Administrators, Staff, and Advisors of the Modesto Art Museum

 

Modesto Art Museum Board of Directors

  • David Burkett is an architect with API. He lives in Modesto.

  • Andrew Cain is an artist and arts educator. He has a bachelor of fine arts degree from Griffith University, Queensland College of Art, Brisbane, Australia. He lives in Hayward..

  • Barrett Lipomi lives in Modesto. He is the president of the Sierra Valley Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, and a member of the Modesto Landmark Preservation Commission.

  • David Maples lives in Modesto, California. He is an exhibition coordinator, art photographer, and former art gallery owner.

  • Jennifer Mullen is the executive director of the Modesto Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Stanislaus County Regional Tourism Roundtable. She lives in Modesto.

  • Kate Trompetter is youth services marketing and public relations coordinator for the Center for Human Services; board member, The Haven Women's Center of Stanislaus County; commissioner, City of Modesto Culture Commission; member of the George Rogers Park Committee and the Airport Neighborhood Collaborative; and producer at HeyBuddy Productions.

Officers

 

  • President, Kate Trompetter

  • Secretary/Treasurer, Barrett Lipomi

 

Staff

  • Executive Director, Robert Barzan has been the director since the museum opened in 2005. He is a member of the American Association of Museums.

Museum Advisors

  • Morgan Baillargeon PhD. lives in Ottawa, Canada, and is curator of Plains Ethnology at the Canadian Museum of Civilization, and advisor to the Métis National Museum in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

  • David Gleeson is a freelance art journalist, critic, and media consultant based in London, England. He has an M.A. in Art History from Birkbeck College, London University, and is currently a member of the Advisory Board for The Missing Peace.

  • Kevin Havener M.A. is an instructional technology expert with several years of experience at the Field Museum. He lives in Chicago.

  • Henrietta Sparkman is an arts curriculum specialist and coordinator, a board member of the Central California Art Association, vice-chair of the Modesto Public Arts Committee, a friend of the School of Fine and Performing Arts at CSU Stanislaus, and an accomplished artist.

  • Randy Siefkin is on the board of directors of the State Theatre in Modesto, and the president of the Modesto Film Society.

  • David Stockdale is executive director of the Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture in San Francisco, former director of the San Antonio Botanical Garden, and a member of the American Association of Museums.

  • Ilene Van Gossen is an artist and former Modesto art gallery owner. She has a BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute.

  • Josef Venker S.J. MFA lives in Seattle, Washington, and is an artist and professor of visual arts at Seattle University.