SMITHSONIAN JAZZ - Key Persons


Abbe Raven

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Alumni Board

Adam Rozan

Job Titles:
  • Program and Audience Specialist, Audience Development
At the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, Rozan works with teams across the institution to help them to expand and deepen engagement with visitors. Rozan launched Smithsonian's award-nominated Staff Learning Series, which has featured speakers from the U.S. Census Bureau, Facebook's META, the U.S. Transgender Survey, Open AI's ChatGPT, the U.S. Library of Congress, and many others. Rozan is an advisor to Made By Us, a pioneering Gen Z Civics initiative, and directs the museum's trauma-support program in collaboration with SUNY New Paltz's Institute for Disaster Mental Health. Rozan was recognized by Blooloop as a 2023 top 10 member of its annual Top 50 Museum Influencer list. He is a founding member of the International Audience Engagement Network and serves on the international advisory committee to the Comuseum in Athens, Greece.

Alisha Ankin

Job Titles:
  • Collections Specialist
  • Collections Specialist, Collections Management

Amanda Bowen

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager
  • Project Manager, Project Management

Andrew A. Shiva

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Museum Board
  • President, the National Currency Foundation

Aranza Stanton

Job Titles:
  • Graphic Artist, University of Michigan, Undergraduate Student

Arturo Contreras

Job Titles:
  • Intern, Smithsonian 's National Museum of American History, Undergraduate Student

Barbara Hackman Franklin

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Museum Board
  • Vice Chairman / President & CEO, Barbara Franklin Enterprises

Barry M. Meyer

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Alumni Board

Bennie Brunton Jr

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Collections Management Team
  • Primary Procurement Officer / Finance Office

Bethanee Bemis

Job Titles:
  • Collections Specialist

C. Malcolm Watkins

Job Titles:
  • Curator, Domestic Life

Charles F. Bryan

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Alumni Board

Darnell Strom

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Museum Board
  • Partner & Head of Culture & Leadership Division, United Talent Agency

David E. Behring

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Alumni Board

David Frederick

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Museum Board
  • Partner, Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, PLLC

David K. Allison

Job Titles:
  • Curator Emeritus
  • Curator Emeritus, Office of Curatorial Affairs

David M. Fields

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Alumni Board

Dawson Her

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Museum Board
  • Senior Vice President & Native American Business Leader, Wells Fargo Bank, N.a

Dee Dee Myers

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Museum Board
  • Advisor & Director of Business and Economic Development, Office of Governor Gavin Newsom

Donald R. Boyce

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Project Management Team
  • Exhibit Specialist
  • Exhibit Specialist, Exhibit Production

Doris M. Bowman

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Project Management Team
  • Curator Emerita / Division of Home and Community Life

Dr. Lorena Chambers

Job Titles:
  • Co - Principal Investigator, University of Michigan

Dr. Margaret Salazar-Porzio

Job Titles:
  • Co - Principal Investigator, Smithsonian 's National Museum of American History

Dwight Blocker Bowers

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Project Management Team
  • Curator Emeritus / Division of Culture and the Arts

Eden Cho

Job Titles:
  • Education Specialist / Education

Elihu (Elly) Rose

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Alumni Board

Elizabeth (Betty) MacMillan

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Alumni Board

Ellsworth H. Brown

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Alumni Board

Enrique Segura

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Museum Board
  • Chairman / CEO & President, ENSE Group

Fath Davis Ruffins

Job Titles:
  • Curator, Division of Home and Community Life

Felicia Bell

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Senior Advisor
  • Senior Advisor to the Director

Frank Blazich

Job Titles:
  • Curator, Military History / Division of Military and Society

Gail Berry West

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Alumni Board

Grace Boone

Job Titles:
  • Management Support Assistant, Finance Office

Hanna BredenbeckCorp

Job Titles:
  • Collections Specialist

Isha Jain

Job Titles:
  • Research Assistant, University of Michigan, LSA History

Jasmine Cannon

Job Titles:
  • Curator / Division of Home and Community Life

Joan Boudreau

Job Titles:
  • Curator of the Printing and Graphic Arts Collections / Division of Work and Industry

John B. Adams

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Alumni Board

John F.W. Rogers

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Alumni Board

José Centeno-Melendez

Job Titles:
  • Oral Historian / Archives Center

Joyce Bedi

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Collections Management Team
  • Senior Historian Emerita

Judy C. Woodruff

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Alumni Board

Julie Botnick

Job Titles:
  • Archivist ( Access and Outreach ) Archives Center

Justin Chambers

Job Titles:
  • Exhibit Specialist

Karina Gomez

Job Titles:
  • Museum Specialist, Smithsonian 's National Museum of American History

Kenneth Cohen

Job Titles:
  • Division Chair and Curator of Early America / Division of Military and Society

Lena Mose-Vargas

Job Titles:
  • Intern, Smithsonian 's National Museum of American History, Graduate Student

Lesley S. Herrmann

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Alumni Board

Leslie Casaya

Job Titles:
  • Management Support Specialist / Finance Office

Libby Haight O'Connell

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Alumni Board

Linda Alvarado

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Museum Board
  • President & CEO, Alvarado Construction Inc

Marcia Carlucci

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Museum Board
  • President, the Marcia and Frank Carlucci Charitable Foundation

Melanie Blanchard

Job Titles:
  • Acquisitions Registrar

Melissa "MJ" Del Rosario

Job Titles:
  • Manager and Producer, Smithsonian 's National Museum of American History

Nancy Bercaw

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Collections Management Team
  • Curator / Division of Political History

Nicholas Taubman

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Alumni Board

Nyssa Buning

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Collections Management Team

Paul Neely

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Alumni Board

Peter C. Albritton

Job Titles:
  • Supervisor, Fabrication Shop

Philip Lader

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Alumni Board

Rachel Anderson

Job Titles:
  • Project Specialist

Randall Martinez

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Museum Board
  • Executive VP & COO, Cordoba Corporation

Robert B. Uhler

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Alumni Board

Robert Battley

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Collections Management Team
  • Information Technology Specialist / Information Technology Office

Rodney E. Slater

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Alumni Board

Rosa Noriega-Rocha

Job Titles:
  • Research Assistant, University of Michigan, LSA History

Sherri Berger

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director
  • Member of the Collections Management Team

Shirley Ann Jackson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Museum Board
  • President Emerita, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Stephanie Bennett-Smith

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Museum Board
  • President Emerita, Centenary University

Teuila Hanson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Museum Board
  • Chief People Officer, LinkedIn

Thomas Tull

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Museum Board
  • Founder, Chairman, & CEO of Tulco Founding Chairman & Former CEO, Legendary Entertainment

Tom Rutledge

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Museum Board
  • Chairman and CEO, Charter Communications

William Lawrence Bird Jr.

Job Titles:
  • Curator Emeritus / Division of Political History