Leadership

Board of Directors

Alice Walton
Chairwoman of the Board

Rick Chapman
Walton Enterprises, LLC
Retired

Elizabeth Glassman
Terra Foundation for American Art
Former President and CEO

Thelma Golden
The Studio Museum
Director and Chief Curator

Doug McMillon
Walmart Inc.
President and CEO

Hank Willis Thomas
Artist
Co-Founder of For Freedoms

John H. Tyson
Tyson Foods, Inc.
Board of Directors Chairman

Olivia Walton
Heartland Summit, Co-Founder
Founding Chairperson of the Momentary Council

Steuart Walton
Game Composites, Ltd.
Founder & CEO

John Wilmerding
Princeton University Art Museum
Professor Emeritus of American Art & Adjunct Curator

Departmental Leadership

Executive Director and Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer
Rod Bigelow

Senior Director
Sandra Keiser Edwards

Deputy Director
Jill Wagar

Communications

Chief Communications and Marketing Officer
Diane Carroll

Curatorial

Chief Curator
Austen Barron Bailly

Curator, Contemporary Art and Director of Artist Initiatives
Lauren Haynes

Curatorial Affairs and Strategic Art Initiatives

Director of Curatorial Affairs and Strategic Art Initiatives
Margi Conrads

Design Thinking

Design Thinking Fellow
Henry Trejo

Development

Director of Development
Emily Ironside

Education

Chief Education Officer
Marissa Reyes

Exhibitions

Director of Exhibitions and Interpretation
Robin Groesbeck

Facilities and Trails & Grounds

Director of Operations
Scott Eccleston

Finance

Chief Financial Officer
Tracy Cude

Membership

Director of Advancement Operations
Megan Martin

Operations

Chief Operating Officer
Emilio Fabico

People Services

Chief People Officer
Makele Ndessokia

The Momentary

Executive Director, the Momentary
Lieven Bertels

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