Culver City,
California
People
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Bill Anawalt, Anawalt Lumber
Thomas E. Backer, Ph.D., California State University Northridge
Fiona Chalom, Ph.D., Pepperdine University
Simon Chaplin, Ph.D., Arcadia
Rick A. Feldman, Consultant
Jane Friedman, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Jeffrey L. Glassman, Esq., Cerity Partners
David Gordon, Gordon Advisory LLC
Tilmann Gruber, Fox Corporation
Justinian Jampol, DPhil, Executive Director/Founder, Wende Museum
Stephanie Lunkewitz, Writer and Illustrator
Karen Molleson, Adventurer in the Arts and Nature
Jason Post, Post Investment Group
Janet Dreisen Rappaport, Philanthropist
Teofilo Ruiz, Ph.D., Department of History, University of California, Los Angeles
Dennis Slon, University of California, Irvine
Barbera Thornhill, Impact Design Inc
Jonathan Victor, Chairman of the Board, Balmoral Advisors*
Ralph Collins Walter, DPhil, University of Oxford
Carrie Wellisz, Philanthropist
* Member of the Director's Circle
Staff
Justinian Jampol, Executive Director/Founder
Cara Megan Lewis, Deputy Director
Joes Segal, Chief Curator and Director of Programming
Michael Balot-Garza, Head of Education
Julián Banks, Head of Facilities
Diana Carrera, Head of the Glorya Kaufman Archive
Donovan Cleggett, Donor Relations Manager
Emiliano Diaz, Visitor Engagement Associate
Emma Diffley, Associate Curator
Vanessa Garcia, Visitor Engagement Associate
Juli Giza, Visitor Engagement Associate
Andrew Hartwell, Head of Communications
Alfredo Hernandez, Facilities Specialist
Jean Iwohara, Visitor Engagement Associate
Maggie Jonas, Visitor Experience Manager
Wally Kelly, Visitor Engagement Associate
Darius Lovette, Visitor Engagement Associate
Ava Lohr, Archives and Digitization Assistant
Anya Ponomareva, Archives and Digitization Assistant
Christine Rank, Director of Collections
Livia Reiner, Visitor Engagement Associate
Sarah Richardson, Archives and Digitization Manager
Rachel Rigdon, Events and Programs Manager
Kate Ryan, Visitor Engagement Associate
Gina Segall, Special Projects Assistant
Melissa Taylor, Administrative Associate
Nicole Taylor, Accounting Manager
Kathryn Ung, Collections Associate
Belize Wilheim, Community Coordinator
COUNCIL OF ADVISORS
Jan and Trish de Bont
Michael Boyd
Choi Chatterjee
Patrice Courtaban
Katrin Czinger
Raj & Grace Dhawan
Ellen DuBois
Steven Fisher
Robeson Taj Frazier
Arch Getty
Edward Goldman
Homeira Goldstein
Peter Goulds
Robert Heller
Judith Hoffman
John Levy
Mark Lorrin
Debra Marlin
Max Masuda-Farkas
Synne Miller
Teleia Montgomery
Dr. Barry Munitz
Rodney Punt
David & Beth Ricanati
Gary Richwald
Peggy Robin
Edward Rothfarb
David & Mag Scott
Sa’ad Shah
Abby Sher
Brian & Eva Sweeney
Benedikt Taschen
Dr. Angela Thompson
Barbera Thornhill
Tim Toohey
Skip Victor
Michael Walsh
Tadzio Wellisz
Don Wildman
Brenda G. Williams
Michael Zucker
VOLUNTEERS
The constant and enthusiastic support of volunteers is crucial to the Wende Museum’s success. Many volunteers have been involved with the museum from its inception. As the Wende continues to grow and attract new supporters, we will always be grateful to those who gave generously of their time and resources to ensure that this project thrives.