SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION - Key Persons


Aaron Glavas

Job Titles:
  • National Outreach Manager

Alan Katz

Job Titles:
  • Library Technician

Alex Edezhath

Job Titles:
  • Technician

Alexandra Reigle

Job Titles:
  • Reference Librarian

Alexia MacClain

Job Titles:
  • Technician

Alma Douglas

Job Titles:
  • National Outreach Manager

Alvin Hutchinson

Job Titles:
  • Head, Information Services

Amelia Quist-Ogunlesi

Job Titles:
  • Founder, Chairman, and Managing Partner, Global Infrastructure Partners, and Doctor of Optometry

Amy Strickland

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  • Advancement Program Specialist

Amy Threefoot Valeiras

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  • Member of the Advisory Board

Amy Watson

Job Titles:
  • Library Technician

Ana Bradley

Job Titles:
  • Library

Andrew Whitesell

Job Titles:
  • Web Developer

Anne Evenhaugen

Job Titles:
  • Head
  • Librarian

Anne Graham

Job Titles:
  • Library Technician

Anne L. Howard-Tristani

Job Titles:
  • President, Howard - Tristani International Consulting

Apolinar A. Guerrero

Job Titles:
  • Library Technician

Ashraf Zaki

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  • Founder and Managing Partner, Lorax Capital Partners

Asif M. Shaikh

Job Titles:
  • Chairman Emeritus of the Emeriti

Augustus C. Miller

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  • Member of the Advisory Board

Aviva Rosenthal

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  • Director, Office of International Relations

Barbara Joynt

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board

Beatrice E. Taylor

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board

Becky Kobberod

Job Titles:
  • Head of Digital Transformation

Bess Missell

Job Titles:
  • Metadata Librarian

Beth Kopley

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director for Advancement

Bianca Crowley

Job Titles:
  • Digital Collections Manager

Bonnie S. Felts

Job Titles:
  • Branch Librarian, MSC & MSRL

Brandee R. Worsham

Job Titles:
  • Reference Librarian

Brandon Neal

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Brian J. Heidtke

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board

Bruce Lisman

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board

C. Michael Gooden

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board

Carmen Agra Deedy

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  • Staff Member

Carol Heard

Job Titles:
  • Circulation and Interlibrary Loan Technician

Caroline Morales

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  • Project Coordinator - Traveling Trunks

Carolyn Johnsen

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  • Member of the Advisory Board

Cathy Heron

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Christopher Clark

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Christopher Lee

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Colleen Funkhouser

Job Titles:
  • BHL Program Manager

Conrad Ziyad

Job Titles:
  • IT Specialist

Crystal McKenzie

Job Titles:
  • Library Technician

Daniel Euphrat

Job Titles:
  • Digital Imaging Technician

David Bruce Smith

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board

David Draffin

Job Titles:
  • Transportation Clerk

David H. Lipsey

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  • Staff Member

David Holbert

Job Titles:
  • Production Manager, Imaging Specialist

Dennis Manning

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  • Member of the Advisory Board

Dr. Myma Belo-Osagie

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  • Staff Member

Eileen B. Wilson-Oyelaran

Job Titles:
  • President Emerita, Kalamazoo College

Elayne Silversmith

Job Titles:
  • Librarian

Eliot Elisofon

Job Titles:
  • Photographic Archives
  • Photographic Archives, African Art

Elizabeth Fingar

Job Titles:
  • Communications and Professional Development Manager

Elizabeth Hamman Oliver

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  • Staff Member

Elizabeth Sanchez

Job Titles:
  • Library Technician

Elizabeth Ziebarth

Job Titles:
  • Head Diversity Officer

Ellen Stofan

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  • under Secretary for Science and Research

Erik Bergstrom

Job Titles:
  • Electronic and Continuing Resources Librarian

Eva Pell

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board

Evelyn Dilsaver

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

F. Christian Thompson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board

Farleigh Earhart

Job Titles:
  • Acting General Counsel

Farrah Skeiky

Farrah is a music and documentary photographer, focusing primarily on punk, DIY, and drag communities.

