She founded and ran The Firehouse Gallery in Damariscotta, ME. Helen now lives in Santa Fe, NM where she works in her studio, curates shows and teaches.
E-mail: helenfrostway@nationalbasketry.org

Scott Gilbert: Vice President. Co-Owner of GH Productions Inc., a basket making supply company. He has over 20 years experience in making white oak baskets, writing patterns and teaching basket classes.
E-mail: scottgilbert@nationalbasketry.org

Patti Lechman Patti Lechman is a fiber artist who has been teaching and living in Memphis for the past 32 years. Her small scale knotted works are in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the M.H. de Young Museum of Art in San Francisco, the Cleveland Museum, the Wustum Museum in Racine, Wisconsin, North Carolina State Museum in Raleigh, the Tennessee State Museum in Nashville, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art in Memphis, Arkansas Arts Center in Little Rock and the Fine Arts Museum of the South in Mobile, Alabama.

Jan Peters: Jan Peters attended UCLA and then traveled extensively in India . She worked briefly in advertising before becoming a fiber and jewelry artist. In 1973 she founded del Mano Gallery with partner Raymond Leier. Ms. Peters has co– authored three books on craft media, Contemporary Glass – Color, Light and Form; Contemporary Baskets – Tradition and Beyond and Contemporary Turned Wood - New Perspectives in a Rich Tradition. She also juried 500 Wood Bowls & 500 Baskets published by Lark Books. She has been a juror for numerous art events and has lectured to artist and collector organizations. She is on the board of the Glass Alliance of Los Angeles, the Collector’s of Wood Art and the National Basketry Organization and is a member of many arts organizations.

Tommie Rodgers: Director. Tommie is Registrar at the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art in Laurel, Mississippi. The Lauren Rogers Museum of Art is home to 500 Native American Baskets from North America.  Most of the baskets were collected between 1900-1904 by local collector Catherine Marshall Gardiner.  The museum has recently opened its reinstallation project that was over 6 years in the making.  The exhibit titled "By Native Hands:  Woven Treasures from the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art" is accompanied by a catalogue of the same name. 
E-mail: tommierodgers@nationalbasketry.org

Sybil Sweat: Assistant treasurer.

Genevieve Carlson became the Executive Director in June 2005, after being Michael's assistant for 2 1/2 years.  She learned everything she knows about basketry from her mom and Michael.  She has an undergraduate degree in Industrial and Systems engineering and is working on her masters degree in Middle School education.