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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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