Past Presidents
2025—Nina Sapp, Detroit Institute of Arts
2024—Randy Shulman, The Huntington
2021-23—Amy Purvis, Museum of Fine Arts Houston
2020—Crystal Churchwell Evans, Frist Art Museum
2019—Samantha Leo, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
2019—Rehana Abbas, Oakland Museum of California
2018—Arpie Chucovich, Denver Art Museum
2017—Alexandra Wheeler, Whitney Museum of American Art
2016—Melissa Bomes, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
2015—August Napoli, Cleveland Museum of Art
2014—Carl Hamm, Saint Louis Art Museum
2013—Lisa M. Key, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
2012—Kelly O’Brien, Philadelphia Museum of Art
2011—Shawn St. Michael, Art Gallery of Ontario
2010—Beth Miller, Yale Center for British Art
2010—Jill Westgard, Yale University Art Gallery
2009—Canceled,
2008—Linda McNay, High Museum of Art
2007—Joan Grathwol Olson, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
2007—Christopher Stevens, Walker Art Center
2006—Diana Duke Duncan, Dallas Museum of Art
2005—Colleen Kelly, Museum of New Mexico Foundation
2004—Paul Johnson, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
2003—Dolores F. Ellenberg, Carnegie Museum of Pittsburgh
2002—Alice DuBose, Art Institute of Chicago
2002—Greg Cameron, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
2002—Patrick McCusker, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
2001—Maryann Jordan, Seattle Art Museum
2000—Robert Chamberlain, Phoenix Art Museum
1999—Martin Duus, The Frick Collection
1999—Carolyn Nesbitt, The Morgan Library
1998—Margaret Skidmore, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
1998—Karen Skaer Soh, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston
1997—Kate Markert, Cleveland Museum of Art
1996—James R. Hackney, Mint Museum of Art
1995—Patricia Jacoby, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
1994—Katharine DeShaw, Walker Art Center
1994—John Easley, Minneapolis Institute of Arts
1993—Anne Farrell, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego
1993—Jane Rice, San Diego Museum of Art
1992—Alexandra Aldridge, Philadelphia Museum of Art
1991—Michael Churchman, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, KC
1990—Scott Charles, Seattle Art Museum
1989—Christine O’Neill, Art Institute of Chicago
1988—Forest Williamson, Colonial Williamsburg
1987—Larry Wheeler, Cleveland Museum of Art
1986—Julie Johnston, LA County Museum of Art
1986—Kerry Buckley, LA Museum of Contemporary Art
1985—Barbara Neiswender Pate, New Orleans Museum of Art
1984—Dan Meyer, George Eastman House
1984—Christine Hyer, Memorial Art Gallery Rochester, NY
1983—Margaret Skidmore, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
1982—Paul Hood, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond
1981—Helen Moss, The Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco
1980—Karen Jensen, Minneapolis Institute of Arts
1979—Charles Thomas, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
1978—Cathy McClain Finlon, Denver Art Museum
1977—Charles Edwards, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartfield
1976—Barbara Neiswender Pate, New Orleans Museum of Art
1975—Phil Thompson, Philadelphia Museum of Art
1974—Marian Gifford, Indianapolis Museum of Art
1972—Phil Thompson, Phoenix Art Museum