AAM is governed by the Board of Directors elected by the members of the Association.
Chair of the Board
Irene Y. Hirano
President and CEO
Japanese American National Museum
Los Angeles, CA
Vice Chair of the Board Carl R. Nold
President and CEO
Historic New England
Boston, MA
Immediate Past Chair
Jeff N. Rudolph
President and CEO
California Science Center
Los Angeles, CA
Board Members-at-Large
Term of Office 2005 – 2008
Spencer R. Crew
Professor
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA
William Eiland
Director
Georgia Museum of Art
Athens, Ga
Gail M. Harrity
Chief Operating Officer
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia, PA
Lyndel King
Director
Frederick R Weisman Art Museum
Minneapolis, MN
Patrick Kociolek
Director
University of Colorado Museum
Boulder, CO
Douglas G. Myers
Executive Director
Zoological Society of San Diego
San Diego, CA
Term of Office 2006 – 2009
Georgianna Contiguglia
Colorado State Historic Preservation Officer
Denver, CO
Steven High
Director
Telfair Museum of Art
Savannah, GA
Cristian Samper
Acting Secretary
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC
Kathy Dwyer Southern
President & CEO
National Children's Museum
Washington, DC
Howard J. Taylor
Director
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts
San Angelo, TX
John Wetenhall
Executive Director
John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art
Sarasota, FL
Term of Office 2007 - 2010
Ted Beattie
President & CEO
John G. Shedd Aquarium
Chicago, IL
Kinshasha Holman Conwill
Deputy Director
National Museum of African American History & Culture, Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC
Ron Forman
President & CEO
Audubon Nature Institute
New Orleans, LA
Allyn Lord
Director
Shiloh Museum of Ozark History
Springdale, AR
Juanita Moore
President & CEO
Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
Detroit, MI
Dennis M. Wint
President & CEO
The Franklin Institute
Philadelphia, PA
Ex Officio Member
Ford Bell
President
American Association of Museums
For more information about the AAM Board of Directors, contact:
Patrick Gossett
Special Assistant to the President & CEO
202/289-9101
