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Board of Directors

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

Officers

Jorge Zamanillo
Chair of the Board (2023-2025)
Founding Director
National Museum of the American Latino

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Nathan Richie
Vice Chair & Secretary (2023-2024)
Director
Golden History Museum and Park

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Devon Akmon
Treasurer (2023–2024)
Director
Michigan State University Museum and CoLab Studio

Chevy Humphrey
Immediate Past Chair (2023-2024)
President & CEO
Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago

Board Members

Dina Bailey
CEO
Mountain Top Vision
(2021-2024)

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Carrie Rebora Barratt
Director
LongHouse Reserve
(2023-2026)

Frederic Bertley
President and CEO
Center of Science and Industry
(2023-2026)

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

Carole Charnow
President & CEO
Boston Children’s Museum
(2021-2024)

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

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Marcia DeWitt
Trustee
Biggs Museum of American Art
(2022-2025)

Larry Dubinski
President & CEO
The Franklin Institute
(2023-2026)

Ann Friedman
Founder & CEO
Planet Word
(2021-2024)

Linda Harrison
Director & CEO
The Newark Museum of Art
(2021-2024)

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

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

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Karol Wight
President and Executive Director
Corning Museum of Glass
(2021-2024)


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