Board of Directors

Angela Stanford has been a registrar for more than 25 years, serving both as museum staff and as an independent contractor through her business Advanced Museum Services. She has extensive collections management and registration experience including inventory control, database management, policy writing, collections moves and building additions, and long-range planning. Organizing, documenting, and caring for collections is both her passion and her business.

Cashmere Morley is an award-winning graphic designer and writer committed to making art accessible and engaging for all. Since founding her Michigan-based design agency in 2016, she has collaborated with leading museums and cultural institutions both locally and nationwide, creating exhibitions and public art solutions that captivate and educate across the United States.

Erin Richardson has been working in museums since 1992. She’s witty, fun, smart, ethical, and deadly serious about museum collections as educational and cultural assets with high opportunity costs. It is not free to keep an artifact, artwork, manuscript, or publication forever. In 2018 Erin founded Frank & Glory, a museum services firm that challenges museums and libraries to think carefully about investing resources in collections that are relevant for, and representative of, their current and future audiences so that they may support the museum’s mission.

Gwendolen Nystrom, M.A., CVA, has over 15 years of experience in the museum and cultural sector. She has served as a museum CEO, historic house director, and nonprofit board member, and now leads Nystrom Collaborative LLC, a consulting practice offering comprehensive assessments, fractional and interim leadership, and strategic planning. Her expertise spans governance, operations, volunteer engagement, and program and event development.

Johanna Goldfeld, a Brooklyn-based graphic and exhibition designer, founded exhibitista creative in 2006. She translates complex content into clear, inspiring, and visually appealing displays at museums, historic houses, and faith-based organizations. Since 2016 she has served as an adjunct professor at Citytech, City University of New York.

Josh Feinberg specializes in content development and writing for museum exhibitions, multimedia experiences, and educational materials.  Over the course of more than two decades as an independent consultant, he’s developed exhibition scripts, audio tours, and curriculum guides for a wide range of museums, parks, and arts organizations.  A quick study with a knack for zeroing in on key stories and themes, he’s applied his skills across a broad swath of content, from art and culture to history, science, and technology.

Karen de Seve weaves tales of history, discovery, and innovation into experiences that encourage visitors to interact with information and not just passively consume it. She’s worked on staff at Wildlife Conservation Society, American Museum of Natural History, and Liberty Science Center before launching Creative Content Studio in 2009. Karen has created workshops with the Children’s Media Association, and writes children’s books, multimedia, and cartoons.

Dr. Kheli Willetts is Principal and Founder of Dira Professional Development, LLC. Dira provides tailored consulting services in governance, operations, programming, engagement as well as leadership and cohort coaching. In addition to her role at Dira, Dr. Willetts serves as the Director of Brand Culture with the arts and culture branding firm, DRMTM.

Krista Kusuma, M.A., M.Ed., CPCC, ACC, is a guest-experience thought leader and heart-led leadership coach. Through her coaching and experience consulting firm, Experience First, LLC, Krista provides leadership coaching and organizational training in inclusive hospitality, de-escalation, building resilience, and art engagement to build and optimize high-functioning teams.

Tamara Schwarz, founder and principal of Swiftwing Studio, works with museums and other cultural and educational organizations to develop exhibitions, interpretive content, and interactive experiences. She launched her consulting practice after two decades in the museum field, including leadership roles as Director of Exhibit Development & Strategic Planning at the California Academy of Sciences and Senior Manager of Experience Design at Chabot Space & Science Center. When she’s not geeking out about something museum-related, she’s often cooking, harvesting fruit in her backyard, or out on the San Francisco Bay Area’s hiking trails.

Uma Nair is a museum consultant, organizational strategist, and former Getty project lead with 15+ years of experience spanning the cultural and corporate sectors. She helps museums build people-centered operations through clear processes, inclusive strategy, and collaborative leadership rooted in care and systems thinking. Uma began her career at Google and has led award-winning digital initiatives and trained museum teams nationwide.