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Officers Robin R. Howell, Chair, Board of Directors
Newell Harbin, Vice-Chair Collections
Karen Hughes, Vice-Chair Finance and Operations and Treasurer
Liza Jancik, Vice-Chair Exhibitions
Sarah Kennedy, Vice-Chair Education
Pratap C. Mukharji, Vice-Chair Communications
Douglas Reid, Vice-Chair Development
Sara Steinfeld, Vice-Chair NominationsDirectors
Charles Abney*†
Lauren A. Amos
Spring Asher
Farideh Azadi
Radcliffe Bailey
Dan S. Baldwin*
Watt Boone
Mary Schmidt Campbell, PhD
Suzanne Christensen
Bert Clark
Charlene Crusoe-Ingram*
Mary Wayne Dixon
Marcia Donnell
Brooke Jackson Edmond
Michelle Edwards
Jennifer Flanagan
Peggy Foreman
Gabriela Gonzalez-Lamberson
Nancy Hall Green
Jean Hanges
Sara Hehir
Ben F. Hill*
Jack K. Holland
Keinon Johnson
West Johnson
Baxter JonesJane Lanier
Bertram L. Levy
Tim X. Mapes
Joan Marmo
Margot McCaul
Sally McDaniel
Anna Mershon
James H. Morgens
David Park*
Richard C. Parker
Fahamu Pecou
William Powell
Mark PreisingerMichael Render
Great Neck Richman
Stephanie Russell
Louise Sams*†
Tim Schrager
F. Terry Stent*†
Lisa Cannon Taylor
Harriet H. Warren
Rod Westmoreland
John F. Wieland*†
Elizabeth Willett
Ex-Officio Non-VotingRand Suffolk*, Nancy and Holcombe T. Green, Jr., Director
Life Directors
Elizabeth Hale Barnett
Jane C. Black
Lucinda W. Bunnen
Jacqueline F. Clark
Thomas G. Cousins†
Richard A. Denny, Jr.†Howard Elkins
Nena Griffith
Fay Howell
Elaine L. Levin
Sanford Orkin
Catherine RawsonHenry C. Schwob
John W. Spiegel†
Mark K. Taylor
Joan N. Whitcomb
Director Emeritus
Michael E. Shapiro, PhD* Included in the Executive Committee along with all officers
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Randall Suffolk
Nancy and Holcombe T. Green, Jr. Director, High Museum of ArtRandall Suffolk is the Nancy and Holcombe T. Green, Jr., Director of the High Museum of Art. Since his arrival in 2015, he has championed a renewed commitment to community engagement, placing emphasis on collaboration, inclusivity and access. To support these objectives, the Museum has reduced admission fees, greatly diversified its exhibition schedule, added more than 1,500 objects to the collection, worked collaboratively with nearly 30 community partners annually, and developed a variety of new programming to serve its increasingly diverse, multi-generational audience. Suffolk is currently leading the development of a sweeping 2018 reinstallation of the Museum’s collection galleries.
Prior to joining the High, Suffolk served as director of Philbrook Museum of Art in Tulsa, Okla., where he designed and implemented a comprehensive plan that aligned the institution’s programming with the interests of Tulsa residents. This led to a reinstallation of the museum’s permanent collection galleries, increases in membership and attendance, and a dramatic change in visitor demographics, including five consecutive years with minority participation over 40 percent of total attendance. The success of this institutional strategy and program was nationally recognized in a 2013 study led by independent researchers Anne Bergeron and Beth Tuttle in partnership with the American Alliance of Museums (AAM), in which Philbrook was highlighted as one of six national models of community engagement. He also was instrumental in leading the development and opening of Philbrook Downtown, a 30,000-square-foot satellite facility opened in 2013. During his tenure, Philbrook acquired nearly 7,000 works of art, representing 42 percent of the Museum’s permanent collection.
From 1999 through 2007, Suffolk was the director of The Hyde Collection Art Museum in Glens Falls, N.Y. His focus at the institution included building constituency, overseeing a museum expansion, and guiding the award-winning restoration of the historic Hyde House.
Suffolk has curated more than 25 exhibitions and has participated as a juror, panel member or guest lecturer for a variety of art-related organizations and programs. He holds a Master’s degree in art history from Bryn Mawr College, a Master’s degree in higher education administration from Columbia University, and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Connecticut College.
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Lauren Tate Baeza – Fred and Rita Richman Curator of African Art
Claudia Einecke – Frances B. Bunzl Family Curator of European Art
Gregory Harris – Associate Curator of Photography
Stephanie Heydt – Margaret and Terry Stent Curator of American Art
Katherine Jentleson – Merrie and Dan Boone Curator of Folk and Self-Taught Art
Sarah Kennel – Donald and Marilyn Keough Family Curator of Photography
Monica Obniski – Curator of Decorative Arts and Design
Michael Rooks – Wieland Family Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art
Kevin W. Tucker – Chief Curator