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The American Craft Council is governed by a member-elected 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. They serve a three-year term and may be reelected for additional three- or one-year terms. The board meets twice yearly, in New York and other cities. Officers of the board, elected by the trustees, include the chair, vice chair, secretary and treasurer. They, together with chairs of various committees, form the Executive Committee of the board, which meets several times during the year. 2009 Board of Trustees Carolyn Alper, Washington, DC Craft advocate and collector; founder, Carolyn Alper Enterprises; board member and former vice chair, Corcoran Gallery of Art; board member, Pyramid Atlantic, James Renwick Alliance, Jewish Historical Society; graduate, American University Barbara Berlin, Potomac, MD – BOARD VICE CHAIR Craft advocate and collector; former board member and president, James Renwick Alliance; former president, Founders’ Circle, Mint Museum of Craft + Design; a former vice-president, Brandeis University National Women’s Committee; graduate, University of Washington Fleur Bresler, Rockville, MD Craft advocate and collector; advisory board member and former board president, Wood Turning Center; Former Board Member, Renwick Alliance; Caucus and past board member, Collectors of Wood Art founding member; former quilt docent, Textiles Division, the Smithsonian Museum of American History; docent Smithsonian American Art Museum, Renwick Gallery Corinna Cotsen, Santa Monica, CA Craft advocate, collector and printmaker; founder, Edifice Complex; former trustee, Washington University in St. Louis; chair, Los Angeles Regional Cabinet for Washington University; board member, Los Angeles Craft and Folk Art Museum; member, President’s Council National Public Radio; graduate, Washington University School of Architecture and the School of Engineering and Applied Science Susan Cummins, Tiburon, CA - BOARD SECRETARY Former owner, Susan Cummins Gallery; co-founder, Art Jewelry Forum; director, Rotasa Foundation; graduate, Scripps College Leilani Lattin Duke, Pacific Palisades, CA – BOARD CHAIR Craft advocate; former director, LA Times Reading by Nine Initiative; founding director, Getty Education Institute for the Arts, J. Paul Getty Trust; Denison University (BA); Syracuse University (MA) Marc Grainer, Potomac, MD Craft advocate; founder and chair, Customer Care Measurement and Consulting; board member and vice president, the James Renwick Alliance; advisory board member, Furniture Society; board member, Mint Museum of Craft + Design Founders' Circle; graduate, University of Michigan, Harvard Law School Emily Gurtman, Largo, FL Craft advocate and collector; board member, Founder’s Circle Board of Trustees for the Mint Museum of Craft and Design; board member, Gulf Coast Jewish and Family Services; trustee, Pinellas County YWCA; chair, Exhibition and Collections Committee, Florida Holocaust Museum Peter Held, Tempe, AZ Curator of Ceramics, Ceramics Research Center, Arizona State University Art Museum; former executive director and curator, Holter Museum of Art; graduate, State University of New York College at Brockport, Oregon State University Barbara Laughlin, Charlotte, NC Craft advocate and collector; retired CIO First Union Corporation (Wachovia); trustee and former president, Founders' Circle of the Mint Museum of Craft + Design; trustee, Belmont Abbey College; advisory member, DePaul University College of Commerce; president elect, Charlotte City Club; member, Levine Children's' Hospital Art Advisory Committee; BSC and MBA DePaul University Marlin Miller, Reading, PA – BOARD TREASURER Craft advocate and collector; director and president, Norwich Ventures; chair emeritus and director, Arrow International; trustee and chair emeritus, Alfred University; member, Board of Dean’s Advisors, Harvard Business School; director and chair emeritus, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts; director and chair, Berks Business Education Coalition; director and past president, Hawk Mountain Council, B.S.A.; graduate, Alfred University Sara S. Morgan, Houston, TX Craft advocate and collector; co-founder and former president, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft; board member, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; board member, Anderson Ranch, Snowmass, CO; graduate, University of Missouri Gabriel Ofiesh, Charlottesville, VA Jewelry Designer; American Craft Council Show exhibitor, graduate The University of Virginia. Tina Oldknow, Corning, NY Curator of Modern Glass, Corning Museum of Glass; former editor, Glass Art Society Journal; graduate, University of Pennsylvania, University of California, Los Angeles Judy Pote, Philadelphia, PA Craft advocate and supporter; president, The Women's Committee of the Philadelphia Museum of Art; President, Board of Directors, the Clay Studio; member, Museum of Arts & Design; committee member, Kimmel Center 2004 Summer in the City Gala; committee member, 2001 Fox School of Business & Management at Temple University Tribute; committee member, 200th Anniversary of White-Williams Scholars; supporter, Philadelphia Citizens for Children & Youth; supporter, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society; supporter, Philadelphia Singers; supporter, Center for Emerging Visual Artists Tommie Pratt Rush, Knoxville, TN Glass artist; owner, Tomco; board member, Glass Art Society; board member, Penland School of Crafts; American Craft Council Show exhibitor; graduate, University of Tennessee Warren Seelig, Rockland, ME Distinguished visiting professor, Craft-Fibers program, University of the Arts, Philadelphia; Fellow, American Craft Council; mentor, graduate program, Maine College of Art; visiting critic, textile program, Rhode Island School of Design; former board member, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts; graduate, Philadelphia College of Textiles & Science (now Philadelphia University), Cranbrook Academy of Art Cindi Strauss, Houston, TX Curator for Modern and Contemporary Decorative Arts and Design at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; graduate, Hamilton College, Cooper-Hewitt/Parsons School of Design Jamienne Studley, San Francisco, CA Educator; craft advocate and collector; president, Public Advocates, Inc.; formerly president, Skidmore College, general counsel, U.S. Department of Education, associate dean, Yale Law School; co-founder, Collectors of Wood Art; board member, San Francisco Museum of Craft & Design, Association of American Colleges & Universities, The Urban School; graduate, Barnard College, Harvard Law School Thomas Turner, Kalamazoo, MI Jewelry designer/goldsmith; former jewelry department head and instructor, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts; American Craft Council Show exhibitor; graduate, Western Michigan University Barbara Waldman, San Francisco, CA Craft collector; founder and principal, Designer Previews; director emerita, Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS/Northern California; graduate University of Michigan, Harvard Business School Judith Weisman, Chevy Chase, MD Craft advocate and collector; founder, Judith S. Weisman Interiors; board member, James Renwick Alliance; board member, Metropolitan Center for the Visual Arts; George Washington University (MA), American University Law School American Craft Council 2009 Officers and Committee List Officers Leilani Lattin Duke, Chair Barbara Berlin, Vice Chair Marlin Miller, Treasurer Susan Cummins, Secretary Executive Committee Barbara Berlin Corinna Cotsen Susan Cummins Leilani Lattin Duke Barbara Laughlin Michael Lamar Alexandra Moses Marlin Miller Cindi Strauss Barbara Waldman Committee on Trustees Corrina Cotsen (chair) Development Barbara Berlin (co-chair) Barbara Waldman (co-chair) Finance Barbara Laughlin (chair) Programs Michael Lamar (co-chair) Cindi Strauss (co-chair) Strategic Directions Alexandra Moses (chair)