AAM is governed by the Board of Directors elected by the members of the Association.

Chair of the Board (2010–2012)

Douglas G. Myers
CEO & Executive Director
San Diego Zoo Global

Vice Chair (2011–2012) 

Immediate Past Chair (2010–2012) 

Class of 2009–2012

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

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

Cristián Samper
Director
National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C.

Marshall C. Turner
Principal
Turner Venture Associates, San Francisco

John Wetenhall
President & CEO
Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, Pa.

Laurie Norton Moffatt
Director
Norman Rockwell Museum
Stockbridge, Mass.

Class of 2010–2013

Ted Beattie
President and CEO
John G. Shedd Aquarium, Chicago

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

Kinshasha Holman Conwill
Deputy Director
National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington, D.C.

David Ellis
Interim Director
Harvard Museum of Natural History, Cambridge, Mass.

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

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

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

Class of 2011–2014

Ellen Charles
Board President
Hillwood Estate Museum & Gardens, Washington, D.C.

Roberta Conner
Director
Tamástlikt Cultural Institute, Pendleton, Oreg.

Kippen de Alba Chu
Executive Director
Iolani Palace, Honolulu

Kaywin Feldman
Director and President
Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Joel Hoffman
Director
Vizcaya Museum & Gardens, Miami

Patty Ortiz
Executive Director
Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, San Antonio, Tex.

Van Romans
President
Fort Worth Museum of Science & History