Officers and Board of Directors, 2010-2011


Officers:

  • President: Ann Oppenhimer, Richmond, Va., retired art history teacher, University of Richmond.
  • Vice President: Thomas Brumfield Jr., Largo, Fla., president, Eastern Furniture.
  • Chief Financial Officer: William Oppenhimer, Richmond, Va., retired obstetrician/gynecologist.

Board Members:

  • Kathy Johnson Bowles, Farmville, Va., director, Longwood Center for the Visual Arts.
  • Donna Brumfield, Largo, Fla., collector, designer.
  • Karen Emroch, Richmond, Va., community volunteer.
  • Ray Kass, Christiansburg, Va., artist, emeritus professor of art, Virginia Tech.
  • John McDonald, Glen Allen, Va., attorney, model train collector.
  • Mary K. McDonald, Glen Allen, Va., realtor.
  • James Sellman, Richmond, Va., clinical psychiatrist.
  • Arthur Shaheen, Blacksburg, Va., attorney.
  • Francis Thompson, Richmond, Va., art program supervisor, CBRE.
  • David Whaley, Richmond, Va., director of publications and visual arts, Longwood University.

National Advisory Board of the Folk Art Society of America, 2010-2011:

  • Jim Arient, Naperville, Ill., dentist, collector.
  • Beth Arient, Naperville, Ill., collector.
  • Didi Barrett, New York, N.Y., former editor, The Clarion.
  • Russell Bowman, Chicago, Ill., gallerist, former director, Milwaukee Art Museum.
  • Marilyn Bradley, Egg Harbor, Wis., collector.
  • Orren Bradley, Egg Harbor, Wis., retired Macy’s executive, collector.
  • Lynne Browne, Atlanta, Ga., collector, senior correspondent for Folk Art Messenger.
  • Georgine Clarke, Montgomery, Ala., Alabama State Council for the Arts.
  • Wyatt Collins, New Iberia, La., retired attorney, high school teacher.
  • Susan Mitchell Crawley, Atlanta, Ga., folk art curator, High Museum of Art.
  • Carol Crown, Memphis, Tenn., professor of art history, University of Memphis.
  • Harriet Finkelstein, Boston, Mass., retired tax accountant, collector.
  • John Foster, St. Louis, Mo., designer, founder of ENVISION Folk Art.
  • Tony Gengarelly, Brattleboro, Vt., professor of art history and museum studies, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.
  • Kurt Gitter, New Orleans, La., retired retinal surgeon, collector.
  • Bill Glennon, Huntley, Ill., retired businessman, collector.
  • Baron Gordon, Williamsburg, Va., retired member New York Stock Exchange, collector.
  • Ellin Gordon, Williamsburg, Va., retired admissions director, Rye County Day School, collector.
  • Kevin Grogan, Augusta, Ga., director, The Morris Museum.
  • Lynda Roscoe Hartigan, Salem, Mass., chief curator, Peabody Essex Museum.
  • Jeffrey Hayes, Whitefish Bay, Wis., professor of art history, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
  • Larry Kent, Vista, Calif., president, Kent’s Bromeliads, collector.
  • Randall Lott, Tampa. Fla., software executive, collector.
  • George Meyer, Bloomfield Village, Mich., attorney, collector.
  • Kay Meyer, Bloomfield Village, Mich., chairman of crisis intervention organization.
  • Carol Millsom, New York, N. Y., retired professor of education, New York University.
  • Mary Mitchell, Santa Fe, N. M., artist, writer.
  • Deborah Quirk, Tesuque, N. M., businesswoman, collector.
  • Cheryl Rivers, Brooklyn, N. Y., art history professor.
  • Chuck Rosenak, Coral Gables, Fla., retired attorney, author, collector.
  • Jan Rosenak, Coral Gables, Fla., attorney, author, collector.
  • Thomas Scanlin, Dahlonega, Ga., jeweler, collector.
  • Betty-Carol Sellen, Deale, Md., retired librarian, Brooklyn College, author.
  • Stephanie Smither, Houston, Tex., collector.
  • John Turner, Berkeley, Calif., retired news editor, KGO-TV, author.
  • George Viener, Reading, Penn., gallery owner, collector.
  • Jean Weiller, Sarasota, Fla., designer, artist.
  • Ted Weiller, Sarasota, Fla., businessman, collector.
  • Gerard Wertkin, New York, N. Y., former director, American Folk Art Museum.
  • Alice Yelen, New Orleans, La., director of education, New Orleans Museum of Art.


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