Museum of Fine Arts, Board of Trustees of the Virginia
Purpose
The purpose of the Board of Trustees of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is to manage, control, maintain, and operate the museum.
Term
Five years; no more than two full successive terms
Composition
The management and control of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and its building, contents, furnishings, grounds, and other properties is vested in a board of trustees (the board) composed of (i) the Governor, the Speaker of the House of Delegates, and the mayor of the City of Richmond, who shall serve ex officio, and (ii) at least 25 but not more than 35 nonlegislative citizen members. Nonlegislative citizen members shall be appointed by the Governor after consideration of a list of nominees from the Museum submitted at least 60 days before the expiration of the member's term for which the nominations are being made.
Nonlegislative citizen members shall be appointed for terms of five years. No nonlegislative citizen member is eligible to serve more than two consecutive five-year terms; however, a member appointed to serve an unexpired term is eligible to serve two consecutive five-year terms immediately succeeding such unexpired term.
Nine members shall constitute a quorum at any meeting and a majority vote of those members present shall control in all matters.
The board shall adopt bylaws governing its organization and procedure and may alter and amend the bylaws.
The board shall elect one of its members president of the Museum.
The board may provide for an executive committee composed of at least three members that may exercise the powers vested in it and perform the duties imposed upon it by the board.
Vacant Seats
No seats are available at this time. If you are interested in joining this board in the future, please submit an application here.
Current Board Members
Lynette L Allston
Member of the General Public Membership expires on 6/30/2026Mr. Robert B. Ball
Member of the General Public Membership expires on 6/30/2026Marcia Gilliam
Member of the General Public Membership expires on 6/30/2026Mrs. Anne Noland Edwards
Member of the General Public Membership expires on 6/30/2026Mrs. Rupa Tak
Member of the General Public Membership expires on 6/30/2026Mrs. Jil Womack Harris
Member of the General Public Membership expires on 6/30/2026Mr. Thomas William Papa
Member of the General Public Membership expires on 6/30/2026Kirsti Goodwin
Member of the General Public Membership expires on 6/30/2027Rooz Dadabhoy
Member of the General Public Membership expires on 6/30/2027Ann H. Goettman
Member of the General Public Membership expires on 6/30/2027Melinda C. Hardy
Member of the General Public Membership expires on 6/30/2027Dr William A. Keyes
Member of the General Public Membership expires on 6/30/2027Anne Smith
Member of the General Public Membership expires on 6/30/2027Marianne Littel
Member of the General Public Membership expires on 6/30/2027Ms Loran Brueggen
Member of the General Public Membership expires on 6/30/2028Pamela J. Royal
Member of the General Public Membership expires on 6/30/2028Mr Gilbert Bland
Member of the General Public Membership expires on 6/30/2028Stanley Joseph Olander Jr
Member of the General Public Membership expires on 6/30/2028Whitney Murphy
Member of the General Public Membership expires on 6/30/2028Christina Shin
Member of the General Public Membership expires on 6/30/2028Janet Geldzahler
Member of the General Public Membership expires on 6/30/2028Mrs Sally C Marvin
Member of the General Public Membership expires on 6/30/2029The Honorable Marie Thérèse Porter Royce
Member of the General Public Membership expires on 6/30/2029Mrs Roxana C. Jordan
Member of the General Public Membership expires on 6/30/2029Mr. Dayal Baxani
Member of the General Public Membership expires on 6/30/2029Michel Zajur
Member of the General Public Membership expires on 6/30/2029Emily Weinstein
Member of the General Public Membership expires on 6/30/2029Margaret Hancock
Member of the General Public Membership expires on 6/30/2029Juliana Thomas
Member of the General Public Membership expires on 6/30/2030Monroe Harris
Member of the General Public Membership expires on 6/30/2030Frances Copeland Bradford
Member of the General Public Membership expires on 6/30/2030Patrick Shim
Member of the General Public Membership expires on 6/30/2030James Cheng
Member of the General Public Membership expires on 6/30/2030Martha Webb
Member of the General Public Membership expires on 6/30/2030