Leadership
Board & team.
ATA-Houston is run by volunteers — a five-person Board of Directors, an eight-person Executive Committee, and the past presidents who built what we inherited.
Board of Directors
Doğan Baysal
Chairperson
Cengiz Şişman
Vice Chairperson
Ebru Çimen Tarhan
Director
Mustafa Tunç
Director
Elif Ansari
President
Executive Committee
Elif Ansari
President
Michelle Haskin
Executive Secretary
Burak Bostancı
Treasurer
Kayra Erkek
VP of Cultural Affairs
Denizcan Koç
VP of Development
Nida Yılmaz
VP of Communications
Damon Paull
VP of Community Outreach
Emre Cullu
VP of Technology
Archive
Past presidents
23 presidents · 1980 – 2024
Ebru Çimen Tarhan
2021 – 2024
Sevgi Keskin
2019 – 2021
Özlem Adra
2015 – 2019
Ebru Erdini
2014 – 2015
Jason Williams
2013 – 2014
Deniz Demirörs
2011 – 2013
Gürcan Gülen
2009 – 2011
Esen Erdemir
2008 – 2009
Oğuz Orhon
2007 – 2008
Şükran Kadıpaşaoğlu
2006 – 2007
T
Tanju Obut
2004 – 2006
Serhan Seçmen
2002 – 2004
Coşkun Çağlar
1999 – 2002
Erhan Üsküp
1995 – 1999
Randy Burdett
1990 – 1995
Demir Karsan
1989 – 1990
Yıldırım Bayazıtoğlu
1987 – 1989
Y
Yener Ölmez
1986 – 1987
A
Altan Erdil
1985 – 1986
A
Ahmet Gümüşer
1984 – 1985
V
Velit Seyfettin
1983 – 1984
K
Kemal Güngör Dündar
1981 – 1983
İ
İlhan Tezel
1980 – 1981
Get involved
Board and ExCom positions open this fall.
Per Article II §4, nominations open in early December. If you'd like to talk before then, the team is glad to.