AAM Press Release
AAM Elects New Board Chair, Vice Chair and Seven New Board Members
Washington, DC, 5/2/2008 -
AAM Elects New Board Chair, Vice Chair and
Seven New Board Members
WASHINGTON, DC (May 2, 2008) − The American Association of Museums (AAM) announced the election of a new chair, vice chair and seven new members to its Board of Directors. The new chair, Carl Nold, executive director of Historic New England in Boston, will be introduced to a general session of the AAM Annual Meeting in Denver by immediate past chair, Irene Hirano.
Nold and his fellow electees will assume their new roles at the conclusion of the AAM Annual Meeting on May 1, 2008. The AAM board is comprised of a chair, vice chair, immediate past chair and 18 members-at-large − all museum professionals from institutions diverse in type, size and geographic location.
“As the nation’s oldest and largest museum association, AAM has for decades benefited from a committed and visionary board of directors,” said Ford W. Bell, president of AAM. “These individuals are destined to continue that tradition of service, both to AAM and to the entire museum field.”
Nold will serve a two-year term as chair, from 2008 to 2010. He is joined by the following board members:
Vice Chair (Term 2008 - 2009)
- Kathy Dwyer Southern, President and CEO, National Children’s Museum, Washington, D.C.
Board Member-at-Large (Term 2008 – 2011)
· Roberta Conner, Director, Tamástslikt Cultural Institute, Pendleton, Ore.
· James Hanken, Curator & Professor of Biology, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Mass.
· Lyndel King, Director, Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, Minn.
· Douglas Myers, Executive Director, Zoological Society of San Diego, San Diego, Cal.
· Bonnie Pitman, Deputy Director, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Tex.
· Nancy Stueber, President, Oregon Museum of Science and Industry – OMSI, Portland, Ore.
Board Member-at-Large (Term 2006–2009)
- Gail Harrity, Chief Operating Officer, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Penn. (Completing unexpired term of Kathy Dwyer Southern)
BOARD MEMBERS CONTINUING SERVICE
Immediate Past Board Chair (Term 2008 – 2010)
· Irene Y. Hirano, President & CEO, Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles, Cal.
Board Member-at-Large (Term 2006–2009)
· Georgia Contiguglia, Colorado State Historic Preservation Officer
· Steven High, Director, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Ga.
· Cristián Samper, Director, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C.
· Howard Taylor, Director, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Tex.
- John Wetenhall, Executive Director, John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Fla.
Board Member-at-Large (Term 2007 – 2010)
- Ted Beattie, President and CEO, Shedd Aquarium, Chicago, Ill.
- Kinshasha Holman Conwill, Deputy Director, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington, D.C.
- Ron Forman, President and CEO, Audubon Nature Institute, New Orleans, Lou.
- Allyn Lord, Director, Shiloh Museum of Ozark History, Springdale, Ark.
- Juanita Moore, President and CEO, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, Detroit, Mich.
- Dennis Wint, President and CEO, The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Penn..
About the American Association of Museums
The American Association of Museums (AAM) has been bringing museums together since 1906, helping to develop standards and best practices, gathering and sharing knowledge, and providing advocacy on issues of concern to the entire museum community. With more than 15,000 individual, 3,000 institutional, and 300 corporate members, AAM is dedicated to ensuring that museums remain a vital part of the American landscape, connecting people with the greatest achievements of the human experience, past, present and future. For more information, visit www.aam-us.org.
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