Most Recent Issue:
Spring 2010 (Vol. 35 No. 1):

Museum Education and Public Value: New Strategies and Ideas
Guest Editor – Ben Garcia, Skirball Cultural Center

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Meet our New MER Board Members

The Museum Education Roundtable (MER) supports museum education professionals across the United States and Canada. The MER board of directors shapes the future of the organization and coordinates all MER projects and activities.

At the spring board meeting of the directors of the Museum Education Roundtable, held May 22 in Los Angeles, California, a slate of nominees, proposed by the Nominations Task Force of the Governance Committee, received unanimous board approval. This slate includes the following candidates for a three year term of office, from October 2010 to September, 2013, first term to be followed by a second term if confirmed.

The slate was sent to the MER membership for a vote and has been approved.  Read the candidates’ statements on the Board of Directors pages on this site.

Beth Maloney (one year term, 2010-2011. Filling a seat vacated two years into term)

Matt Hill, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, Minnesota (1st term)

Jessimi Jones, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio (1st term)

Michael Kates, Fort Des Moines Museum, Des Moines, Iowa (1st term)

Carole Krukoff, Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago, IL. (2 year term, 2010-12, filling a seat vacated one year into term)