Smithsonian Establishes Search Committee for Smithsonian American Art Museum Director

July 8, 2016
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The Smithsonian recently announced that Elizabeth Broun, the longtime Margaret and Terry Stent Director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, will retire later this year. Smithsonian Secretary David Skorton announced the formation of a search committee to assist in the recruitment and selection of the new director:  

  • Richard Kurin, Acting Provost/Under Secretary for Museums & Research (chair)
  • Melissa Chiu, director, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
  • Jim Dicke II, member and past chair, Smithsonian American Art Museum Commission
  •  Steve Hamp, chair, National Portrait Gallery Commission; former director, The Henry Ford
  • Betty MacMillan, member and past chair, Smithsonian American Art Museum Commission
  • Nion McEvoy, chair, Smithsonian American Art Museum Commission
  • Virginia Mecklenburg, chief curator, Smithsonian American Art Museum
  • Carlos Tortolero, director, National Museum of Mexican Art (Chicago)

Robert Kogod, a member of the Smithsonian’s Board of Regents, will serve as an advisor to the committee. Assisting the committee will be the executive search firm Russell Reynolds Associates.

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Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery