RISD Museum Board of Governors and Fine Arts Committee

Board of Governors

The RISD Museum Board of Governors provides oversight of the RISD Museum on behalf of RISD’s Board of Trustees and assists and supports the Museum in fulfilling its mission to acquire, preserve, exhibit, and interpret works of art and design representing diverse cultures from ancient times to the present.

Below is a listing of current members of the RISD Museum Board of Governors for the 2023 – 2024 term.

Governors

Robert A. DiMuccio, Chair *
Karen Hammond, Vice Chair *
Andrew Green, M.D., Vice Chair
Her Excellency Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani *
Caroline Baumann *
Alma Guerrero Bready, M.D.
Helen Burnham
Norman Chan 85 BArch *
Kristen Connell
Glenn M. Creamer
Allison Dessel
Erica Di Bona P 11 *
Robert W. Glass P 11 *
Paula Koffler Granoff HD 10 +
Mara Hermano
Doris Licht
Melissa Long, J.D.
Ann Metcalf
Pauline C. Metcalf HD 10 +
Stephen Metcalf +
Zesty Meyers
Meghan Reilly Michaud 01 GD
Helene J. Miller
Nicole J. Miller 73 AP *
Robert P. Mitchell
Alan Nathan
Seth Price
Gloria Spivak
Toots Zynsky 73 SC / P 10

* denotes RISD Trustee | + denotes Emeriti RISD Trustee

Honorary

Jane Chace Carroll +
Joseph A. Chazan, M.D.
Kathryn M. Parsons

+ denotes Emeriti RISD Trustee

Ex Officio
Hillary Blumberg 92 FAV, RISD Board of Trustees Co-Chair
Ilene Chaiken 79 GD / P 18, RISD Board of Trustees Co-Chair
Touba Ghadessi, RISD Provost
Tsugumi Maki, RISD Museum Director
Crystal Williams, RISD President

 

Fine Arts Committee

The Fine Arts Committee (Committee) is appointed to assist the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) Museum (Museum) Board of Governors (Board) in overseeing the growth and evolution of the Museum’s collection.

Responsibilities

  1. Advise the Museum Director and Museum Staff on and approve all acquisitions, including both purchases and gifts (including partial and promised gifts); deaccessions; and incoming and outgoing loans.
  2. Advise the Museum Director and Museum Staff on all other issues of collection care.
  3. Periodically review the Museum’s Collection Management Policy and Code of Ethics.
  4. Approve any exceptions to the Museum’s Collection Management Policy; this power may be exercised by the Chair of the Committee jointly with the Museum Director.
  5. Monitor progress on those Board-approved goals relating to the Committee’s responsibilities.
  6. Perform such other, related duties as the Committee or Board deems necessary or appropriate.
  7. Establish, annually review, and update as needed a work plan for carrying out the Committee’s responsibilities.
  8. Annually review and reassess the adequacy of the charter and the Committee’s performance and effectiveness.
  9. Recommend any appropriate actions for consideration by the Executive Committee.

Below is a listing of current members of the RISD Museum Fine Arts Committee.

Fine Arts Committee

Andrew Green, M.D., Chair
Joseph A. Chazan, M.D. ±
Sage Gerson
°

Jay Glasson
Paula Koffler Granoff HD 10 +
Maria Hambourg
Juana I. Horton
Judy Mann
Pauline Metcalf HD 10 +
Stephen Metcalf +
Frances Middendorf
Rebecca (Becky) More
Alfred T. Morris, Jr.
Susan Morris
Allison Roberts MFA 09 PR
Bill Tsiaras
George Waterman
Mariela Yeregui °

denotes Museum Governor | ° denotes RISD Faculty | * denotes RISD Trustee | + denotes Emeriti RISD Trustee | ± denotes Honorary Museum Governor

Non-voting Ex Officio Members
Touba Ghadessi, RISD Provost
Tsugumi Maki, RISD Museum Director
Crystal Williams, RISD President

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