Leadership

Executive Committee

George R. Hamilton

Chair

Neil A. Barclay

President (ex-officio)

Lynn Weaver

Vice Chair

Joni Thrower Davis

Secretary

Larry Bryant

Treasurer

Kelly Green

Parliamentarian

Rumia Ambrose Burbank

Executive Committee Member

James P. Cunningham

Executive Committee Member

Executive Staff

Neil A. Barclay

President & Chief Executive Officer

Jeffrey J. Anderson

Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer

Marcus Miller

Chief Financial Officer

Joy DeFrance

Vice President, Organizational Development

Lance Wheeler

Vice President, Learning & Engagement 

Jennifer Evans

Vice President, Exhibitions & Collections

Desirae Tolbert

Vice President, Marketing & Communications

Michelle Daniel

Vice President, Development

Yolanda Holder

Chief of Staff 

Museum Staff 

Administration
Jeffrey Anderson

Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer

Jasmine Jenkins

Executive Assistant

Finance
Marcus Miller 

Chief Financial Officer

Percola Brooks

Controller

Neakia Perry

Accountant

Collections & Exhibitions
Jennifer Evans 

Vice President of Exhibitions & Collections

Lina C. Stephens

Director of Collections & Archives

Camille Brewer

Archivist

Erin Falker-Obichigha

Archivist

Design & Fabrication
Kevin Davidson 

Director of Design & Fabrication

Korzell Coe

Assistant Exhibit Designer

Development
Michelle Daniel

VP of Development

Robin Marshall

Membership Coordinator 

 

Marketing & Communications
Desirae Tolbert

VP Marketing & Communications

Kyle Sammy

Digital/Social Media Manager

Kelly Miner

Marketing & Communications Manager

Facility Rentals 
Ricarda Brooks 

Special Events Sales Manager

Brianna Madison

Event Coordinator

Guest Services
Nate Stokes

Guest Services Lead

Darius Hall

Guest Services Associate

Retail Operations
Dyembe Toure

Director of Retail Sales & Operations

Evelyn Folson

Retail Sales Team Lead

Shelton Hawkins Jr

E-commerce & Design Coordinator

Alisa McCrary

Retail Sales Associate

Human Resources
Raina Polk 

Human Resource Manager

Learning & Engagement
Lance Wheeler

Vice President, Learning & Engagement 

Jatu Gray

Museum Educator

Yolanda Jack

Manager of Community Engagement

Jonathan Jones 

Manager of Youth & Family Programs

Kyle Sammy

Digital Strategy and Engagement Manager 

Doug McCray

Museum Educator

Xavier Jack

Museum Educator

Tatjana Jackson

Museum Educator

Halimah Nurullah

Museum Educator

Natilie Perkins

Education Coordinator

Operations
Warren Emerson

Director of Building Operations

Jay Moorer

Building Engineer

Daniel Morency

Theatre Technical Director

Tim Martuch

Theatre Technical Manager

Organizational Development
Joy DeFrance

Vice President of Organizational Development

Sherrell Martin

Organizational Development Manager

Sherrell Martin

Organizational Development Coordinator

Sheneese Johnson

Group Sales Manager 

Security
Rufus Moore

Manager of Security Services

Lloyd Tolliver

Security Supervisor

Jayda Gibson

Security Officer

Elsa Hernandez

Security Officer 

Quartina McKinney

Security Officer 

Everett Robinson

Security Officer

Derrick Metcalf

Security Officer

John Ford

Security Officer

Jacolby Jackson

Security Officer

Sustainability
Leslie Tom

Chief Sustainability Officer

  

Board of Trustees

Marseille Allen

The Fairfield Group

Rumia Ambrose-Burbank

VMS365

Carolynn Andrews

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (Retired)

Jasmin Barnett

FORCE Detroit

Rian English Barnhill

Olympia Development

Scott Benson

Detroit City Council

Margaret L. Betts, M.D.

Betts Medical Group

Elizabeth W. Brooks, CHAIR EMERITUS

Philanthropist & Community Activist

Larry Bryant

Comerica Bank

Tamira T. Chapman

SIAB Global

James P. Cunningham

Williams Williams Rattner & Plunket, P.C.

Tyrone Davenport

BankOne/CHWMAAH (Retired)

Joni M. Thrower Davis

Jamjomar Inc.

Eric Davis

Ford Philanthropy

Walter E. Douglas, Member Emeritus

Avis Ford

Jennifer Fiore

Fiore Ventures

Kala Gibson

Fifth Third Bank

Joyce V. Hayes Giles

DTE (Retired)

Roderick D. Gillum, Member Emeritus

Jackson Lewis, P.C.

Kelly Green

Graystone Consulting - Morgan Stanley

George R. Hamilton

Hamilton Consulting International

Evette Hollins

DTE Energy

Marion Jackson

Wayne State University

John James, Sr., Member Emeritus

James Group International

Dr. Anissa R. Mattison, DO FACOOG

Trinity Health and MSU College of Osteopathic Medicine Detroit Medical Center 

Maurice G. Morton

Detroit Academy of Arts & Sciences/Morton Law Group, PLLC

Anika Odegbo

Jackson Asset Management

Vivian R. Pickard

The Pickard Group

Brian Smith, Ph.D.

Tuskegee Airmen National Museum

Dr. Richard Smith

Henry Ford Health System (Retired)

Lynn Weaver

Yazaki North America (Retired)

Stefen J. Welch 

Detroit Pistons