WHO WE ARE
General Inquiries / Visitor Services
Staff
Interim Co-Executive Director
Coo/CFO
Donna Katrinic
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Interim Co-Executive Director
Director of Development & Marketing
Valerie Williams
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Artistic Director
Founding Director
Rebecca Hoffberger​
The American Visionary Art Museum (AVAM) is the official national museum, education center, and repository for intuitive, self-taught artistry.
Staff
Associate Curator/
Grants Manager
Gage Branda
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​Education and Kinetic Sculpture Race
Beka Plum
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Exhibitions
Mark Ward
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GROUP VISITS AND VOLUNTEERS
Diamond Gray
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Human Resources / Administration
Lisa Nowell
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maintenance
Donald Hoffman
Building Manager
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Lisa Williams
Janitorial Supervisor
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Marketing and Communications
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Membership
Melissa Mauro
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Registrar
Conner Dorbin
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Security
Will Wells
will@avam.org
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Venue Rentals & EVENTS
Nicole Collins
rentals@avam.org
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Board
officers
Christopher Goelet, Chairman
Geologist and Entrepreneur
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Holly Gudelsky Stone, Treasurer
Businesswoman, Environmental Educator, and Camp Professional
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Renee Wooding, Secretary
Director, Cool Kids Campaign Baltimore
MEMBERS
Aaron Bard
Engineer
Matthew Gorra, Esq.
Partner, DLA Piper
Jenny Hopkins
Interior Designer & Arts Advocate
Frank McNeil
Vice President & Community Development Officer, PNC Bank
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Carl Stokes
Former Baltimore City Councilman, Community Consultant
Judy Tallwing
Visionary Artist, Apache Elder
Arna Vodenos
Artist & Mind/Body Healing Practitioner
Ex-Officio
Rebecca Alban Hoffberger
Founder, American Visionary Art Museum
honorary members
Victor Stone
Chairman of the British Friends of the American Visionary Art Museum
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LeRoy Hoffberger
Co-Founder, American Visionary Art Museum and Honorary Member, In Memoriam
Advisory Board
Patch Adams, M.D.
Medical Rights Activist, Author, Clown for Peace
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Susan Baerwald & Marcy Carsey
TV & Media Developers, Collectors, Owners
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Taylor Branch
Pulitzer Prize Recipient for History, Author & Activist
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Colin Eisler, Ph.D.
Robert Lehman Professor at New York University
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Eve Ensler
Playwright, Human Rights Activist
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Sam Feldman
Social Entrepreneur & Philanthropist
Julia Butterfly Hill
Environmental Activist & Author
John Glover
Actor & Philanthropist
Regenia A. Perry, Ph.D.
Professor Emerita of African and African American Art, Virginia Commonwealth University
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Frank Warren
Author, Lecturer, Creator
PostSecret project
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John Waters
Filmmaker & Artist