Staff and Board


Our Executive Director

Charity M. Counts

P.O. Box 6267

Fishers, IN 46038-6267

Phone: 1-888-724-4266

Email: ccounts(at)midwestmuseums.org


Our Officers

PRESIDENT

Charles Katzenmeyer

Vice President, Institutional Advancement

The Field Museum

Chicago, IL 

VICE PRESIDENT

Brenda Raney

Senior Vice President of Library, Research, and Collections

Minnesota Historical Society

St. Paul, MN

 

TREASURER

Joy DeFrance

Vice President, Organizational Development

Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History

Detroit, MI

 

SECRETARY

Kaman Hillenburg

Collections Manager

Evansville Museum of Arts, History & Science

Evansville, IN

 


Our Board of Directors (At-Large)

Ellen Censky

President & CEO

Milwaukee Public Museum

Milwaukee, WI

 

Paul Fladten

Senior Public Relations Manager

Discovery World

Milwaukee, WI

Danny Gonzales

Director of Exhibits

The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis

Indianapolis, IN

 

Joe Imholte

Senior Director of Experience

American Swedish Institute

Minneapolis, MN

 

Betsy Matt Turner

Vice President of Strategic Advancement

Putnam Museum and Science Center

Davenport, IA

 

De’Andrea Matthews, Ph.D.

Chief Diversity Officer

Detroit Zoological Society

Royal Oak, MI

 

Amanda McVey

VP of Administration & Finance

Center of Science and Industry (COSI)

Columbus, OH

Monica Walker

Senior Operations Officer

Kalamazoo Institute of Arts

Kalamazoo, MI

 

David Schmitz

Director

Iowa Arts Council

Des Moines, IA