EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
LaNesha DeBardelaben, President
Northwest African American Museum, Executive Director
Marion McGee, Vice President
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Office of Strategic Partnerships – Museum Program Specialist
vicepresident@blackmuseums.org
Tsitsi (Tee) Jones, Treasurer
National Civil Rights Museum, Director of Finance
treasurer@blackmuseums.org
Robert E. Luckett, Ph.D., Secretary
Jackson State University, Margaret Walker Center, Executive Director
secretary@blackmuseums.org
Malika Polk-Lee, Member-at-Large
B.B. King Museum, Executive Director
mal@blackmuseums.org
Vedet Coleman-Robinson, Executive Director
Association of African American Museums
P.O. Box 23698
Washington, D.C. 20026-3698
info@BlackMuseums.org
Brian J. Carter, Immediate Past President
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pastpresident@blackmuseums.org
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Timothy Barber
The Black Archives Historic Lyric Theater
Executive Director
Miami, FL
Dion Brown
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
President/CEO
Cincinnati, OH
Jacqueline K. Dace
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
Director
Cincinnati, OH
Robert “Bert” Davis
America’s Black Holocaust Museum
President/CEO
Milwaukee, WI
Nicole Ivy, Ph.D.
The George Washington University
Asst. Professor
Washington, D.C.
Ashley Jordan, Ph.D.
Evansville African American Museum
Executive Director
Evansville, IN
Brenda Tindal, Ph.D.
International African American Museum
Director of Education & Engagment
Charleston, SC
Shirl Spicer
M-NCPPC Montgomery Parks
Museum Manager
Silver Spring, MD
Ahmad Ward
Historic Mitchellville Freedom Park
Executive Director
Hilton Head Island, SC
Eric Williams, Ph.D.
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Curator of Religion
Washington, DC