ALLENTOWN ART MUSEUM - Key Persons


Abigail Simmons

Job Titles:
  • Director of Education and Public Engagement

Alex Palmer

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  • Security Supervisor

Alison Heiser

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  • Marketing and Social Media Coordinator

Amalia Z. Daché

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  • TRUSTEE

Ann E. Hohe

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  • TRUSTEE

Anthony Smith

Anthony Smith received a B.A. in Fine Arts from Amherst College (1999) and an M.F.A. in Painting from the University of Michigan (2001). He's showed nationally in "From Here on Out" at Gallery Marzen/ IAG in Madison Wisconsin in 2020, the "Mid-Atlantic Painting 2016" exhibit at the University of Mary Washington Fredericksburg, VA in 2016; the 2010 "Sailing the Barbarous Coast" which traveled to Boston and Amherst, Ma and Milwaukee, Wi; and notably the 2008 "Runaway" show at the University of Texas Pan-American Gallery in McAllen TX for which he received a Puffin Foundation grant. In 2022 he will also exhibit in a solo show "Secret Worlds" at the Blair Academy in Blairstown, NJ. Additionally, he has received a Project Stream grant from the Pennsylvania Council for the Arts for the Pilot series of paintings exhibited in the show Dreadnaught at the ArtsQuest SteelStacks Center in Bethlehem, PA in 2018. Internationally he's shown in the "Tribute to Michelangelo" show at CrisolArts Gallery in Barcelona, Spain in 2013, and in various Pennsylvania exhibitions including at the Bethlehem House Gallery in 2016, 2019 and 2022, and in "The New Normal" at Moravian University's Payne Gallery in 2021. He's been reviewed in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, The Detroit Free Press, The Ann Arbor News and the Artist's Magazine. Smith has taught at such institutions as the University of Michigan, Parsons, Princeton and Maryland Institute College of Art. Additionally he served as artist-in-residence at the National Academy of Design (2006 - 2008), and at the Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, VT in 2016 and 2022. Most recently he's taught at Muhlenberg College in Allentown Pa (2014- 2018) and currently teaches Drawing and Painting at Northampton Community College in Bethlehem, PA. He lives in Allentown Pa with a studio at the Banana Factory Art Center in Bethlehem, PA where he also serves as the artist-liaison for the residential artist program.

Bruce Waldman

Job Titles:
  • TRUSTEE

Carolyn P. Stennett

Job Titles:
  • Member of the OFFICERS Team
  • Vice Chair

Chris Bernecker

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  • TRUSTEE

Chris Potash

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  • Manager of Marketing and Public Relations

Christian F. Martin

Job Titles:
  • HONORARY TRUSTEE

Claire McRee

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  • Associate Curator

Dan F. Kainz

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  • TRUSTEE

Daniel C. Wells

Job Titles:
  • HONORARY TRUSTEE

Devyn Briggs

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  • Academic and Adult Program Manager

Dolores A. Laputka

Job Titles:
  • HONORARY TRUSTEE

Elaine Mehalakes

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  • Vice President of Curatorial Affairs

Francie Bishop

Job Titles:
  • TRUSTEE

Greg L. Butz

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  • TRUSTEE

Heather Rodale

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  • HONORARY TRUSTEE

Henry T. Lyons

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  • TRUSTEE

Irene Smith

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  • Manager of Donor Relations & Special Events Coordinator

Jamie P. Musselman

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  • TRUSTEE

Janet Egbert

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  • Accountant

Jedediah H. K. Turner

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  • TRUSTEE

Jon Hartman

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  • Grants Manager

Karina Aguilera

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  • TRUSTEE

Kimara Hutton

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  • Development Coordinator

Laurie McGahey

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  • Vice President of Development
  • DEVELOPMENT and COMMUNICATIONS

Margaret Plympton

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  • Assistant Treasurer
  • Member of the OFFICERS Team

Margie Makowski

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  • Manager of Museum Accessibility

Maria McWilliams

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  • Member of the COLLECTIONS and EXHIBITIONS MANAGEMENT Team
  • Museum Registrar

Martha Hutson Saxton

Job Titles:
  • HONORARY TRUSTEE

Matthew Tuerk

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EX OFFICIO BOARD
  • Mayor of Allentown

Max Weintraub - CEO, President

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • President

Michelle R. Stringer - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Member of the OFFICERS Team

Nancy E. Odorski

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  • TRUSTEE

Nicole Mangold

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  • School and Family Education Manager

Olivia Schneider

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  • Executive Assistant

Palmer Kress Schreiber

Job Titles:
  • HONORARY TRUSTEE

Rita Scheller

Job Titles:
  • HONORARY TRUSTEE

Shannon Andreas

Job Titles:
  • Human Resources Manager
  • ADMINISTRATION

Sharon Yurkanin

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  • Museum Store Manager

Sofia Bakis

Job Titles:
  • Member of the COLLECTIONS and EXHIBITIONS MANAGEMENT Team
  • Coordinator for Collections and Exhibitions

Stephanie Thomas


Steve Gamler

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  • Member of the COLLECTIONS and EXHIBITIONS MANAGEMENT Team
  • Lead Preparator

Susan Gadomski

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  • Member of the OFFICERS Team
  • Secretary

Tavia Minnich

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  • Manager of Membership

Thomas J. Scalici

Job Titles:
  • Member of the OFFICERS Team
  • CFP, CEBS, AIF ( Treasurer )

Tom Edge

Job Titles:
  • Building Operations Manager