AAAM Staff


Dr. Vedet Coleman-Robinson, President & CEO (ex officio)
Association of African American Museums
P.O. Box 23698
Washington, D.C. 20026-3698
info@BlackMuseums.org

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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Tamar Smithers

Tamar Smithers, Interim Chair
Museum of Black Women Innovators (MOBWI) / ARDX
Chief of Staff
Norfolk, VA

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Shakia Warren

Shakia Gullette Warren, Interim Vice Chair
Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia
Executive Director
Richmond, VA

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Sheila McDaniel

Sheila McDaniel, Treasurer
International African American Museum
Chief Operating Officer
Charleston, SC

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Kamila Pritchett

Kamila Pritchett, Secretary
The Black Archives History & Research Foundation of South Florida, Inc.
Executive Director
Miami, FL

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Omar Eaton-Martinez

Omar Eaton-Martinez, Immediate Past Board President (2024) & Board Chair (2025)
National Trust for Historic Preservation
President & Senior Vice President for Historic Sites
Upper Marlboro, MD

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Melanie A. Adams

Dr. Melanie Adams
Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum
Executive Director
Washington, DC

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Damika Baker-Wilson

Damika Baker-Wilson
The Compass Group
Senior Consultant
Alexandria, VA

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Dina Bennett

Dr. Dina Bennett
American Jazz Museum
Executive Director
Kansas City, MO

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Tamyra Gordon

Tamyra Gordon
Greenwood Seneca
Co-Founder

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Rolando Herts

Dr. R. D. Herts
Cleveland, MS
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Jeff May, Jr.

Jeff May, Jr.
San Antonio African American Community Archive and Museum
Chief Administrative Officer
San Antonio, TX
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Robert Parker

Robert T. Parker
The Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture
Director of Interpretation, Collection, and Education
Baltimore, MD

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