Who We Are

A red heart-shaped maze with interconnected paths

In Memoriam

Constantine Sidamon-Eristoff

Founding Chairman, 1994-2011

Board of Directors

Chairman: Simon Sidamon-Eristoff
Present Vice Chairman: Andrew Sidamon-Eristoff
Secretary: Kyra Cheremeteff
Treasurer: Jonathan Nelms

Mariam Otkhemezuri Charlton
Marusya Chavchavadze
Katya Redpath Chavchavadze
Susan P. Graham, MD
Tatiana Sarandinaki Kadaria
Jon Kucera, MD
Ana Lejava
Sergi Nakaidze
Elizabeth Zaldastani Napier
Liberty Walker Pattillo
Othar J. Shalikashvili
Elise Sidamon-Eristoff
Mamuka Tsereteli

Acting President: Susan Sidamon-Eristoff

Board of Advisors

Georgi Alexi-Meskhishvili
Nina Ananiashvili
Eteri Andjaparidze
Lika Arce
Elena Barnum
Ambassador Kent Brown
Norma Brown
Ambassador William Courtney
Louise M. Friel
Natia Gagua
Keith Harrison
Stephen Jones, PhD
Francesca Huemer Kelly
Ambassador lan Kelly
Mary A. Kvitashvili
Dale Medearis
Ambassador Richard M. Miles
Christopher O'Conner
Zaza Pachulia
Yelena Chavchavadze Rasic
Damian Robinson
Brant Shalikashvili
Ambassader John F. Tefft
Judith Yalowitz
Ambassador Kenneth Yalowitz

Black and white portrait of a Constantine Sidamon-Eristoff, founder of American Friends of Georgia

A red and white maze in the shape of a heart

Our Staff

Susan Sidamon-Eristoff

Acting President

Susan is a practicing attorney in Washington, DC. She is a graduate of Duke Law School, where she studied International Human Rights Law.
The granddaughter of AFG’s founder Constantine Sidamon-Eristoff, Susan has long supported AFG's work. She has served on AFG's Advisory Board and has organized a number of highly successful AFG networking events in the Washington, DC area.

Andrea Pluhar

Director of Operations

Business Manager for Provincetown Community
Compact
House Manager and volunteer coordinator for Payomet Performing Arts Center, Truro, MA
Founding member of Wellfleet PorchFest, Outermost Contra, and Narrowland Music
BFA from School of the Museum of Fine Arts/Tufts University