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2008 SEMC Officers & Council

SEMC Central Office Staff

Richard Waterhouse
Executive Director

Nichole Alexander
Director of Office and Membership Services

Phone/Fax/Email
404 378-3153 / 404 370-1612
memberservices@semcdirect.net
Website: www.SEMCDirect.net

Mailing Address
Post Office Box 9003
Atlanta, GA 31106-1003
Street Address
1860 North Rock Springs Road, Suite 100
Atlanta, Georgia 30324
 

Officers

State Directors

President:
Robert Rathburn

Executive Director
Sloss Furnaces National Historic
Landmark
20 32nd Street, North
Birmingham, AL 35222-1236
205 324-1911/205 324-6758
rrathburn@slossfurnaces.com

Vice President:
Kristen Miller Zohn

Curator of Collections and Exhibitions
The Columbus Museum
1251 Wynnton Road
Columbus, GA 31906
706 748-2562 x320/706 748-2570
kzohn@columbusmusuem.com

Secretary:
Carrie Taylor (finishing 2008 term)

Collections Manager
Monticello
PO Box 316
Charlottesville, VA 22902
434 984-9832/434 977-7757
ctaylor@monticello.org

Treasurer:
Stephen L. Whittington (1st Term)

Director
Museum of Anthropology
Wake Forest University
PO Box 7267
Winston-Salem, NC 27109-7267
336 758-5827/336 758-5116
whittisl@wfu.edu

Past President:
Sharon Bennett

15 Bull Street
Charleston, SC 29401
(843) 607-2111
ksb1953@aol.com

Directors at Large

Terms expire October 2008


Denny Hubbard Mecham
(1st Term)

Executive Director
North Carolina Pottery Center
PO Box 531
Seagrove, NC 27341-0531
336 873-8430/336 873-8530
dmecham@atomic.net

John Hunter (Finishing Term)
Chief Curator / Director
Jekyll Island Museum and Historic Preservation
381 Riverview Drive
Jekyll Island, GA 31527-0899
912 635-4052/912 635-4420
jhunter@jekyllisland.com

George Kinghorn (Finishing Term)
Director
Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville
333 North Laura Street
Jacksonville, FL 32202
904 366-6911x205/904 366-6901
gkinghorn@jmoma.org

Terms expire October 2009

George Bassi (1st Term)
Director
Lauren Rogers Museum of Art
PO Box 1108
Laurel, MS 39441-1108
601 649-6374 x7211/601 649-6379
gbassi@lrma.org

Wyona Lynch-McWhite (1st Term)
Fuller Craft Museum
455 Oak Street
Brockton, MA 02301
508-588-6000 ext 127 /
508-587-6191
Wlynch-mcwhite@fullercraft.org

Nancy Perry (2nd Term)
Director
Portsmouth Museums
420 High Street
Portsmouth, Virginia 23704
757 393-8983/757 393-5228
perryn@portsmouthva.gov

Terms expire October 2010

Michele McGuire (1st Term)
220 East Baxter Lane
Fayetteville, AR 72701
479 521-4651
michelemcguire@cox.net

Christine Miller-Betts (1st Term)
Lucy Craft Laney Museum of
Black History
1116 Phillips Street
Augusta, GA
706 724-3576/706 724-3576
cbetts@lucycraftlaneymuseum.com

Jose Santamaria (1st Term)
Tellus: NW Georgia Science Center
PO Box 3663
Cartersville, GA 30120
770 386-0576 401/770 386-0600
joses@tellusmuseum.org
 
Terms Expire October 2009

Alabama
Cheryl A. Sneddon (2nd Term)

Curator of Collections
Alabama Historical Commission
101 Pioneer Drive
Killen, AL 35645
256 272-0208/256 272-0208
334 221-6435 (Cell phone)
Work email: alabamahistcomm@bellsouth.net
Home email: benfolks@comcast.net


Arkansas
Neva Boatright (1st Term)

Director
Lower White River Museum State Park
2009 Main Street
Des Arc, AR 72040
870 256-3711/870 256-9202
neva.boatright@arkansas.gov

Florida
Malinda Horton (FAM Designation)

Executive Director
Florida Association of Museums
PO Box 10951
Tallahassee, FL 32302-2951
850 222-6028/850 222-6112
fam@flamuseums.org

Georgia
Bruce Smith (1st Term)

Executive Director
National Civil War Naval Museum
1002 Victory Drive Columbus, GA 31901-3429
706 327-9798/706 324-7225
director@portcolumbus.org

Terms expire October 2010

Kentucky
Mike Hudson

Director
Callahan Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind
1839 Frankfort Avenue
Louisville, KY 40206
502 899-2356/502 895-1509
mhudson@aph.org

Louisiana
Judith Bonner

Senior Curator
The Historic New Orleans Collection
533 Royal Street
New Orleans LA 70130
504-598-7115/ 504 598-7108
jbonner@hnoc.org

Mississippi
Robin Seage Person
(Finishing Term)
Executive Director
Cottonlandia Museum
1608 Highway 82 West
Greenwood, MS 38930
662 453-0925/ 662 455-7556
rsperson@bellsouth.net

North Carolina
Dusty Wescott (2nd Term)

Preparator, Collections Management, North Carolina Museum of History
4650 Mail Services Center
Raleigh, NC 27699
919 416-1824
dustywescott@netscape.net


Terms Expire October 2008

South Carolina
Sarah Wooton (Finishing Term)

Chief Curator of Collections and Exhibitions

SC Confederate Relic Room & Military Museum

301 Gervais Street

Columbia, SC 29201

803 737-8094 / 803 737-8099

swooton@crr.sc.gov

 



Tennessee
John S. Lancaster (TAM Designation)

State Coordinator
Tennessee Association of Museums
P.O. Box 330984
Nashville, TN 37203
866 390-3638/615 460-5688
info@tnmuseums.org

Virginia
Robin Reed (finishing term)

Director Public History and Development
Colonial Williamsburg
P.O. Box 1776
Williamsburg, VA 23187
757 220-7356/ 757 565-8083
rreed@cwf.org

West Virginia
Charles W. Morris III (2nd Term)

Director of Collections Management
WV State Museum, Division of Culture & History
The Cultural Center
Kanawha Boulevard East
Charleston, WV 25305
304 558-0220/304 558-2779
charles.morris@wvculture.org