Staff Directory
Selected staff at the National Museum of American History are listed in alphabetical order by last name below.
Museum Specialist/Collections Manager, Exhibitions and Collections Management Office
Supervisory Exhibits Specialist, Exhibit Production
Curator Emeritus, Office of Curatorial Affairs
Project and Curatorial Assistant, Division of Medicine and Science
Collections Specialist, National Numismatic Collection, Division of Work and Industry
Curatorial Assistant, Division of Political and Military History
Programs Coordinator, Programs and Audience Development
Manager, Preservation Services
Robert Battley
Information Technology Specialist, Technology Services Center
Senior Historian and Website Manager, Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation
Felicia Bell
Senior Advisor, Office of the Director
Museum Specialist, Division of Political and Military History
Head, Digital Program Office, Digital Programs Office
Curator Emeritus, Division of Political and Military History
Melanie Blanchard
Collections Management Specialist, Collections Management Services
Museum Technician, Collections Management Services
Lead Curator, Military History, Division of Political and Military History
Grace Boone
Procurement Assistant, Finance Office
Curator of the printing and graphic arts collections, Division of Work and Industry
Amanda Bowen
Project Manager, Project Management and Editorial Services
Curator Emeritus, Division of Cultural and Community Life
Curator Emerita, Division of Cultural and Community Life
Exhibits Specialist, Exhibit Production
Project Assistant, Division of Cultural and Community Life
Nigel Briggs
Visual Information Specialist, Design
Jeffrey Brodie
Supervisory Archivist, Archives Center
Isabella Bruno
Visual Information Specialist, Design
Bennie Brunton Jr
Supervisory Program Specialist, Finance Office
Nyssa Buning
Spark!Lab Facilitator, Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation
Assistant Director, Curatorial Affairs, Office of Curatorial Affairs
Leslie Casaya
Procurement Assistant, Finance Office
Exhibits Specialist, Exhibit Production
Eden Cho
Education Specialist, Education and Impact
Senior Program Manager, Education and Impact
Edward & Helen Hintz Secretarial Scholar and Curator, Division of Cultural and Community Life, Division of Political and Military History
Acquisitions Support Specialist, National Numismatic Collection, Division of Work and Industry
Associate Director, Building Renovation and Exhibition Services, Office of Building Renovation and Exhibition Services
Exhibits Specialist, Exhibit Production
Digital Asset and Data Manager, Digital Programs Office
Loan Specialist, Collections Management Services
Curator Emeritus, Division of Cultural and Community Life
Collections Information Manager, Digital Programs Office
Museum Technician, Deinstallation Team, Offsite Programs and Projects
Laura Duff
Film and Media Manager, Office of Communications and Marketing
Mark Edney
Director of Facilities Operations, Office of Management and Museum Services
Zach Etsch
Spark!Lab Floor Manager, Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation
Judith Evans
Writer/Editor, Project Management and Editorial Services
Deputy Director for External Affairs, Office of External Affairs
Stephanie Ruse Fares
Collections Information Specialist, Digital Programs Office
Curator of the National Numismatic Collection , Division of Work and Industry
Intern & Fellows Program Manager, Interns and Fellows Office
Associate Director for Curatorial Affairs, Office of Curatorial Affairs
Lead Visitor Experience Assistant, Experience Design
Curator Emeritus, Division of Work and Industry
Visual Information Specialist, Design
Senior Archivist, Archives Center
Acquisitions Coordinator, Collections Management Services
Curator Emeritus, Division of Medicine and Science
Museum Specialist, Supv., Exhibitions and Collections Management Office
Tanya Garner
Assistant Project Manager, Project Management and Editorial Services
Theater Specialist/Actor, Experience Design
Robert C. Gaskill Jr.
