Our mission

The Federation of Alliances Françaises USA is organized around the following goals:
• To support and encourage Member Chapters in their promotion of the language and culture of French speaking peoples.
• To promote an increased understanding of the French language, literature, history and culture among people in the United States; to encourage cultural exchange and mutual understanding between French-speaking countries and the United States; and to interface with the Alliance Française de Paris, the Delegation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cultural Services of the French Embassy, and other interested partners and institutions.
• To publish, circulate, create, promote, manufacture or otherwise develop books, pamphlets, bulletins, brochures, presentations on film, video or audio tape, or any current technology, in any way related to the abovementioned objectives of the Federation.
• To provide assistance to Member Chapters, individually and collectively, in any way possible in the designing, publication, promotion or development of appropriate books, pamphlets, bulletins, brochures, presentations on film, video or audio tape, or any current technology, in any way related to the above-described objectives of the Federation.
• To maintain a mutually co-operative working relationship with the Delegation.
• To be part of the worldwide family of Alliances Françaises; the Federation acknowledges that the Alliance Française de Paris is the heart of this network (Coeur du reseau).
• To purchase, lease or otherwise acquire property, real or personal, to contract for goods or services, to hire employees, to borrow monies and to do any and all other acts necessary and incidental to the performance of any of the aforementioned purposes.
• To be operated for educational, scientific and charitable purposes to the extent, but only to the extent, allowed by Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, the purposes set forth in the preceding clauses (a) - (g) being limited by reference to such educational, scientific and charitable purposes; and in furtherance thereof no part of the net earnings of the Federation shall inure to the benefit of any private individual.

Meet the Federation Board of Directors

President
Mimi C. Gregory - Alliance Française de Bonita Springs, FL
Vice-Presidents
Marie-Laure Arnaud - Alliance Française de Charleston, SC
Becca Brodarick - Alliance Française de Louisville, KY
John G. W. McCord - Alliance Française de Chicago, IL
Treasurer
Matthew Wyatt - Alliance Française de Nashville, TN
Corporate Secretary
Carole Crosby - Chicago, IL
Board Members
Misa Bourdoiseau - Seattle, WA
Eileen Brau - Alliance Française de Puerto Rico, PR
Charles Coulon - Alliance Française de DuPage, Naperville, IL
Bernard E. Duhaime - Alliance Française de Omaha, NE
Dominique Grégoire - Alliance Française de Providence, RI
Louis Kyle - France Press LLC, New York, NY
Bernard Métais, Ph. D. - Alliance Française de Berkeley, CA
Alwyn Rougier-Chapman - Ada, MI
E. Alexandra Stafford - Alliance Française de la Nouvelle Orléans, LA
Marie-Monique Steckel - French Institute - Alliance Française, New York, NY
Daniele Thomas Easton - Alliance Française de Philadelphia, PA

Board members serve for 3-year terms, renewable once, and are elected during the Federation's Annual Meeting. Member chapters wishing to nominate a person to the board should contact the Federation office.