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Museum Leadership

Cameron Kitchin, Louis and Louise Dieterle Nippert Director of the Cincinnati Art MuseumCameron Kitchin is the Louis and Louise Dieterle Nippert Director of the Cincinnati Art Museum, where he serves as the ninth director in the museum’s history.

Kitchin is dedicated to the art museum’s service to the public and advancing the role of art and education in Cincinnati’s civic agenda. Since his appointment in 2014, Kitchin has led the museum to embrace its founding principles of inspiring people and connecting communities through the power of art. He guides the museum’s institutional vision, the collection of over 73,000 objects spanning 6,000 years, exhibitions, publications, research resources, art library, educational initiatives, outreach programs, external relations, administrative management and strategic planning. Kitchin previously served as Director of the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art and as Executive Director of the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art. His professional experience includes special projects with the American Alliance of Museums and museum planning with Economics Research Associates. Kitchin holds degrees in art history from Harvard University and business administration from William & Mary. He is an alumnus of the Getty Leadership Institute and Leadership Cincinnati. Kitchin serves the field as a Presidential appointee to the National Museum and Library Services Board and as an elected Trustee of the Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD).

 

Cynthia Amnéus, Chief Curator

Amy Burke, Director of Visitor Experience

Carol Edmondson, Chief Financial Officer

Ted Forrest, Human Resources Director

Brad Hawse, Director of Philanthropy

Emily Holtrop, Director of Learning & Interpretation

Susan Hudson, Director of Collections & Exhibitions

David Linnenberg, Chief Administrative Officer

Darcy Schwass, APR, Director of Marketing & Communications

 


Board of Trustees

Officers

Rance G. Duke, PresidentRance Duke, Chair Rance G. Duke, PresidentBruce Petrie, President

 

  • Andrew Quinn, Vice President
  • Susan Kelley-Fernandez,Treasurer
  • Eric Kearney, Secretary

 

Trustees

  • Hesham Abd El Hak
  • Jeff Berding
  • Tanu Bhati
  • Julie Bristow
  • Missy Byrne
  • Michael Chasnoff
  • Timothy Elsbrock
  • Rico Grant
  • Tracy Hartmann
  • Sam Huttenbauer III
  • Kevin Jones
  • Marcia Joseph
  • Ann Keeling
  • Jutta Lafley
  • Joshua Lorentz
  • Rachael Magowan
  • Anu Mitra, Ph.D.
  • Eric Mueller
  • Katrina Mundy
  • Shauna Murphy, CPS Interim Superintendent
  • Peter Niehoff, Ph.D.
  • Aftab Pureval, Mayor
  • Jake Ragland
  • Jackie Reau
  • Tony Roberts
  • Cheryl Rose
  • Christine Schiff
  • Dan Schimberg
  • Lauren Hannan Shafer
  • Robin Sheakley
  • Cherie Silverstein
  • Murray Sinclaire, Jr.
  • Kelly Vanasse
  • Dick Williams
  • David Wolf

 

Trustees Emeriti

  • Otto Budig, Jr.
  • Bob Castellini
  • Susan Castellini
  • Paul Chellgren
  • Fuheid Daoud, M.D.
  • Andrew DeWitt
  • William DeWitt, Jr.
  • David Dougherty
  • Stewart Goldman
  • Amy Hanson
  • Estella Hassan
  • Helen Heekin
  • Sarah Johnson
  • Jerry Kathman
  • Larry Kyte, Jr., Esq.
  • Craig Maier
  • Sherie Marek
  • Jon Moeller
  • Valerie Newell, CPA
  • Rich Oliver
  • Kevin Ott
  • Geri Pass-Sowell
  • Marty Ragland
  • Tom Schiff
  • Larry Sheakley
  • Andrew Stillpass
  • George Vincent, Esq.
  • J. Philip Vollmer
  • Barbara Weyand
  • Tom Williams
  • Jeff Wyler

 

Honorary Trustees

  • Judith Adams
  • Peter Alpaugh
  • Lee Cowan
  • Charles Deitschel, Jr., M.D.
  • Christine Evans
  • Florence Koetters
  • Richard Rosenthal
  • Jewell Lewis Shane
  • Dorothy Weil
  • Michael West

 


Curators & Conservators

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