About
Board of Directors
The Board of Directors is charged with CAA’s long-term financial stability and strategic direction; it is also the association’s governing body. The board sets policy regarding all aspects of CAA’s activities, including publishing, the Annual Conference, awards and fellowships, advocacy, and committee procedures.
By-laws of the College Art Association inc.
| OFFICERS | |||
| N. Elizabeth Schlatter President |
2020-2023 | Deputy Director and Curator of Exhibits, University of Richmond Museums | Jim Hopfensperger Past President |
2020-2021 | Professor, Frostic School of Art, Western Michigan University |
| Jennifer Rissler Vice President for External Relations |
2020-2023 | VP & Dean of Academic Affairs, San Francisco Art Institute | |
| Julia A. Sienkewicz Vice President for Committees |
2017–2021 | Assistant Professor, Art History, Roanoke College | |
| Melissa Potter Vice President for Annual Conference and Programs |
2017-2021 | Associate Professor, MFA, Columbia College Chicago | |
| Peter Lukehart Vice President for Publications |
2017-2021 | Associate Dean, Center for Advanced Study in Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art | |
| Niku Kashef Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion |
2019-2023 | Artist, Educator, Independent Curator, Los Angeles | |
| Colin Blakely Secretary |
2017-2021 | Director and Professor, School of Art, University of Arizona | |
Treasurer |
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| Jeffrey P. Cunard Counsel |
2018-2022 | Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton, LLP | |
| BOARD MEMBERS | |||
| Lynne D. Allen | 2019-2023 | Professor, Director, School of Visual Arts, Boston University | |
| Lara Ayad | 2020-2022 | Assistant Professor, Art History, Skidmore College | |
| Laura Anderson Barbata | 2018-2022 | Artist, author, performer, teacher | |
| Mora Beauchamp-Byrd | 2020-2024 | Visiting Assistant Professor of Art and Design, University of Tampa | |
| Audrey G. Bennett | 2018-2022 | Professor of Design, University of Michigan | |
| John Davis | 2020-2024 | Interim Director, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum | |
| Dahlia Elsayed | 2018-2022 | Associate Professor, CUNY – La Guardia Community College | |
| Scherezade Garcia | 2020-2024 | Interdisciplinary visual artist, Assistant Professor, Parsons School of Design | |
| Tiffany Holmes | 2020-2024 | Vice-Provost for Undergraduate Studies, Maryland Institute College of Art | |
| Alice Ming Wai Jim | 2018-2022 | Professor, Concordia University, Research Chair, Montreal, Canada | |
| Ugochukwu-Smooth C. Nzewi | 2019-2023 | Steven and Lisa Tananbaum Curator, Dept. of Painting and Sculpture, the Museum of Modern Art, New York | |
| Katy Rogers | 2020-2024 | Vice President and Secretary, The Dedalus Foundation | |
| Nada Shabout | 2020-2024 | Professor of Art History, University of North Texas | |
| Ken Wissoker | 2020-2024 | Duke University Press | |