Faye Sahai

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Frances K. Dibner

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board

Frank J. Quirk

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board

Gabriella Kahn

Job Titles:
  • Advancement Manager, Engagement and Programming

Gbenga Oyebode

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  • Co - Founder and Counsel, Aluko & Oyebode

George Gwynn Hill

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board

Gertrude Ross

Job Titles:
  • Financial Manager

Greg Bettwy

Job Titles:
  • Chief of Staff to the Secretary

Guy Phillips

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board

Hazel Deato Prado

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Project Specialist

Heather Weiss

Job Titles:
  • Archives Assistant

Hollis L. Gentry

Job Titles:
  • Genealogy Specialist

Honorable Anne Imelda Radice

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  • Member of the Emeriti

Hope L. Furth

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board

Jackie Shieh

Job Titles:
  • Descriptive Data Management Librarian

Jacqueline E. Chapman

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  • Digital Collections Librarian ( SLA ) Digital Stewardship Specialist ( SAWHM )

Jacqueline Vossler

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Jake Brody

Job Titles:
  • Senior Managing Director, Accenture

James Cerruti

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board

James H. Small

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Emeriti

Jane Quigley

Job Titles:
  • Head
  • Librarian

Janet Stanley

Job Titles:
  • Librarian

Jay W. Freedman

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board

Jennifer Brundage

Job Titles:
  • National Outreach Manager

Jennifer Cohlman Bracchi

Job Titles:
  • Head
  • Librarian

Jeri Moriarty

Job Titles:
  • Library Technician

Jerrell Wilson Shelton

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board

Joel Richard

Job Titles:
  • Head of Web Services and IT

John C. Newton

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Art, the History of Art, and Black Studies, Amherst College

John Chickering

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

John K. Lapiana

Job Titles:
  • Ex Officio Member
  • Acting Director, National Museum of African Art

John M. Germano

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board

John P. Ryan

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board

John Wesley Powell

Job Titles:
  • Library of Anthropology

Joyce Swayne

Job Titles:
  • Library Technician

Juliane K. Bailey

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board

Julissa Marenco

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Secretary for Communications and External Affairs and Chief Marketing Officer

Karen Brown

Job Titles:
  • Library Technician

Katherine Neville

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board

Kathryn C. Turner

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board

Kay Dryden

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board

Kevin Gover

Job Titles:
  • Ex Officio Member
  • under Secretary for Museums and Culture

Kira Sobers

Job Titles:
  • Media Digitization Manager

Kirsten van der Veen

Job Titles:
  • Exhibitions Program Manager

Kristina Heinricy

Job Titles:
  • Data Developer

Laura Hansen

Job Titles:
  • National Outreach Manager

Leah Smith

Job Titles:
  • Reference Librarian

Leslie K. Overstreet

Job Titles:
  • Curator of Natural - History Rare Books

Linda R. Gooden

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board

Lindley Smith

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board

Lonnie G. Bunch III

Job Titles:
  • Ex Officio Member
  • Secretary
Lonnie G. Bunch III is the 14th Secretary of the Smithsonian. He assumed his position June 16, 2019. As Secretary, he oversees 21 museums, including two new museums in development-the National Museum of the American Latino and the Smithsonian American Women's History Museum, 21 libraries, the National Zoo, numerous research centers, and several education units and centers.

Louis R. Hughes

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board

Lowell Robinson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board

Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig

Job Titles:
  • Digital Archivist

Magdalene Johnson - Chairman

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  • Chairman

Marcella A. Jones

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  • Member of the Emeriti

Margaret Weichert

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  • Staff Member

Margery F. Masinter

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  • Member of the Advisory Board

Marsha Blackburn

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board

Martin R. Kalfatovic

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, Digital Programs & Initiatives and Program Director, BHL

Maureen Conners

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Melanie Hall

Job Titles:
  • Head, Acquisitions and Gifts

Meroƫ Park


Michael J. Cromwell, III

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board

Michael R. Loeb

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board

Michael Richardson

Job Titles:
  • Library Technician

Mike Smith

Job Titles:
  • Librarian

Minerva Villarreal Campos

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  • Staff Member

Monique M. Chism

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  • under Secretary for Education

