Standards and Best Practices

Benchmarks, guidelines and avenues for recognition.


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Membership is the foundation for excellence and unites the field.



Our Board

We are governed by the Board of Directors elected by the members of the Alliance.

Chair of the Board (2012–2014)

Meme Omogbai
Chief Operating Officer
Newark Museum, NJ

Vice Chair (2012–2013)

John Wetenhall
President & CEO
Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, PA

Immediate Past Chair (2012–2014)

Douglas G. Myers
CEO/Executive Director
San Diego Zoo Global, CA

Class of 2010–2013

Melissa Chiu
Vice President, Global Art Programs
Museum Director
Asia Society and Museum, New York, NY

Kinshasha Holman Conwill
Deputy Director
National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington, DC

David Ellis
Interim Director
Harvard Museum of Natural History, Cambridge, MA

Nik Honeysett
Head of Administration
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA

Juanita Moore
President and CEO
Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, Detroit, MI

Silvia Singer
CEO, Directora General
Museo Interactivo de Economía (MIDE), Mexico City, Mexico

Class of 2011–2014

Ellen Charles
Board President
Hillwood Estate Museum & Gardens, Washington, DC

Roberta Conner
Director
Tamástlikt Cultural Institute, Pendleton, OR 

Kippen de Alba Chu
Executive Director
Iolani Palace, Honolulu, HI 

Kaywin Feldman
Director and President
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MN 

Joel Hoffman
Executive Director
Vizcaya Museum & Gardens, Miami, FL 

Patty Ortiz
Executive Director
Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, San Antonio, TX 

Van Romans
President
Fort Worth Museum of Science & History, TX

Class of 2012–2015

Laura H. Foster
President & CEO
Please Touch Museum, Philadelphia, PA 

William T. Harris
Senior Vice President of Development & Marketing
California Science Center Foundation, Los Angeles, CA 

Douglas S. Jones
Director
Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL 

George G. Johnson
Managing Director
George Johnson & Company, Detroit, MI 

Eliza Benington Kozlowski
Director of Communications and Visitor Engagement
Eastman House, Rochester, NY

Tey Marianna Nunn
Director and Chief Curator, Visual Arts Program and Museum
National Hispanic Cultural Center
Albuquerque, NM

Marshall C. Turner
Principal
Turner Venture Associates, San Francisco, CA