Information Technology Specialist, Technology Services Center
Leigh Gialanella
Digital Archivist, Digital Programs Office
Project Manager, Project Management and Editorial Services
Museum Specialist, Numismatics, Division of Work and Industry
Associate Curator, Division of Political and Military History
Shira Goldstein
Project Manager, Project Management and Editorial Services
Head of Collections Management, Museum Registrar, Collections Management Services
Program Manager, Experience Design
Manager, Outgoing Loan Program, Collections Management Services
Digital Experience Specialist, Education and Impact
Museum Technician, Collections Management Services
Joycinna Graves
Procurement Assistant, Finance Office
Curator Emerita, Division of Cultural and Community Life
Curator of Photography, Archives Center
Bart Hacker
Curator Emeritus, Division of Political and Military History
Elizabeth MacMillan Director, Office of the Director
Museum Specialist (Graphics Manager), Division of Political and Military History
Curator Emeritus, Division of Cultural and Community Life
Laura Havel
Public Affairs Specialist, Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation
Kaye Hawkins
Support Specialist, Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation
Austin Heath
Special Events Coordinator, Office of Special Events
Program Manager, Experience Design
Heidi Helgerson
Visual Information Specialist, Design
Chief, Offsite Programs and Projects, Offsite Programs and Projects
Lead Visitor Services Assistant, Experience Design
Museum Specialist, Division of Political and Military History
Deputy Director, Office of Communications and Marketing
Senior Program Manager, Programs and Audience Development
Project Assistant, Office of Curatorial Affairs
Program Manager, Office of Audience Engagement
Ushonda Holmes
Procurement Assistant, Finance Office
Collections Manager, Division of Political and Military History
Assistant Director, Collections and Archives; Chair, Archives Center, Office of Curatorial Affairs, Archives Center
Viena Howe
Sr. Manager, Development Communications and Donor Relations, Office of External Affairs
Joe Hursey
Archivist, Archives Center
Team Leader, Entertainment and Sports and Curator, Division of Cultural and Community Life
Curator, Political History, Division of Political and Military History
Archivist, Archives Center
Mike Johnson
Assistant Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations, Office of External Affairs
Stephanie Johnson
Major Gifts Officer, Office of External Affairs
Jay Johnston
Collections Accountability Specialist, Collections Management Services
Acting Chair and Curator, Division of Work and Industry
Exhibits Specialist, Exhibit Production
Barbara C. Jordan
Information Technology Specialist, Technology Services Center
Irene Kariampuzha
Associate Director, Management and Museum Services, Office of Management and Museum Services
Abigail Karow
Human Resources Assistant, Personnel Office
Philanthropy Initiative Program Manager, Office of External Affairs
Leo Kerr
Lighting Designer, Exhibit Production
Executive Producer, Jazz Masterworks Orchestra and Supervisory Producer, American Music History Initiatives, Programs and Audience Development
Museum Specialist, Exhibitions and Collections Management Office
Christine Klepper
Museum Technician, Division of Cultural and Community Life
Program Manager, Made By Us, Programs and Audience Development
Sharon Klotz
Head of Invention Education, Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation
Jocelyn Knauf
Docent Program Manager, Experience Design
Chief, Project Management and Editorial Services, Project Management and Editorial Services
Acting Associate Director for Audience Engagement and A. James Clark Director of Education & Outreach, Office of Audience Engagement, Education and Impact
Digital Assets Specialist, Digital Programs Office
Modupe Labode
Electronics Technician, Exhibit Production
Thanh Lieu
Project Assistant, Division of Work and Industry
Sarah Loux
Senior Special Events Coordinator, Office of Special Events
Acting Deputy Director for Audience Engagement and Deputy Director, Experience Design, Office of Audience Engagement, Experience Design
Lawrence (Rick) B. Luhrs
Chief Technology Officer, Technology Services Center
Elise Luthi
Director, Office of Special Events
Program Director, Digital Experience, Education and Impact
Human Resources Manager, Personnel Office
Museum Technician (Acquisitions), Collections Management Services
Cassie Mancer
Assistant Project Manager, Project Management and Editorial Services
Lilly Endowment Curator of American Religious History, Division of Cultural and Community Life
Dana Sherman Marine
Manager, Museum Advisory Board & Committees, Office of External Affairs
Curatorial Assistant, Division of Cultural and Community Life
Visual Information Specialist, Exhibit Production
Digital Experience Developer, Education and Impact
Exhibits Specialist, Exhibit Production
Program Manager, Experience Design
Priya Menzies
Special Assistant, Office of the Director
