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BOARD ELECTION
Click here for information and nomination form for the 2011 MPMA Board Elections.Deadline for nominations:  April 15, 2011

A Note from Rick Young, Past MPMA President and Board Developement Chair:

It is that time of year when the Mountain-Plains Museums Association calls for nominations for the Board of Directors.  A Nomination Form is available here on MPMA’s website for your use, and I would certainly encourage you to put forward names of individuals including your own name, who would be interested in serving on the Board and who also could make a contribution to the future of MPMA. Without a doubt, serving on this board is a stimulating and educational experience where Board members contribute to the growth and direction of a major regional museum organization. 

 

MPMA OFFICE: 

303-979-9358    fax:  303-979-3553

General Email Address:  info@mpma.net

 

MPMA Staff 

Monta Lee Dakin, Executive Director & Newsgram Editor:  mountplains@aol.com

Erin Barrette, Assistant Conference Coordinator: info@mpma.net

Hillary English, Membership Services Coordinator:  mtplains@gmail.com

Sharon Cook, Data Processing Manager:  mountplainsbooks@gmail.com

 

Officers, Board Members-at-Large, Committee Chairs

OFFICERS 

PRESIDENT          2009 - 2011

Jay S. Smith, Interim Director

Silver City Museum

Fort Stanton, NM

VICE PRESIDENT    2009 - 2011

Joe Schenk, Director

Art Museum of South Texas

Corpus Christi, TX

SECRETARY       2010 - 2012            

Mark Janzen, Registrar/Collection Manager

Ulrich Museum of Art

Wichita, KS

TREASURER     2010 - 2012

Michael J. Smith, Director / CEO

Nebraska State Historical Society

Lincoln, NE

 

PAST PRESIDENT     2009 - 2011

Rick Young, Museum Director

Fort Caspar Museum & Historic Site

Casper, WY

 

BOARD MEMBERS-AT-LARGE    

2010 - 2013

Francine Carraro, Executive Director

The Grace Museum, Abilene, TX

 

2010 - 2013

Deborah Amend, Superintendent

Wyoming Territorial Prison State Historic Site, Laramie, WY

 

2008 - 2011

Nicky Ladkin, Assistant Director

The Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX

 

2009 - 2012

Melissa S. Bechhoefer, Registrar

Colorado Historical Society, Denver, CO 

 

2009 - 2012

Bill Mercer, Director

Sangre de Cristo Arts Center, Pueblo, CO

 

2008 - 2011

Mark Ryan, Director of Collections & Operations

Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND

 

STATE REPRESENTATIVES

COLORADO

Sarah Kate Baie, Director of Programming | Chief of Fictions

Museum of Contemporary Art Denver,  Denver, CO

 

KANSAS

Carla Barber, Executive Director

McPherson Museum & Arts Foundation, McPherson, KS

 

MONTANA

Jason R. Bain,  Curator of Collections

Historical Museum at Fort Missoula, 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

Chris Johnson, Museum Division Director

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, Pierre, SD

 

TEXAS

Henry B. Crawford, Curator of History

Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 

 

WYOMING

Cathy Osterman

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

 

 

AFFILINITY GROUPS

AAMG ( Association of Academic Museums and Galleries)

Susan B. Moldenhauer, Director and Chief Curator

University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, WY

 

ArtsCom

Vacant

 

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, Curator

Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, Enid, OK

 

EMERGING MUSEUM PROFESSIONALS

Heidi Vaughn, Director
Laboratory of History
Museum / University of Central Oklahoma
Edmond, OK

 

NAME (Nat'l Association for Museum Exhibition)

Vacant

 

SMAC (Small Museum Administrators Committee)

Chair:  Christina L. Bird,  Superintendent

Historic Governors’ Mansion

Cheyenne, WY  cbird@state.wy.us

 

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/TECHNOLOGY

Dee Harris, Exhibits Specialist

National Archives at Kansas City, Kansas City, MO

David Kennedy, Curator

Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, Enid, OK

 

MEMBERSHIP

Jenny Yearous, Curator of Collections Management

State Historical Society of North Dakota, Bismarck, ND 

 

BOARD DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

Rick Young (see Past President)

 

PURCHASING CO-OP

Jamie Frazier Tracy, Curator of Collections

Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum, Wichita, KS

 

2011 ANNUAL MEETING COMMITTEE

CONFERENCE COMMITTEE CHAIR

Richard Simms, Director

Montana Historical Society, Helena, MT

 

 PROGRAM COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS

Deborah Amend, Superintendent

Wyoming Territorial Prison State Historic Site, Laramie, WY

Patti Wood Finkle, Exhibits Specialist

Tate Geological Museum/Casper College, Casper, WY

 

DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE CHAIR

Susan R. Near, Special Projects

Montana Historical Society, Helena, MT

 

HOST COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS

 

EXHIBITS HALL COORDINATOR

Hillary English, Membership Services Coordinator

Littleton, CO

 

AUCTION

Heidi Vaughn, Director

Laboratory of History Museum/University of Central Oklahoma

Edmond, OK

 

AWARDS CHAIR

Kathy Dickson, Director of Museums and Historic Sites

Oklahoma Historical Society, Oklahoma City, OK

 

MENTORING CO- CHAIRS

Kathrine Schlageck, Education/ Public Services Supervisor

Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Manhattan, KS

Henry Crawford, Curator of History

Museum of Texas Tech University, l ubbock, TX 

 

SCHOLARSHIP CHAIR

David Kennedy, Curator

Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, Enid, OK

 

AAM BOARD MEMBERS IN MPMA REGION

Howard Taylor, Director

San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX

Tey Marianna Nunn, Director

Visual Arts Program and Museum, Albuquerque, NM

 

 

 

 

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Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas and Wyoming


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