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Office of Museum Services

The Advisory Board for the Office of Museum Services is composed of 11 members, each appointed to a four-year term by the Governor. A minumum of at least six members must be qualified, trained and experienced museum professionals. The remaining five seats are appointed from the community at large.  Nominations may be submitted HERE.

Advisory Board Members

Name Residence Occupation Designation
Dr. Pam Miller (chair) Price Professor, College of Eastern Utah Museum Professional
Dave Jones (vice chair) Salt Lake City Principal, Pathway Associates LLC At-Large
Maria Farrington Salt Lake City Executive Director, Discovery Gateway Children's Museum Museum Professional
Dr. Harold Hickman St. George Community Representative At-Large
Donna Law Cedar City Director of Development, Southern Utah University At-Large
Vacant     At-Large
Vacant     At-Large
Bill Sanders Layton Pioneer Histories Manager, Heritage Museum of Layton Museum Professional
Mike Nelson Boulder Manager, Anasazi State Park Museum Museum Professional
Kurt Graham Salt Lake City Director, LDS Church History Museum Museum Professional
Gretchen Dietrich Salt Lake City Executive Director, Utah Museum of Fine Arts Museum Professional

Meeting Schedule

The Board of Directors meets bimonthly. Public notice of meetings can be found on the Utah Public Meetings Notice site. For more information, contact Lynnette Hiskey at 801.236.7555.

Utah Arts Council

The Board of Directors of the Utah Arts Council is a policy-making board composed of 13 members, each appointed to a four-year term by the Governor and ratified by the Utah Senate. Nine seats are dedicated to representatives of the following disciplines: architecture, dance, folk arts, media, music, theatre, sculpture, literature and visual arts. Four seats are appointed from the community at large. Nominations may be submitted HERE.

Board Members

Name Residence Occupation Designation
John T. Nielsen (chair) Salt Lake City Attorney At-Large
Blair Buswell Pleasant Grove Sculptor Sculpture
Michael R. Fox Sandy Partner, Savage Pictures Media Arts
Lyman Hafen Santa Clara Writer Literary
Phillipp Malzl Mapleton Teacher, Early Light Academy At-Large
Pierre Langue Salt Lake City Architect Architecture

R. Scott Phillips

Cedar City

Executive Director, Utah Shakespeare Festival

Theater

Victoria Rowe Berry Logan Director, Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art Visual Arts
Shirley Ririe Salt Lake City Founder, Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company Dance
Diane Stewart Salt Lake City Community Representative At-Large
Roger Carter Utah County Investments At-Large
Andrew Yarosh Moab Executive Director, Moab Music Festival Music
Clive Romney Salt Lake City Director, Utah Pioneer Heritage Arts Folk Arts

Meeting Schedule

The Board of Directors meets bimonthly. Public notice of meetings can be found on the Utah Public Meetings Notice site. For more information, contact Lynnette Hiskey at 801.236.7555.