Local Host Committee

Thank you to the Los Angeles Local Host Committee:

Co-Chairs:

Lori Bettison-Varga, Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County
Leticia Rhi Buckley, La Plaza de Cultura y Artes

Leadership team:

Stephen Aron, Autry Museum of the American West
Cameron Shaw, California African American Museum
Timothy Potts, J. Paul Getty Museum
Ann Burroughs, Japanese American National Museum
Johanna Burton, Museum of Contemporary Art
Lourdes Ramos-Rivas, Ph.D., Museum of Latin American Art

All Los Angeles Local Host Committee Members:

Amy Homma, Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
Victoria Sancho Lobis, Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College
Jennifer Caballero, California Association of Museums
Jeff Rudolph, California Science Center
Sheila Bergman, Ph.D., Catalina Museum for Art & History
Michael Truong, Chinese American Museum
Rody N. Lopez, Craft Contemporary
Sylvia Forni, Fowler Museum at UCLA
Ronald Nelson, Long Beach Museum of Art
Keasha Dumas Heath, Museum of African American Art
Alison Bruesehoff, Rancho Los Cerritos
Drew Oberjuerge, Riverside Art Museum
Jennifer Cuevas, Self Help Graphics & Art
Leslie K. Johnson & Sheri Bernstein, Skirball Cultural Center
Maria Esther Fernández, The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture
Alexandra Rasic, The Gamble House Conservancy
Bethany Montagano, USC Museums
Steven Wong, Vincent Price Art Museum
Justinian Jampol, Wende Museum and Archive of the Cold War
Pam Lee, Rancho Los Alamitos Historic Ranch & Gardens
Ann Philbin (retired), Hammer Museum
Michael Govan, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Terry Karges, Petersen Automotive Museum
Julie Perlin Lee, Laguna Art Museum
Andi Campognone, Lancaster Museum of Art and History
Denise Verret, Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens
Daniel Lichtenstein, Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board

The Local Host Committee plays a critical role in ensuring the overall success of the AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo: 

Hosting evening events that showcase the depth and breadth of the local culture.
Recruiting and managing local and national volunteers to support the onsite logistics for the program. 
Acting as hospitality and tourism ambassadors for the host city during the meeting. 
Using the annual meeting to garner publicity for the local cultural community, as well as the annual meeting. 
Coordinating and executing experiential learning opportunities. 
Raising funds to ensure an inclusive and accessible meeting to provide scholarships, deeply discounted registration, a volunteer program, ASL interpreters, captioning, and more.