FOUNDATION

MISSION

The mission of the Albuquerque Museum Foundation is to further the cultural and educational programs at The Albuquerque Museum of Art and History through broad public and private gifts and volunteer support. As an independent nonprofit corporation, the Foundation’s purpose is to encourage the development of The Museum as the outstanding museum of its kind in the Southwest.

In service to the community.

The Foundation funds The Museum’s education, Magic Bus and docent programs, provides additional exhibition funding which brings world-class shows to The Museum, and makes possible amenities like the Gallery Store and the café, Slate at The Museum. The Foundation also manages The Museum's membership program, which at the end of the 2010-11 fiscal year included 2,042 households.

The Foundation provides communication support for The Museum. In addition to public relations and marketing efforts, the Foundation publishes abqmuseum, the quarterly magazine of The Museum and Foundation, and The Museum’s annual report.  It also manages and provides funding for this website.
 

View the Foundation's 2010 990 Report  (2.4 MB PDF)      

View the Foundation's 2010 Annual Report (4.1 MB PDF)

View the Foundation's 2011 990 Report (394 KB PDF)

View the Foundation's 2011 Annual Report (4.5 MB PDF)


BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Tom Keleher,* President
James Lowry,* Vice President/President-Elect
Steve R. Cogan, Secretary
Robert Wertheim, Treasurer
Kathy Sporing,* Immediate Past-President
Karen Alarid*
Veronica Arzate de Reyes
Nancy Baca Jurney
Heather Badal
Karen Bard*
Beverly Bendicksen
Paul Bushnell
Ann Maloney Conway
Glenn Fellows*
Carlos Garcia*
Ted Garcia
Christine Glidden,* Chair Museum Trustees
Mike Godwin
Jerome Goss
John Grassham
Julie Gutiérrez

Jean A. Harris
Michael Hauger
Robert G. Heiser
Leslie Kim
Orlando Lucero
Toni Martorelli
Kathleen Metzger
Pamela Michaelis
Phaedra Rayner
Roxana Reid
Debra Y. Romero,* Executive Director
Elaine Roy
Jesús Salazar*
Aimee Tang
Catherine Wambach
Paul Weaver III
Evelin Wheeler*
Scott Whittington
Cathy Wright,* Museum Director
Anne Yegge

 

* Executive Committee 2011 - 2012

FOUNDATION STAFF

Debra Y. Romero | Executive Director 


Sharlene Argyres | Gifts Manager
Rita Butler | Program Manager

Kathy Humalainen | Office Coordinator

Leah Persons | Gallery Store Manager

Elaine Richardson | Director of Development

Robert Romero | Batten House Caretaker

Shannon Wong | Finance Manager

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