Washington, DC, 5/4/2009 -

The American Association of Museums (AAM) announced the election of a new vice chair and five new members to its Board of Directors. The new members join the board serving under the direction of its chair, Carl Nold, executive director of Historic New England in Boston.

 

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.

 

Elevated to vice chair was Douglas Myers, the executive director of the San Diego Zoo.  He replaces Kathy Dwyer Southern, President and CEO of the National Children’s Museum in Washington, stepping down after years of service to AAM.

 

“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. “This board will continue that tradition of service, both to AAM and to the entire museum field.”

 

Nold isserving a two-year term as chair, through 2010. He is joined by the following board members:

Vice Chair (Term 2008 - 2009)

• Douglas Myers, Executive Director, Zoological Society of San Diego, San Diego, Cal.

Board Member-at-Large (Term 2008 – 2011)

·       Roberta Conner, Director, Tamástslikt Cultural Institute, Pendleton, Ore.

·       Lyndel King, Director, Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, Minn.

·       Laurie Norton Moffatt, Director, The Norman Rockwell Museum at Stockbridge, Stockbridge, Mass.

·       Bonnie Pitman, Deputy Director, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Tex.

·       Nancy Stueber, President, Oregon Museum of Science and Industry – OMSI, Portland, Ore.

·       Howard Taylor, Director, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Tex.

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)

·       Laura H. Foster, Executive Director, Please Touch Museum, Philadelphia, Penn.

·       William T. Harris, Sr. Vice President of Development and Marketing, California Science Center Foundation, Los Angeles, Calif.

·       Tey Marianna Nunn, Director and Chief Curator, National Hispanic Clultural Center, Albuquerque, N.M.

·       Meme Omogbai, Asst. Treasurer and Chief Operating Officer, The Newark Museum, Newark, N.J.  

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

• 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, 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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