AAAM Staff
Dr. Vedet Coleman-Robinson, Executive Director (ex officio)
Association of African American Museums
P.O. Box 23698
Washington, D.C. 20026-3698
info@BlackMuseums.org
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
LaNesha DeBardelaben, President
Northwest African American Museum, Executive Director
president@blackmuseums.org
Omar Eaton-Martinez, Vice President
Maryland-National Capital Parks and Planning Commission, Natural and Historical Resources Division, Prince George’s County Parks and Recreation
Assistant Division Chief of Historical Resources
Riverdale, MD
vicepresident@blackmuseums.org
Tsitsi (Tee) Jones, Treasurer
National Civil Rights Museum, Director of Finance
treasurer@blackmuseums.org
Dr. Robert E. Luckett, 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
Brian J. Carter, Immediate Past President
4-Culture, Executive Director
pastpresident@blackmuseums.org
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Timothy Barber
The Black Archives Historic Lyric Theater
Executive Director
Miami, FL
Dr. Dina Bennett
American Jazz Museum
Director of Collections and Curatorial Affairs
Kansas City, Missouri
Dr. Robert “Bert” Davis
America’s Black Holocaust Museum
President/CEO
Milwaukee, WI
Dr. Nicole Ivy
The George Washington University
Assistant Professor
Washington, D.C.
Dr. Ashley Jordan
African American Museum in Philadelphia
President & CEO
Philadelphia, PA
Dr. Joy Kinard
Alabama’s Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site, Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site and Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail
Superintendent
Tuskegee, AL
Dr. Brenda Tindal
Harvard Museums of Science & Culture
Executive Director
Cambridge, MA
Dr. Noelle Trent
National Civil Rights Museum
Director of Interpretation, Collections & Education
Memphis, TN
Ahmad Ward
Historic Mitchelville Freedom Park
Executive Director
Hilton Head Island, SC
Dr. Doretha Williams
Robert F. Smith Fund Program Manager, National Museum of African American History and Culture
Center Director
Washington, DC
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