Executive Board

President
Dominick Miller
Chief of Marketing
Mackinac State Historic Parks
Mackinaw City/Mackinac Island
MillerD44 at michigan dot gov

Vice President
Melanie Parker
Curator
Ilitch Holdings
Detroit
parkerms515 at gmail dot com

Treasurer

Eric Gollannek

Executive Director

Saugatuck-Douglas History Center

Douglas

director at mysdhistory dot org

Secretary

Patrick McKay

Museum Manager
Rochester Hills Museum at VanHoosen Farm
Rochester Hills
mckayp at rochesterhills dot org

MMA Board of Directors
2025 Meeting Schedule

All meetings are 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
and held via Zoom unless noted otherwise

January 16: Zoom

March 20: Zoom

May 15: All-day, in-person (Grand Rapids)

July 17: Zoom

October 13: In-person (Greater Lansing)

November 20: All Day, In-person (TBD)



Directors

Christina Hirn Arseneau

Director
Niles History Center
Niles
HCDirector at nilesmi dot org

George Bayard
Executive Director
Grand Rapids African American Museum and Archives
Grand Rapids
bayardgallery at aol dot com

Joe Cialdella

Assistant Director, Experiential Learning

University of Michigan, Rackham Graduate School

Ann Arbor

Joescia at umich dot edu

Rachel Crouch 

Processing Archivist

Motown Museum

Detroit

rcrouch at motownmuseum dot org

Malcolm Cottle

Curator of Collections

Sloan Museum of Discovery

Flint

MCottle at SloanLongway dot org

Caitlyn Perry Dial

Director of Development
MSU Libraries
East Lansing
dialcait at msu dot edu

Jennifer Giddings-Essenmacher

Docent & Program Coordinator

Flint Institute of Arts
Flint

jessenmacher at flintarts dot org

Eric Gollannek

Executive Director

Saugatuck-Douglas History Center

Douglas

director at mysdhistory dot org

Regina Gorham

Collections Manager

Kalamazoo Valley Museum

Kalamazoo

rgorham at kvcc dot edu

Megan McAdow

Executive in Residence

Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum
University Center
MMcAdow at svsu dot edu

Ken Yarsevich

Advertising Specialist
Michigan Economic Development Council/Travel Michigan
Lansing
yarsevichk at michigan dot org

Joel Zwart

Curator of Exhibitions and Collections
Grand Valley State University Art Museum
Allendale
zwartjo at gvsu dot edu

Eric Gollannek

Executive Director

Saugatuck-Douglas History Center

Douglas

director at mysdhistory dot org

Staff

Lisa Craig Brisson

Executive Director
director at michiganmuseums dot org

Melissa Ford

Assistant Director
comms at michiganmuseums dot org


Natalie Pantelis

Programs Coordinator

programs at michiganmuseums dot org

Yitzack Balmaceda

Membership and Development Assistant
members at michiganmuseums dot org

Phone: 313-334-7643

Our office hours are 9:00 a.m.  to 3:00 p.m., 

Monday through Thursday.


(Left to Right) Yitzack Balmaceda, Lisa Craig Brisson, Natalie Pantelis, Melissa Ford

Grant Support Policy

The Michigan Museums Association (MMA) will not provide organizational letters of support to members for grant requests unless MMA is directly involved in the project.

Approved: 11-16-18

The Michigan Museums Association is supported in part by an award from the Michigan Arts and Culture Council

Thank you to our Partners!


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