Board of Directors

The American Alliance of Museums is a 501(c)3 organization governed by a volunteer Board of Directors.

Officers

Devon Akmon
Chair of the Board (2025-2027)
Director
Michigan State University Museum

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Marcia DeWitt
Vice Chair and Secretary (2025-2026)
Trustee
Biggs Museum of American Art

Larry Dubinski
Treasurer (2025-2026)
President & CEO
The Franklin Institute

Jorge Zamanillo
Immediate Past Chair (2025-2027)
Founding Director
National Museum of the American Latino

Board Members

Dina Bailey
CEO
Mountain Top Vision
(2024-2027)

Carrie Rebora Barratt
Director
LongHouse Reserve
(2023-2026)

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Amy Bartow-Melia
Executive Director
South Carolina State Museum
(2025-2028)

Rebekah Beaulieu
President & CEO
Taft Museum of Art
(2024-2027)

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Lori Bettison-Varga
President/CEO
Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County
(2025-2028)

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Le Monte G. Booker, Sr.
President & CEO
Newfields
(2025-2028)

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Alison Rempel Brown
President & CEO
Science Museum of Minnesota
(2023-2026)

Carole Charnow
President & CEO
Boston Children’s Museum
(2024-2027)

Jessica Chavez
Vice President of Education and Chief Learning & Community Partnerships Officer
Griffin Museum of Science and Industry
(2023-2026)

Ellen Ferguson
Director of Community Relations
Burke Museum of Natural and Cultural History
(2024-2027)

Lori Fogarty
Executive Director
Oakland Museum of California
(2024-2027)

Ann Friedman
Founder & CEO
Planet Word
(2024-2027)

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AJ Goehle
CEO & Principal
Luci Creative
(2025-2028)

Charles L. Katzenmeyer
Vice President, Institutional Advancement
Field Museum
(2023-2026)

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Charles Melcher
Founder and CEO
Future Of Storytelling
(2025-2028)

Hassan Najjar
Executive Director
Biggs Museum of American Art
(2024-2027)

Jennifer Ortiz
Director
Utah Historical Society
(2024-2027)

Patsy Phillips
Executive Director
IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts
(2023-2026)

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Nikki DeJesus Sertsu
Executive Director
Planet Word
(2025-2028)

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Dana Whitelaw
Executive Director
High Desert Museum
(2025-2028)

Jay Xu
Director & CEO
Asian Art Museum
(2024-2027)

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