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Board of Trustees
The American Craft Council is governed by a Board of Trustees responsible for the policies, programs, and fiduciary well-being of the organization. Trustees are drawn from the spectrum of the craft community and allied professions. Meeting twice each year, they serve a three-year term and may be reelected for one additional three-year term or up to three special one-year terms. Trustees elect the officers of the board: the chair, vice chair, secretary, and treasurer. These elected officers and chairs of various committees form the Executive Committee of the board, which meets several times during the year.
FY 2012 Board of Trustees
Barbara Berlin, Board Vice Chair
Potomac, MD
Craft advocate and collector; former board member and president of the James Renwick Alliance; founding president of Founders’ Circle, Mint Museum of Craft + Design; former vice-president of Brandeis University National Women’s Committee; graduate of University of Washington
Susie Brandt
Baltimore, MD
Artist and educator; Chair of the Fiber Department at Maryland Institute College of Art; MFA from School of the Art Institute of Chicago and BFA from Philadelphia College of Art
Sonya Clark
Richmond, VA
Artist and educator; Chair of the Department of Craft/Material Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University; former board member of Haystack Mountain School of Crafts; former Baldwin-Bascom Professor of Creative Arts at University of Wisconsin – Madison; BA from Amherst College, MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art, and BFA from Art Institute of Chicago
Corinna Cotsen
Santa Monica, CA
Craft advocate, collector and printmaker; founder of Edifice Complex; former trustee at Washington University in St. Louis; chair of the Los Angeles Regional Cabinet for Washington University; board member of the Los Angeles Craft and Folk Art Museum; member of the President’s Council National Public Radio; graduate of Washington University School of Architecture and the School of Engineering and Applied Science
Leilani Lattin Duke
(Leave of Absence, October 2011-October 2012)
Pacific Palisades, CA
Craft advocate; former director of Los Angeles Times’ Reading by Nine Initiative; founding director of the Getty Education Institute for the Arts, J. Paul Getty Trust; BA from Denison University, MA from Syracuse University
J. Robert Duncan
Lincoln, NE
Craft advocate and collector; Chairman Emeritus of Duncan Aviation; board member at Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts; founding board member of the Nebraska Cultural Endowment; former Treasurer of the American Craft Council; recipient of the Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award; recipient of the William F. Shea Award for Distinguished Contributions to Aviation; graduate of Northwestern University
Libba Evans
Winston Salem, NC
North Carolina Secretary for Arts and Cultural Resources; former board member of the Penland School of Crafts; MBA from Wake Forest University
James R. Hackney, Jr.
Atlanta, GA
Fundraising Consultant/Managing Partner of Alexander Haas; craft advocate and collector; former Director of Development and Marketing at Mint Museum of Art; executive board member, Development and Membership Committee of the American Association of Museums; council member of the Center for the Future of Museums of the American Association of Museums; former president of the Art Museum Development Association; graduate of Wofford College and Yale University
Charlotte Herrera
Webster, NY
Craft advocate and collector; President of the Memorial Art Gallery Board of Managers; business manager of Plastic Surgery Associates Rochester PC; former chair of the Memorial Art Gallery Fine Craft Show; past president of the Gallery Council
Stuart Kestenbaum
Deer Isle, ME
Director of the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts; former Assistant Director of the Maine Arts Commission; studio potter; Honorary Fellow of the American Craft Council; recipient of the Distinguished Educator Award, James Renwick Alliance; graduate of Hamilton College
Michael Lamar
Providence, RI
Craft artist and designer, ceramics and lighting; Co-owner of Altamira Lighting; American Craft Council exhibitor since 1986; adjunct faculty at Rhode Island School of Design, Industrial Design Foundation Studies departments; graduate of University of South Carolina, MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design
Stoney Lamar
Saluda, NC
Maker working in wood and steel; craft advocate; former board chair of the Center for Craft, Creativity and Design; founding board member of Handmade in America; founding member of the American Association of Woodturners; former board president of Southern Highlands Craft Guild; graduate of Appalachian State University
Barbara Laughlin
Charlotte, NC
Craft advocate and collector; retired CIO of First Union Corporation (Wachovia/Wells Fargo); trustee and former president of the Founders' Circle of the Mint Museum of Craft + Design; trustee of McColl Center for the Visual Arts; advisory member of DePaul University College of Commerce; past president and board member of the Charlotte City Club; board member of WFAE/NPR radio; Governor’s International Council Shaw Festival of Canada; BSC, MBA from DePaul University
