Annemarie Anderson is the Director for the Alabama Center for Traditional Culture. Her oral history, documentary, and academic work focuses on foodways and the intersection of southern environment, identity, and culture. She grew up in the Wiregrass region of the Florida Panhandle. Annemarie obtained an MFA in Documentary Expression from the University of Mississippi (2022). Her thesis project, THIS GARDEN, documented a community of oyster farmers and fisherfolk in Spring Creek, Florida. She also holds a MA in history, with a specialization in oral history, from the University of Florida (2017) as well as a BA in history and a BA in English from the University of Florida (2016). From 2018 to 2022, Annemarie was oral historian for the Southern Foodways Alliance.  

Anne Kimzey, Folklife Specialist, joined the Center staff in 1990 after serving as a contract folklorist with the Alabama State Council on the Arts since May 1989. Prior to that, she served as folklife specialist, consultant, and fieldworker with a number of institutions in North Carolina and South Carolina, including the McCormick Arts Council, the North Carolina Arts Council and the McKissick Museum. She received her BA in journalism and has completed coursework toward her MA in folklore from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Stefani Priskos, Folklife Program Manager, Folklife Program Manager, holds an MA in folklore from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and received UNC's Archie Green Fellowship for Occupational Folklife for her master's thesis research for her work on hospice bedside singing. She also holds a BA in linguistics from Barnard College of Columbia University, with concentrations in French and Modern Greek. When not collaborating with communities to document, explore, and share established and emerging traditions, Stefani enjoys hiking, traveling, and Sacred Harp singing. Most recently, she served as the Programs Development Manager at the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, NC.