Director, Special Initiatives and Director, Program in Latino History and Culture, Education and Impact, Program in Latino History and Culture
Mary Miller
Supervisory Exhibits Maintenance and Lighting, Exhibit Production
Associate Curator, Division of Political and Military History
Director Emeritus, Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation
David M. Rubenstein Curator of Philanthropy, Division of Work and Industry
Geoffrey Moore
Exhibits Technology Specialist, Exhibit Production
Caroline Morales
Spark!Lab Facilitator, Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation
Curatorial Assistant, Division of Cultural and Community Life
Supervisory Exhibit Technician, Exhibit Production
Jonathan Morris
Supervisory Exhibits Specialist, Exhibit Production
Program Director for Exhibition Development, Education and Impact
Collections Manager, Division of Political and Military History
Photographer, Photographic Services
Kim Nguyen
Manager of Annual Giving, Office of External Affairs
Program Manager, Office of Curatorial Affairs
Conservator of Exhibitions & Loans, Preservation Services
Collections Manager, Photo History and Graphic Arts, Division of Work and Industry
Archivist, Archives Center
Archivist, Archives Center
Education Specialist, School and After-school Programs, Experience Design
Senior Costume Conservator, Preservation Services
Museum Specialist, Division of Political and Military History
Rights and Reproductions Coordinator, Archives Center
Education Specialist, Education and Impact
Abigail Phelps
Program Assistant, Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation
Program Manager, Experience Design
Supervisory Writer/Editor, Project Management and Editorial Services
Interpretive Exhibits Inventor, Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation
Kendra Ramdat
Budget Analyst, Finance Office
Amira Rasayon
Exhibits Specialist, Exhibit Production
Supervisory Financial Management Specialist, Finance Office
Curator Emerita, Archives Center
Museum Specialist, Division of Medicine and Science
Archives Specialist, Archives Center
Museum Specialist/Collections Manager, Exhibitions and Collections Management Office
Associate Curator, Division of Cultural and Community Life
Director, Programs and Audience Development, Programs and Audience Development
Curator Emeritus, Division of Political and Military History
Assistant Registrar for Shipping and Receiving, Collections Management Services
Lauren Safranek
Project Coordinator, Division of Cultural and Community Life
Merrill Family Secretarial Scholar, Division of Work and Industry
Maria Sanchez
Media Producer, Education and Impact
Museum Specialist , Division of Cultural and Community Life
Curator Emeritus, Division of Medicine and Science
Filming and Communications Assistant, Office of Communications and Marketing
Manager, Youth and Teacher Programs, Education and Impact
Associate Curator, Division of Medicine and Science
Experience Design Assistant, Experience Design
Manager, Business Program, Office of Management and Museum Services
Outgoing Loans Coordinator, Collections Management Services
James Smailes
Ship Plans Manager, Division of Work and Industry
Senior Creative Developer, Education and Impact
Head of Exhibitions and Interpretation, Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation
Program Assistant, Department of Affiliations
Emmaline Smith
Development Assistant, Office of External Affairs
Jarrett Smith
Project Manager, Project Management and Editorial Services
Senior Paper Conservator, Preservation Services
Noah Stewart
Digitization Assistant, Digital Programs Office
Collections Manager, , Collections Management Services
Richard Strauss
Chief of Photographic Services, Photographic Services
Museum Technician, Division of Cultural and Community Life
Irvin P. Suggs
Exhibits Specialist, Exhibit Production
Exhibit Specialist, Exhibit Production
Interpretive Specialist, Education and Impact
Laura Tancredi
Museum Specialist, Collections Management Services
Lolita K Thomas
Financial and Travel Manager, Finance Office
Curator of Asian Pacific American History, Division of Work and Industry
Museum Specialist, Collections Management Services
Chief, Exhibit Production, Exhibit Production
Jennifer Walker
Executive Assistant, Office of External Affairs
Dawn Wallace
Objects Conservator, Preservation Services
Roberta Walsdorf
Finance Director, Finance Office
Project Assistant, Division of Medicine and Science
Associate Director for External Affairs, Office of External Affairs
Project Historian, Division of Work and Industry
Collections Specialist, Work & Industry and Numismatics, Division of Work and Industry
Tsione Wolde-Michael
John Doug Womer
Information Technology Specialist, Technology Services Center
Curator Emerita, Division of Work and Industry
Special Projects Coordinator, Office of Building Renovation and Exhibition Services
Supervisory Museum Manager, Division of Political and Military History
Curator Emeritus, Division of Cultural and Community Life
Senior Collections Manager, Work and Industry, Division of Work and Industry
Senior Producer, Education and Impact