Marlin Miller, Board Treasurer
Reading, PA
Craft advocate and collector; director and president of Norwich Ventures; chair emeritus and director of Arrow International; trustee and chair emeritus at Alfred University; member of the Board of Dean's Advisors, Harvard Business School; director and chair emeritus of the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts; director and chair of the Berks Business Education Coalition; director and past president of Hawk Mountain Council, B.S.A.; director and chair of GoggleWorks Art Center; director and chair of Life Science Greenhouse of Central PA; graduate, Alfred University
Michael W. Monroe
Bellevue, WA
Director Emeritus of Bellevue Arts Museum; former curator-in-charge at Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum; former executive director of the American Craft Council; curator, The Year of American Craft national touring collection and White House exhibition; BS from University of Wisconsin, MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art
Sara S. Morgan, Board Secretary
Houston, TX
Craft advocate and collector; co-founder and former president of the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft; board member of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; board member of the Houston Grand Opera; graduate of University of Missouri
Alexandra Moses
San Francisco, CA
President, CS Information Technology, Inc.; vice chair of the Mills College Board of Trustees; trustee at the National Council for Research on Women; former president of the American Jewish Congress, New England; lecturer at MIT Sloane School, MIT Enterprise Forum, and Continuum; graduate of Mills College, Boston University School of Law
Gabriel Ofiesh
Charlottesville, VA
Jewelry Designer; American Craft Council Show exhibitor, graduate of the University of Virginia
Sylvia Peters
Knoxville, TN
Fine art and craft collector; president and founder of Legacy Works Productions, Knoxville TN; founder of Whole Village/Whole Nation Consultants; board member of the Knoxville Museum of Art; founding partner of The Edison Project, Knoxville, TN; former director of the Atlanta Community Learning Collaborative; principal of Chicago Public Schools; BE from the National College of Education, MA from Roosevelt University
Judy Pote
Philadelphia, PA
Craft advocate and supporter, potter; board chair of the Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show; past president of the Women's Committee of the Philadelphia Museum of Art; past president, board of directors of the Clay Studio; member of the Museum of Arts & Design; board member of the Long Beach Island Foundation
Tommie Rush
Knoxville, TN
Glass artist; owner of Tomco; former board member of the Glass Art Society; former board member of the Penland School of Crafts; American Craft Council Show exhibitor; graduate of the University of Tennessee
Cindi Strauss
Houston, TX
Assistant director, programming and curator for Modern and Contemporary Decorative Arts and Design at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; graduate of Hamilton College and Cooper-Hewitt/Parsons School of Design
Jamienne Studley
San Francisco, CA
Educator; craft advocate and collector; president of Public Advocates, Inc.; former president of Skidmore College; general counsel of the U.S. Department of Education; associate dean at Yale Law School; co-founder of Collectors of Wood Art; board member of the San Francisco Museum of Craft & Design, Association of American Colleges & Universities, The Urban School; graduate of Barnard College and Harvard Law School
Tom Turner
Kalamazoo, MI
Jewelry designer/goldsmith; former jewelry department head and instructor at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts; American Craft Council Show exhibitor; past board member of the American Craft Council; graduate of Western Michigan University
Damian Velasquez
Albuquerque, NM
Furniture designer and maker; owner of Damian Velasquez, Modern Handcrafted Furniture; former board member of the Southwest Arts and Craft Fair; former owner of Moderno, craft and design gallery; American Craft Council Show exhibitor; graduate of the University of New Mexico
Barbara Waldman, Board Chair
San Francisco, CA
Craft advocate and collector; director and former president of the Museum of Craft and Design, San Francisco; former trustee of Founders’ Circle, Mint Museum of Craft + Design; former director of James Renwick Alliance, Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum; former director of the Art Jewelry Forum; steering committee of DIFFA/Northern California, Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS; graduate of University of Michigan and Harvard Business School PMD
Namita Gupta Wiggers
Portland, OR
Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Craft in partnership with Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, Oregon; author and essayist; artist and jewelry designer; former instructor at Columbia College Chicago; former senior researcher at e-Lab; former Coordinator of Public Programs for Blaffer Gallery; graduate of Rice University and University of Chicago
