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Board of Directors

The American Alliance of Museums is governed by a Board of Directors. The Board accepts nominations for members year round.

Officers

Kippen de Alba Chu
Chair of the Board (2018–2020)
Chief of Staff
Fort Worth Museum of Science and History

 

 

 

 


Chevy Humphrey
Vice Chair (2019-2020)
President & CEO
Arizona Science Center
@chevyluvscience

 

 

 


Berit N. Durler
Treasurer (2019-2020)
Trustee
San Diego Zoo Global
@sandiegozoo

 

 

 


Douglas S. Jones
Immediate Past Chair (2018–2020)
Director
Florida Museum of Natural History
@FloridaMuseum

 

 

Laura Lott, President and CEO, American Alliance of Museums

Laura Lott (ex officio)
President and CEO
American Alliance of Museums

Board Members

Man with dark hair, smiling, wearing a suit and with a lapel pinDevon Akmon
Senior Consultant
DeVos Institute of Arts Management
(2017-2020)

 

 


Headshot of a woman smiling at the camera with long shoulder length brown hair and dangling earrings.Susana Smith Bautista
Museum Consultant
(2018-2021)

 

 


Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko
Incoming Director
Illinois State Museum
@clegutko
(2018-2021)

 

Robert M. Davis
President and CEO
America’s Black Holocaust Museum
(2019-2022)

 


Marcia DeWitt
Board President
Hillwood Estate, Museum and Garden
(2019-2021)

 


Eduardo Díaz
Director
Smithsonian Latino Center
@SLC_Latino
(2017-2020)

 


Christine A. Donovan
Manager, The Northern Trust Charitable Giving Program
Northern Trust Company
(2017-2020)

 


Lisa Yun Lee
Director
National Public Housing Museum
@Doclisayunlee
(2017-2020)

 

Woman with short brown hair, wearing black shirt in front of green leaf background

Kelly McKinley
Deputy Director
Oakland Museum of California
@oaklandmuseumca
(2019-2022)

 


Headshot of a white man standing outside with a goatee wearing a geometric style blanket on one shoulder and a bolo tie.James Pepper Henry
CEO/Director
The American Indian Cultural Center and Museum
(2019-2022)

 

 


Headshot of man with short cut salt and pepper hair with bright blue eyes smiling broadly at the camera wearing a dark blue blazer with a checked white and blue shirt. Nathan Richie
Director
Golden History Museum and Park in Golden, CO
(2018-2021)

 

 


Andrés Roldán
Executive Director
Parque Explora
@ParqueExplora
(2017-2020)

 


Ruth Shelly
Executive Director
Portland Children’s Museum
(2018-2021)

 


Stephanie Stebich
The Margaret and Terry Stent Director
Smithsonian American Art Museum
(2018-2021)

 

 


Woman with short blonde hair and dark glasses smilingJulie Stein
Executive Director
Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture
(2019-2022)

 

 


Headshot of a woman smiling at the camera with short grey hair and dangling earrings.Karol Wight
President and Executive Director
Corning Museum of Glass
(2018-2021)

 

 


Man with short greying in suit with orange lapel pinJorge Zamanillo
Executive Director
HistoryMiami Museum
(2019-2022)

 

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