Myriam Springuel

Job Titles:
  • Director, Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service and Smithsonian Affiliations

Nancy Eaton

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board

Natalie Wimberly

Job Titles:
  • Management Support Specialist

Nick Florio

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Advisory Board

Nick Santhanam

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  • Staff Member

Nicole Bryner

Job Titles:
  • Program Specialist

Nilda Lopez

Job Titles:
  • Reference Librarian

Patricia L. Reid

Job Titles:
  • Library Technician

Paul Misener

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Peters Tammy

Job Titles:
  • Supervisory Archivist

Philip D. Edwards

Job Titles:
  • Reference Librarian

Pierre Edwards

Pierre aka District Dodger is a director and visual artist working conceptually at the intersection of art and technology.

Porter Wilkinson

Job Titles:
  • Chief of Staff to the Regents

R. Lucia Riddle

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Emeriti
  • Vice Chair Emerita

Ralph Rinzler

Job Titles:
  • Archives, Folklife

Renwick Gallery

Job Titles:
  • Admin

Ricc Ferrante

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director

Richard Greene

Job Titles:
  • Library Technician

Richard Naples

Job Titles:
  • Technical Information Specialist

Richard T. Choi

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board

Richard T. Rapp

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board

Robert J. Spiller

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Secretary for Advancement

Robert N. Snyder

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board

Robin Everly

Job Titles:
  • Librarian

Roland DeSilva

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board

Ronald Cortez

Job Titles:
  • under Secretary for Administration

Ronald J. Monark

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board

Ronald Lindsey

Job Titles:
  • Library Technician

RoseMaria Estevez

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Officer & Notary Public

Rosemary Livingston Ripley

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board

Rowland O. Abiodun

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  • Staff Member

Rudy D. Watley

Job Titles:
  • Acting Director, Office of Equal Employment and Supplier Diversity

Samuel Gamble

Job Titles:
  • Management Support Specialist

Sara Cardello

Job Titles:
  • Head of Education

Sarah Ladd Eames

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board

Sharad J. Shah

Job Titles:
  • Collections Management Librarian

Sharon Burroughs Glenn

Job Titles:
  • Budget Analyst

Sharron Greene

Job Titles:
  • Financial Specialist

Shauna Collier

Job Titles:
  • Head
  • Librarian

Skip Victor

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board

Stefaan Hurts

Job Titles:
  • Digital Imaging Technician

Stephen H. Cox Jr.

Job Titles:
  • Branch Librarian, NZCBI

Stephen Koval

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Steve Berry

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board

Stu Bohart

Job Titles:
  • Chairman Emeritus of the Emeriti

Sue Graves

Job Titles:
  • Metadata Technician

Susan Battley

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board

Susan Fuhrman

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board

Susan Wolf

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board

Susan Zwicker

Job Titles:
  • Science Librarian

Suzanne C. Pilsk

Job Titles:
  • Head, Metadata Department

Suzanne Carroll

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board

Tamar Evangelestia-Dougherty

Job Titles:
  • Director

Tarneem Saeed - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive Officer

Teresa Hillary Clarke

Job Titles:
  • Vice Chair and Chair - Elect / Chairman and Executive Editor, Africa.Com, LLC

The Honorable J. Peter Pham

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  • Distinguished Fellow, Atlantic Council

The Honorable Robin Sanders

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Emeriti

Timothy Bork

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Emeriti

Timothy Nguyen

Job Titles:
  • Software Developer

Timothy Schantz

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Tom Devine

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Tricia Edwards

Job Titles:
  • Deputy Director, Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service and Smithsonian Affiliations

Trina Brown

Job Titles:
  • Head
  • Librarian

Vanessa Haight Smith

Job Titles:
  • Head, Preservation Services

Wanda West

Job Titles:
  • Library Technician

Warren M. Robbins

Job Titles:
  • Library

Wendy Kennedy

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Officer

Wesley Chenault

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director of Strategic Initiatives and Programs

Winfred O'Neil Ward

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board

Winston A. Gould

Job Titles:
  • Interim Director of Discovery Services

Yue Shu

Job Titles:
  • Librarian