| The Voices of Our Nations Arts Foundation Who is who |



Executive Director Diem Jones comes from the world of music, spoken word, and photography, He has several poetry collections and spoken song c.d's. He is the Director of Programs at Arts Council Silicon Valley. Diem can be contacted at: diem@vona-voices.org |

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| Program Coordinator Dalia Basiouny is a theater scholar, director and anthologist. She is currently in the PhD program at CUNY, and active in the Arab-American comedy festival and Theater Scene. Dalia is available at dalia@voicesatvona.org |

Workshop Director Teri Elam is an HR Consultant/Coach currently finishing her M.Ed. at UGA. A VONA Alum, she was recently published in "The Ringing Ear: Black Poets Lean South." Teri can be contacted at teri@voicesatvona.org |

Tony Khalife is our VONA musician. A renowned drummer, guitarist and composer, he has 4 c.d.s. the most recent, Trancendence |
Elmaz Abinader is a co founder of VONA and a faculty member--she co-administers the program, specializing in public and faculty relations-- elmazabinader@voicesatvona.org |
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| Workshop Coordinator Amanda Andonian started at VONA as an intern. Amanda starts her PhD at Stanford Fall 2008.She has been on the Foghorn Staff and has written for the Flame. Amanda is available at info@voicesatvona.org |
