Executive Staff & Board

Senior Management Staff

Dr. Kirk Johnson
Sant Director

Dr. Jonathan A. Coddington
Associate Director for Science

Elizabeth Duggal
Associate Director for Public Engagement and
Director, International Museum Professional Education Program, Smithsonian Institution

Tracy LaMondue
Associate Director of Advancement and Campaign Director

Mike McCarthy
Associate Director for Operations

Department Chairs and Directors

Dr. Mary Jo Arnoldi
Anthropology

Carol Butler
Chief of Collections

Christine Elias
Director of Strategic Communications

Dr. Brian Huber
Paleobiology

Tina Karl
Director of Special Events

Randall Kremer
Director of Public Affairs

Dr. Michael Mason
Director of Exhibitions

Dr. Timothy McCoy
Mineral Sciences

Matt McDermott
Assistant Director for Information Technology

Dr. Jon Norenburg
Invertebrate Zoology

Dr. Valerie Paul
Director, Smithsonian Marine Station

Dr. Ted Schultz
Entomology

Dr. Richard Vari
Vertebrate Zoology

Dr. Warren Wagner
Botany

Lee Weigt
Director, Laboratories of Analytical Biology (LAB)

Shari Rosenstein Werb
Director for Education and Outreach

Dr. Wendy Wiswall
Assistant Director for Science Program Administration

Chun-Hsi Wong
Assistant Director for Facilities Operations

Office of Protection Services
for NMNH

Carl Taylor
Security Manager

William Branch
Assistant Security Manager

Office of Facilities Management & Reliability for NMNH

Larry Varner
North Zone Manager

John Lagundo
NHB Building Manager

Advisory Board

Chair of the Board

Ms. Kathryn S. Fuller
Washington, DC

Vice-Chair of the Board

Mr. Roger W. Sant
Washington, DC

Board Members

The Honorable
Bruce Babbitt
Washington, DC

Dr. Peter Buck
Danbury, CT

Dr. Jane Buikstra
Tempe, AZ

Mr. Michael J. Collins
Coral Gables, FL

Dr. Rita Colwell
Bethesda, MD

Dr. Wayne Clough
Washington, DC*

Dr. Scott Edwards
Concord, MA

Mr. John Fahey
Washington, DC

Ms. Gabriela Febres-Cordero
New York, NY

Dr. Jonathan Fink
Portland, OR

The Honorable
William H. Frist
Nashville, TN

Ms. Paula Kerger
Washington, DC

Mr. David Koch
New York, NY

Dr. Jane Lubchenco
Washington, DC

Ambassador William H. Luers
Washington Depot, CT

Mr. Whitney Macmillan
Vero Beach, FL

Justice Sandra Day O’Connor
Paradise Valley, AZ

Dr. Lisbet Rausing
London, England

Dr. Eva Pell
Washington, DC*

Dr. Paul G. Risser
Norman, OK

Mr. David Rubenstein
Bethesda, MD

Dr. Jeremy Sabloff
Santa Fe, NM

Mr. John Sall
Cary, NC

Dr. Jorge Soberón
Lawrence, KS

Mr. Marshall Turner
Belvedere, CA

*Ex-Officio Members

Emeritus Members

Mrs. Jean Lane
Portola Valley, California

Mr. Robert Malott
Chicago, Illinois