Booking and details
Dates Wed, Feb 28, 2024, 6:30pm
Tickets $25 with discounts for Folger Members and Subscribers
Join Folger Shakespeare Library Director Michael Witmore as he welcomes expert guests into conversation to explore the plays that make up Folger Theatre’s “What’s Your Story?” season.
In this discussion, Dr. Witmore engages in conversation with Chief Lynn Malerba, Mohegan Tribe Chief and Treasurer of the United States, and Liz Malerba, Director of Policy and Legislative Affairs for United South and Eastern Tribes Sovereignty Protection Fund, about performing Where We Belong in the nation’s capital.
18th Chief of the Mohegan Tribe; Treasurer of the United States
Chief Lynn Malerba
Chief Lynn Malerba
Chief Mutáwi Mutáhash (Many Hearts) Marilynn “Lynn” Malerba became the 18th Chief of the Mohegan Tribe on August 15, 2010, and is the first female Chief in the tribe’s modern history. The position is a lifetime appointment made by the Tribe’s Council of Elders. Lynn follows in footsteps of many strong female role models in the Mohegan Tribe, including her mother, Loretta Roberge, who was a member of the Tribal Council that achieved Federal Recognition for the Tribe and held the position of Tribal Nonner (elder female of respect) as well as her great-grandfather Chief Matagha (Burrill Fielding). Prior to becoming Chief, she served as Chairwoman of the Tribal Council, and served in Tribal Government as Executive Director of Health and Human Services. Preceding her work for the for the Mohegan Tribe, Lynn had a lengthy career as a registered nurse ultimately as the Director of Cardiology and Pulmonary Services at Lawrence & Memorial Hospital.
Director of Policy and Legislative Affairs for United South and Eastern Tribes Sovereignty Protection Fund
Liz Malerba
Liz Malerba
Liz Malerba, a citizen of the Mohegan Tribe, is the Director of Policy and Legislative Affairs for United South and Eastern Tribes Sovereignty Protection Fund, a 501(c)4 non-profit, inter-tribal organization advocating on behalf of 33 federally recognized Tribal Nations from the Northeastern Woodlands to the Everglades and across the Gulf of Mexico. Located in Washington, DC, she works with Congress and the Administration to advance a comprehensive
legislative and regulatory agenda on behalf of member Tribal Nations. Her current work includes advocacy related to Tribal Nation rebuilding, modernizing the federal-Tribal trust relationship, government reform, the restoration of Tribal land bases, health care delivery, and the federal budget. She also assists in directing the organization’s engagement in strategic litigation, with the goals of preserving foundational Indian law and advancing the recognition of
inherent Tribal sovereignty. She has over 15 years of federal policy and advocacy experience, having previously served as Legislative Assistant for the National Indian Health Board, as well as in a variety of staff positions in the U.S. House of Representatives. Liz is a graduate of Allegheny College in Meadville, PA.
Michael Witmore
Michael Witmore is the director of the Folger Shakespeare Library. His books include Landscapes of the Passing Strange: Reflections from Shakespeare, with Rosamond Purcell (W.W. Norton, 2010), Shakespearean Metaphysics (Continuum, 2009), Pretty Creatures: Children and Fiction in the English Renaissance (Cornell University Press, 2007), Childhood and Children’s Books in Early Modern Europe, 1550-1800 (Routledge, 2006), and Culture of Accidents: Unexpected Knowledge in Early Modern England (Stanford University Press, 2001).