Board and Staff
BOARD ELECTION
Click here for information and nomination form for the 2010 MPMA Board Elections.
Deadline for nominations: May 1, 2010
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, Director
Hubbard Museum of the American West
Ruidoso Downs, NM
VICE PRESIDENT 2009 - 2011
Joe Schenk, Director
Art Museum of South Texas
Corpus Christi, TX
SECRETARY 2009-2011
Susan Baley, Curator of Education
Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art
Norman, OK
TREASURER 2008 – 2010
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
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
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, Museum Manager
Montana Historical Society, Helena, MT
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, l ubbock, 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
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
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)
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
Dee Harris / David Kennedy
MEMBERSHIP
Jenny Yearous, Curator of Collections Management
State Historical Society of North Dakota, Bismarck, ND
BOARD DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
Rick Young
2010 ANNUAL MEETING COMMITTEE
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE CHAIR
Jay D. Vogt, Director
South Dakota State Historical Society, Pierre, SD
PROGRAM COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS
Sue Gates, Executive Director
Dacotah Prairie Museum, Aberdeen SD
Christopher Orwoll, CDR, USN (Ret.), President & CEO
Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center, Hutchinson, KS
DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE CHAIR
HOST COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS
Raymond D. Summers, Executive Director
The Journey Museum, Rapid City, SD
Mary A. Kopco, Director
Adams Museum, Deadwood, SD
EXHIBITS HALL COORDINATOR
Hillary English, Membership Services Coordinator
Littleton, CO
AUCTION
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 Kennedy
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