Board and Staff
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Officers, Board Members-at-Large and Staff
OFFICERS
PRESIDENT 2007-2009
Rick Young, Museum Director
Fort Caspar Museum & Historic Site
Casper, WY
VICE‑PRESIDENT 2007-2009
Jay S. Smith, Director
Hubbard Museum of the American West
Ruidoso Downs, NM
SECRETARY 2009-2011
Susan Baley, Curator of Education
Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art
Norman, OK
TREASURER 2009 – 2011
Michael J. Smith, Director / CEO
Nebraska State Historical Society
Lincoln, NE
PAST PRESIDENT 2007-2009
Dee A. Harris, Director of Visual Arts and Humanities
Mid-America Arts Alliance ExhibitsUSA & NEH on the Road
Kansas City, MO / Bonner Springs, KS
BOARD MEMBERS‑AT‑LARGE
2007-2010
Kathy Dickson, Director of Museums and Historic Sites
Oklahoma Historical Society
Oklahoma City, OK
2007-2010
Cathy L. Wright, Director
The Albuquerque Museum of Art & History
Albuquerque, NM
2009-2012
Nicky Ladkin, Assistant Director
The Museum of Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX
2006-2009
David Kennedy, Curator
Buffalo Bill Historical Center
Cody, WY
2006-2009
Joe Schenk, Director
Art Museum of South Texas.
Corpus Christi, TX
2006-2007
Mark Ryan, Director of Collections & Operations
Plains Art Museum
Fargo, ND
STATE REPRESENTATIVES
COLORADO
Laura Douglas, Principal
Education ala Carte
Denver, CO
KANSAS
Carla Barber, Executive Director
McPherson Museum & Arts Foundation
McPherson, KS
MONTANA
L.J. Richards, Consultant
Exhibits & Public/Private Collections Care
Missoula MT
NEBRASKA
Teresa Kreutzer-Hodson, Curator
Hastings Museum of Natural and Cultural History
Hastings, NE
NEW MEXICO
Anthony J. Thibodeau, Collections Manager
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology
Santa Fe, NM
NORTH DAKOTA
Jenny Yearous, Curator of Collections Management
State Historical Society of North Dakota
Bismarck, ND
OKLAHOMA
Delaynna Trim, Registrar
Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art
Shawnee, OK
SOUTH DAKOTA
Ronette Rumpca, Curator of Interpretation
Museum of the South Dakota State Historical Society
Cultural Heritage Center
Pierre, SD
TEXAS
Kelli Pickard, Museum Director
Log Cabin Village
Fort Worth, TX
WYOMING
Christina L. Bird, Associate Director
CFD Old West Museum
Cheyenne, WY
STANDING PROFESSIONAL COMMITTEES
EdCOM (Education Committee)
Erin B. Rose, Curator of Education
Fort Caspar Museum
Casper, WY
RC-MPMA (Registrars' Committee)
Mark Janzen, Registrar/Collection Manager
Ulrich Museum of Art
Wichita, KS
TRIBAL MUSEUM NETWORK
Christy Van Buren, Program Director
Picuris Pueblo
Penasco, NM
AFFILINITY GROUPS
ACUMG (Association of College and University Museums and Galleries)
Susan B. Moldenhauer, Director & Chief Curator
University of Wyoming Art Museum
Laramie, WY
ArtsCom
Co-Chairs
Holly Turner, Executive Director
Nicolaysen Art Museum and Discovery Center
Casper, WY
Robyn G. Peterson, Executive Director
Yellowstone Art Museum
Billings, MT
COMPT
Dr. Carolyn Pool, Professor of History
University of Central Oklahoma
Edmond, OK
CURCOM (Curators Committee)
Co-Chairs
Elisa Phelps, Director of Collections/Library Division
Colorado Historical Society
Denver, CO
David Kennedy
EMERGING MUSEUM PROFESSIONALS
Heidi Vaughn, Director
Laboratory of History Museum / University of Central Oklahoma
Edmond, OK
NAME (Nat'l Association for Museum Exhibition)
Charles Counter, Exhibits Director
University of Colorado Museum
Boulder, CO
SMAC (Small Museum Administrators Committee)
Chair: Christina Bird
VOLUNTEER COORDINATORS COMMITTEE
Beth Campbell, Visitor Services Coordinator
State Historical Society of North Dakota
Bismarck, ND
COMMITTEES
ADVOCACY
Arthur H. Wolf, Principal
WOLF Consulting
Las Vegas, NV
ARCHIVIST
Matthew P. Wilson
National Park Service/ Intermountain Regional Office
Denver, CO
MARKETING
Jay S. Smith, Director
MEMBERSHIP
Jenny Yearous
BOARD DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
Dee Harris
2009 ANNUAL MEETING COMMITTEE
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE CHAIR
Milward Simpson, Director
Department of State Parks & Cultural Resources
heyenne, WY
PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIR
Jay Smith
DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE CHAIR
Sue Castenada, Program Coordinator
Wyoming State Parks and Cultural Resources
Cheyenne, WY
HOST COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS
Deborah Amend, Superintendent
Historic Governors' Mansion
Cheyenne, WY
Wayne Hansen, Director
Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum
CEO, Cheyenne Depot Museum
Cheyenne, WY
Exhibits Hall Coordinator
Melissa S. Bechhoefer, Registrar
Colorado Historical Society
Denver, CO
AUCTION CHAIR
Heidi Vaughn
AWARDS CHAIR
Kathy Dickson
MENTORING CHAIR
Kathrine Schlageck, Education/ Public Services Supervisor
Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art
Manhattan, KS
SCHOLARSHIP CHAIR
Dave Kenney
MPMA STAFF
Monta Lee Dakin, Executive Director & Newsgram Editor
Littleton, CO
Erin Barrette, Assistant Conference Coordinator
Littleton, CO
Hillary English, Membership Services Coordinator
Littleton CO.
Sharon Cook, Data Processing Manager
Littleton, CO
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