2025 Content Advisory Committee
Meet the
Content Advisory Committee
The Content Advisory Committee’s (CAC) goal is to review, grade, and select proposals that align with the 2026 Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo’s theme of The Museum Odyssey.
The CAC evaluates content for the Annual Meeting by reviewing proposal submissions through a “blind” peer-review process. Each of the four thematic tracks: Museums as Timekeepers, Time Travelers, Chroniclers, and Seers—in addition to a new track this year, Museum Essentials and Evolving Practices is assigned a subgroup of reviewers for detailed discussions and recommendations specific to those tracks.
The CAC works closely with AAM staff to ensure the program reflects a thoughtful balance of topics based on the needs of and active conversations in the field and previous meeting evaluations.
Jessica Chavez
2025 Content Advisory Committee Chair
Vice President of Education and Chief Learning & Community Partnerships Officer, Griffin Museum of Science and Industry
Chicago, IL
Mike Adams
Director, Museum and Audience Engagement at the Hagley Museum and Library Board Vice President, Oscar Hammerstein Museum and Theatre Education Center Wilmington, DE
Abby Battis
Director, Historic Beverly Beverly, MA
Jessica Bicknell
Director of Exhibitions Penn Museum Philadelphia, PA
Amanda Blake
Director of Education, Library, and Visitor Experience Armon Carter Museum of American Art
Fort Worth, TX
Erin Brown
Curator of Collections Oklahoma Territorial Museum Oklahoma Historical Society Oklahoma City, OK
Susannah Carroll
Director of Collections The Franklin Institute
Philadelphia, PA
John Connolly
Director of Marketing Harvard Art Museums Cambridge, MA
Emily Craig
Manager, Gallery Learning LACMA
Los Angeles, CA
Tracy Curvan
Chief Operating Officer Please Touch Museum
Philadelphia, PA
Cara Dellatte
Director of Collections and Library Services, International Center of Photography
New York, NY
Judith Goetz
Director of Marketing, Communications & Sales Heritage Museums & Gardens
Sandwich, MA
Sarah Graves, PhD
Curator of Academic Learning and Engagement Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
Andrew Hammond
Senior Director of Content & Interpretation National Liberty Museum
Philadelphia, PA
Vincent Hawley
Exhibitions Manager James A Michener Art Museum
Doylestown, PA
M. Neva Hoffman
Culture + Change Director Jewish Museum of Maryland
Baltimore, MD
Holly Keris
J. Wayne & Delores Barr Weaver Chief Curator Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens
Jacksonville, FL
Ian Kerrigan
Senior Vice President, Exhibitions 9/11 Memorial & Museum
New York, NY
Mike Madeja
Director of Education Independence Seaport Museum
Philadelphia, PA
Jeff Martin
Director of Communications Philbrook Museum of Art
Tulsa, OK
Garret McCorkie
Senior Manager of Education and Programs
Muhammed Ali Center
Louisville, KY
Melinda McCrary
Institutional Giving Officer Chicago History Museum
Chicago, IL
Barbara Miller
Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs Museum of the Moving Image
Astoria, NY
Lindsey Nevin
Director of Donor Engagement Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia, PA
Sarah Lewis
Site Director, Museum of York County & Main Street Children’s Museum, Culture & Heritage Museums of York County
Rock Hill, SC
Jack Ludden
Audience Engagement & Innovation Specialist, Balboa Park Online Collaborative
Los Angeles, CA
Kathleen Lugarich
Senior Director, Historical Initiatives & Educational Development, The Army Historical Foundation
Ft. Belvoir, VA
Leila Makdisi
Senior Manager of School and Family Experience, Adler Planetarium
Chicago, IL
Joy Mistovich
Assistant Education Director/Digital UX Accessibility Specialist, The Butler Institute of American Art
Youngstown, OH
Raka Nandi
Director of Exhibits & Collections, Memphis Museum of Science & History
Memphis, TN
Jennifer Olson
Director of Guest and Community Engagement, Chicago Academy of Sciences, Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
Chicago, IL
Joseph O’Neill
Content Manager and Editor II
American Alliance of Museums
Arlington, VA
Dean Phelus
Editor in Chief, Museum Magazine, Senior Director, Special Projects, American Alliance of Museums
Arlington, VA
Sara Pike
Development Manager, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art
Boulder, CO
Heather Pressman
Co-Founder, Achieving Access Museum Access Consulting
Portland, OR
Kimberly Robinson
Staff Curator, National Park Service
Herndon, WV
Grace Stewart
Assistant Director, Equity and Culture, American Alliance of Museums
Arlington, VA
Mariam Tabatabaee
Associate Educator, Lucas Museum of Narrative Art
Los Angeles, CA
Jasmin Tabatabaee
Education Programs Coordinator, New Museum of Contemporary Art
New York, NY
Annie Thomas-Bubel
Learning & Wellbeing Programs Supervisor, Nemours Estate
Wilmington, DE
Jen Tobias
Association Director of Exhibitions & Art Collections and Curator of Arts, Denver Botanic Gardens
Denver, CO
Glenda Turner
Senior Director of Marketing and Public Relations, Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation
Williamsburg, VA
Cecelia Walls
Assistant Director, Content, American Alliance of Museums
Arlington, VA
David Whitemyer
Director of Partnerships: Museums & Culture, Electrosonic
Orlando, FL
Ashley Witherspoon, LCSW
Founder, CEO, Hand Made Dreams
Durham, NC
Susan Zwerling
Assistant Director, Learning Communities
American Alliance of Museums
Arlington, VA
Tiffany Gilbert, DES
Director, Meetings & Learning Programs
American Alliance of Museums Arlington, VA
AAM Staff Liaison, 2025 Content Advisory Committee
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