WMA Board Members

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WMA Board of Directors at the 2019 Annual Meeting in Boise, ID

 

Eowyn Bates

Vice President of Institutional Advancement
San Diego Natural History Museum
Term ends: 2020
 

Sarah Bloom

Associate Director of Education
Seattle Art Museum
Term ends: 2020
 

W. James Burns, Ph.D.

Executive Director
Arizona Historical Society
Term ends: 2022
 

Steve Comba

Associate Director/Registrar
Pomona College Museum of Art
Term ends: 2022
 

Chloe Doucette

Senior Director of Programs and Engagement
Museum of Idaho
Term ends: 2023
 

Laurie Egan-Hedley

Director and Curator 
Barona Cultural Center & Museum
Term ends: 2022
 

Melanie Fales

Executive Director
Boise Art Museum
Term ends: 2020
 

Jennifer Fang

Director of Education
Japanese American Museum of Oregon
Term ends: 2023
 

Michael Fiegenschuh

Principal
EDX Exhibits
Term ends: 2020
 

Rebecca Horta

Arts Manager
City of Los Angeles, Department of Cultural Affairs, Public Art Division
Term ends: 2023
 

Scot Jaffe

Director of Facilities and Operations
Oakland Museum of California
Term ends: 2020
 

Noelle Kahanu

Assistant Specialist, Public Humanities and Native Hawaiian Programs
University of Hawaii at Monoa
Term ends: 2020
 

Jonathan Katz

CEO
Cinnabar Inc
Term ends: 2022
 

Angela Linn

Senior Collections Manager
University of Alaska Museum of the North
Term ends: 2020
 

Sonja Lunde

Deputy Director of Planning and Programs
Utah Museum of Fine Arts
Term ends: 2020
 

Brandie Macdonald

Director of Decolonizing Initiatives
Museum of Us

Term ends: 2023

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Matt Mattice

Executive Director
King Kamehameha V Judiciary History Center
Term ends: 2023
 

Kristen Mihalko

Director of Operations
Balboa Park Cultural Partnership
Term ends: 2023
 

Lorie Millward

Vice President of Design and Programming
Thanksgiving Point
Term ends: 2021
 

Barron Oda

CoChair,
American Bar Association,
Museums and the Arts Law Committee
Term ends: 2023
 

Carlos Ortega

Exhibitions Director
Museum of Latin American Art
Term ends: 2022
 

Anne Rowe

Director of Collections and Exhibitions
Sunnylands Center & Gardens
Term ends: 2020
 

Rosanna Sharpe

Executive Director
REACH Interpretive Center
Terms ends: 2022
 

Bart Shively

Chief Strategy Officer
MATT Construction
Term ends: 2023
 

Koven Smith

Principal
Koven J. Smith Consulting
Term ends: 2023
 

Keni S. Sturgeon

Executive Director
Wenatchee Valley Museum
Term ends: 2020
 

Hally Swift

Director of Finance and Operations
Burke Museum
Term ends: 2023
 

Edward Tepporn

Executive Director
Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation
Term ends: 2023
 

Moya Waters

Associate Director
Museum of Anthropology,
University of British Columbia
Term ends: 2022
 

Dana Whitelaw

President
High Desert Museum
Term ends: 2020
 

Molly Wilmoth

Lead Program Manager
Washington State Historical Society
Term ends: 2023
 

Jeanette Woodburn

Principal
Holistic Fundraising
Term ends: 2020