Kristopher Allen

Senior Manager of School and Volunteer Programs
Michael C. Carlos Museum
Atlanta, Georgia

Alyssa Blades

Assistant Director of Development
Frist Art Museum
Nashville, Tennesses

Amelia Gallo

Head of Community Engagement
Thomasville History Center 
Thomasville, Georgia

Assistant Director of K-12 Programs
National World War II Museum 
New Orleans, Louisiana

Stefanie Green

Interim Operations Officer
Kennesaw State University: Museums, Archives, Rare Books, & Libraries
Kennesaw, Georgia 

Carolyn Hannan

Head Designer
Frist Art Museum
Nashville, Tennessee

Tamara Herring

Executive Director
Morris Center for Lowcountry Heritage
Ridgeland, South Carolina

Meredith Kablick

Director of Collections and Curatorial Affairs 
Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina 

Frances Mykoff

Development Director
Louisiana Art and Science Museum
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Michelle Lopez

Collections Manager/Registrar
National Civil Rights Museum
Memphis, Tennessee

Michael Morris

Director 
Two Mississippi Museums
Jackson, Mississippi

Raka Nandi

Director of Exhibits and Collections
Museum of Science and History 
Memphis, Tennessee

Jessica O'Connor

Public History Director
Alabama African American Civil Rights Heritage Sites Consortium
Birmingham, Alabama

Ashleigh Oatts

Curator
T.R.R. Cobb House Museum/Watson-Brown Foundation
Athens, Georgia 

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