AAM is governed by the Board of Directors elected by the members of the Association.
Chair of the Board
Carl R. Nold (2008-2010)
President and CEO Historic New England
141 Cambridge Street
Boston, MA 02114-2702
Telephone: 617/227-3957x 248
Fax: 617/227-9204
Email: cnold@historicnewengland.org
Assistant: Mary Kearns 617/227-3957x 248
Vice Chair of the Board
Kathy Dwyer Southern (2008-2009)
President & CEO National Children's Museum
955 L'Enfant Plaza North Suite 5100
Washington, DC 20024
Telephone: 202/675-4127
Fax: 202/675-4171
Email: ksouthern@ncm.museum
Assistant: Dwight Andrews 202/675-4134
Immediate Past Chair
Irene Y. Hirano (2008-2010)
President & CEO Japanese American National Museum
369 E. First Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012-3901
Telephone: 213/625-3805
Fax: 213/625-1770
Email: ihirano@janm.org
Assistant: Eva Mejia 213/830-5651
Board Members-at-Large
Term of Office 2006 – 2009
Georgianna Contiguglia (2006-2009)
Colorado State Historic Preservation Office
2212 S. Alton Way
Denver, CO 80231
Telephone: 303/755-5167
Fax: 303/745-4465
Email: GJContiguglia@aol.com
Assistant:N/A
Gail M. Harrity (2006-2009)
Chief Operating Officer Philadelphia Museum of Art
PO Box 7646
Philadelphia, PA 19101
Telephone: 215/684-7702
Fax: 215/232-4338
Email: gharrity@philamuseum.org
Assistant: Sandy Russo 215/684-7707
Steven High (2006-2009)
Director
Telfair Museum of Art
121 Barnard Street
Savannah, GA 31401
Telephone: 912/790-8806
Fax: 912/790-8803
Email: highs@telfair.org
Assistant: Verdise Bradford 912/790-8808
Cristián Samper (2006-2009)
Acting Secretary Smithsonian Institution
P.O. Box 37012 SI Building, Rm 205, MIRCO16
Washington, DC 20013-5148
Telephone: 202/633-5148
Fax: 202/657-4779
Email: samperc@si.edu
Assistant: Catherine Beliveau 202/633-5148
Howard J. Taylor (2006-2009)
Director San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts
One Love Street
San Angelo, TX 76903
Telephone: 325/653-3333
Fax: 325/658-6800
Email: director@samfa.org
Assistant: Grace Hernandez 325/653-3333
John Wetenhall (2007-2009)
Executive Director John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art
5401 Bay Shore Road
Sarasota, FL 34243-2161
Telephone: 941/359-5700 x 12001
Fax: 941/360-7336
Email: jwetenhall@ringling.org
Assistant: Gussie Haeffner 941/359-5700 x 12003
Term of Office 2007 - 2010
Kinshasha Holman Conwill (2007-2010)
Deputy Director
National Museum of African American History
Capital Gallery, Suite 7001 MRC 509
PO Box 37012 Washington, DC 20013-7012
Telephone: 202/633-4753
Fax: 202/633-4816
Email: conwillk@si.edu
Assistant: Debora Scriber-Miller 202-633-4751
Ron Forman (2004-2010)
President & CEO Audubon Nature Institute
6500 Magazine Street
New Orleans, LA 70118
Telephone: 504/861-5119
Fax: 504/865-7332
Email: rforman@auduboninstitute.org
Assistant: Carol Little 504/861-5119
Allyn Lord (2007-2010)
Director
Shiloh Museum of Ozark History
118 West Johnson Ave
Springdale, AR 72764-4313
Telephone: 479/750-8165
Fax: 479/750-8693
Email: alord@springdaleark.org
Assistant: N/A
Juanita Moore (2007-2010)
President and CEO Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
315 E Warren Ave
Detroit, MI 48201-1443
Telephone: 313/494-5851
Fax: 313/494-5855
Email: jmoore@maah-detroit.org
Assistant: Yulunda Gladney 313/494-5851
Dennis M. Wint (2007-2010)
President & CEO The Franklin Institute
222 North 20th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Telephone: 215/448-1146
Fax: 215/448-1109
Email: dwint@fi.edu
Assistant: Deb Mass dmass@fi.edu
Ted Beattie (2007-2010)
President and CEO
John G Shedd Aquarium
1200 South Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL 60605
Telephone: 312/692-3113
Fax: 312/939-8069
Email: tbeattie@sheddaquarium.org
Assistant: Barb Stockton 312/692-3101
Term of Office 2008 – 2011
Bobbie Conner (2008-2011)
Director Tamástslikt Cultural Institute
72789 Highway 331
Pendleton, OR 97801
Telephone: 541-966-1901
Fax: 541-966-9927
Email: bobbie.conner@tamastslikt.org
Assistant:N/A
Jim Hanken (2008-2011)
Curator & Professor of Biology Harvard, Museum of Comparative Zoology
26 Oxford Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Telephone: 617-495-2496
Fax: 617-495-5667
Email: hanken@oeb.harvard.edu
Assistant:N/A
Lyndel King (2005-2011)
Director Frederick R Weisman Art Museum
333 E River Road
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Telephone: 612/625-9494
Fax: 612/625-9630
Email: kingx001@umn.edu
Assistant: Gwen Sutter
Douglas G. Myers (2005-2011)
Executive Director Zoological Society of San Diego
P.O. Box 120551
San Diego, CA 92112
Telephone: 619/557-3999
Fax: 619/557-3971
Email: dmyers@sandiegozoo.org
Assistant: Peggy Blessing
Bonnie Pitman (2008-2011)
Deputy Director Dallas Museum of Art
1717 North Harwood Street
Dallas, TX 75201-2398
Telephone: 214/922-1232
Fax: 214/922-0495
Email: BPitman@DallasMuseumofArt.org
Assistant: Mary Frances Barlow 214/922-1361
Nancy Stueber (2008-2011)
President and CEO Oregon Museum of Science and Industry OMSI
1945 SE Water Avenue
Portland, OR 97214
Telephone: 503-797-4514
Fax: 503-797-4566
Email: nstueber@omsi.edu
Assistant: Gloria Swick
Ex Officio Member
Ford Bell
President
American Association of Museums
For more information about the AAM Board of Directors, contact:
The Special Assistant to the President & CEO
202/289-9101
