WHO WE ARE
General Inquiries / Visitor Services
Staff
EXECUTIVE Director
Jenenne Whitfield
“What excites me most is that AVAM’s philosophy and visual aesthetics are beautifully aligned with what it means to be human and what we should strive for as a human race.”
Jenenne Whitfield,
Executive director
STAFF
CFO/COO
Donna Katrinic
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Development Director
Valerie Williams
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development & Curatorial
coordinator
Gage Branda
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Design and Kinetic
Sculpture Race
Theresa Segreti
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Education
Beka Plum
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Facility Rentals
Rhea Steen
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Human Resources / Administration
Lisa Nowell
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maintenance
Jordan Doster
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Lisa Williams
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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
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Visitor Experience
Mavet Rosas
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Board
Marilyn Meyerhoff
Art Collector & Philanthropist
Payal S. Parekh
Wellness Curator & Art Entrepreneur
Rachel Peric
Executive Director, Welcoming America
Arna Vodenos
Artist & Mind/Body Healing Practitioner
officers
Christopher Goelet, Chair
Holly Gudelsky Stone, Treasurer
Renee Wooding, Secretary
Peter Bain
Former President, CEO, & Director
OM Asset Management
Matthew Gorra, Esq.
Partner, DLA Piper
Pat Handal
Art Collector & Urban Activist
Jenny Hopkins
Interior Designer & Arts Advocate
honorary members
Victor Stone
Chairman of the British Friends
of the American Visionary Art Museum
LeRoy Hoffberger
Co-Founder, American Visionary Art Museum
and Honorary Member, In Memoriam
Rebecca A. Hoffberger
Founder, American Visionary Art Museum
Advisory Board
Patch Adams, M.D.
Medical Rights Activist, Author, Clown for Peace
Susan Baerwald & Marcy Carsey
TV & Media Developers, Collectors, Owners
Taylor Branch
Pulitzer Prize Recipient for History, Author & Activist
Colin Eisler, Ph.D.
Robert Lehman Professor at New York University
Eve Ensler
Playwright, Human Rights Activist
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
Frank Warren
Author, Lecturer, Creator
PostSecret project
John Waters
Filmmaker & Artist
The American Visionary Art Museum - a Congressionally-designated national museum and education center dedicated to showcasing intuitive, self-taught artistry and thought – will welcome only its second director in its 30+-year history with the appointment of Jenenne Whitfield by the Board of Directors to succeed Founder, Director and Primary Curator Rebecca Alban Hoffberger. Ms. Whitfield is currently the President & CEO of The Heidelberg Project and has worked with the Detroit-based outdoor artistic organization for 28 years. Ms. Whitfield will formally take-up her new role with AVAM in September, 2022.