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 | |||
| Jim Hopfensperger President |
2015-2020(1) | Professor, Frostic School of Art, Western Michigan University | |
| Alice Ming Wai Jim Vice President for External Relations |
2018-2022 | Professor, Concordia University Research Chair, Montreal | |
| 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 | |
| Audrey G. Bennett Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion |
2018-2022 | Professor, University of Michigan | |
| Colin Blakely Secretary |
2017-2021 | Director and Professor, School of Art, University of Arizona | |
| David Raizman Treasurer, Interim Executive Director |
2018-2022 | Distinguished University Professor Emeritus, Drexel University | |
| 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 | |
| Laura Anderson Barbata | 2018-2022 | Artist, author, performer, teacher | |
| Dahlia Elsayed | 2018-2022 | Associate Professor, CUNY – La Guardia Community College | |
| Carma Gorman | 2016-2020 | Associate professor, School of Design and Creative Technologies, The University of Texas at Austin | |
| Niku Kashef | 2019–2023 | Artist, Educator, Independent Curator, Los Angeles | |
| Ugochukwu-Smooth C. Nzewi | 2019-2023 | Smooth-Ugochukwu C. Nzewi, Steven and Lisa Tananbaum Curator in the Dept. of Painting and Sculpture, the Museum of Modern Art, New York | |
| Jennifer Rissler | 2019-2023 | VP & Dean of Academic Affairs, San Francisco Art Institute | |
| N. Elizabeth Schlatter
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2016–2020 | Deputy Director and Curator of Exhibits, University of Richmond Museums | |
| Andrew Schulz
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2016–2020 | Vice President for the Arts, University of Arizona | |
| Anuradha Vikram
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2016–2020 | Senior Lecturer, Graduate Public Practices, Otis College of Art & Design | |