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About the SEMC

The Southeastern Museums Conference (SEMC), is a nonprofit membership organization, for museums, museum staff, independent professionals and corporate partners focused on the Southeastern United States including: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Puerto Rico, and US Virgin Islands.

We work to:

  • Provide educational and professional development opportunities
  • Improve the interchange of ideas and information
  • Encourage respect and collegiality

The Southeastern Museums Conference (SEMC) is dedicated to providing a safe, inclusive, and welcoming conference experience for everyone. We do not tolerate discrimination or harassment in any form.

SEMC By-Law revisions (2019)

Contact Us: 
SEMC
 PO Box 550746 
Atlanta, GA 30355-3246
[404] 814-2048 Office 
[404] 814-2031 fax
zwillits@semcdirect.net



 Meet the 2025-2028 Council Directors 

The SEMC Council nomination slate was presented to the membership at the 2025 Annual Business Meeting on Wednesday, October 22, 2025 in Montgomery, Alabama at the SEMC2025 Annual Meeting. By a majority vote, returning and incoming Council members were approved.


OFFICERS (2024-2026)

President

DR. CALINDA N. LEE
PRINCIPAL
SOURCES CULTURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT LLC
ATLANTA, GA


Vice President

AHMAD WARD 
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
HISTORIC MITCHELVILLE FREEDOM PARK
HILTON HEAD, SC
Secretary


Deborah Rose Van Horn  

Senior Curator 
Walt Disney Imagineering
Lake Buena Vista, Fl
Treasurer


Scott alvey

Executive Director
kentucky Historical Society
Frankfort, KY
Past President
Headshot of white male, Matthew Davis, smiling with a suit on

MATTHEW DAVIS

Director of Institutional History Museum
Washington and Lee University
Lexington, VA


   COUNCIL Directors 


Eboni Belton (1st Term)

Lead Gallery Attendant 
Center for Civil Rights History and Research
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 


TAFENI ENGLISH-RELF (2nd Term)

DIRECTOR, ALABAMA STATE OFFICE
SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER
MONTGOMERY, AL 



KATIE ERICSON-Baskin (2nd Term) 

Ingram DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION
MICHAEL C. CARLOS MUSEUM
ATLANTA, GA 


Matt farah (1st Term)

Exhibition Coordinator
the historic New ORleans Collection
New Orleans, LA



Alicia Franck (1st Term)

Vice President and Chief Development Officer
The National World War II Museum
New Orleans, LA





Tamara herring (1st Term)

Founder/Principal Consultant
The Mission Steward
ridgeland, SC

Felicia knise (1st Term)

Director of interpretive strategies     
north Carolina museum of art 
Raleigh, NC

Mid-body shot of black female, Brigette Janea Jones, smiling with brown curly hair, white blouse, and blue slacks

BRIGETTE JANEA JONES (2nd Term)

Assistant Executive Director
Arabia Mountain Heritage area Alliance
Stonecrest, GA









katy Malone (1st Term)

manager of Education and community engagement
McClung Museum of Natural history and Culture
knoxville, Tn


MICHELLE SCHULTE (2nd Term)

CHIEF CURATOR OF COLLECTIONS AND EXHIBITIONS        LSU MUSEUM OF ART | SHAW CENTER FOR THE ARTS  
BATON ROUGE, LA 



 

John spann (1st Term)

Program and Outreach Officer
Mississippi Humanities
Jackson, MS
 

Scott Warren (1ST TERM)

Director 
President James K. Polk State Historic Site 
Pineville, NC