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Office of Museum Services

The Advisory Board for the Office of Museum Services is composed of 11 members, each appointed to a four-year term by the Governor. A minumum of at least six members must be qualified, trained and experienced museum professionals drawn from a list proposed by the Utah Museums Association. The remaining five seats are appointed from the community at large.  Nominations may be submitted HERE.

Advisory Board Members

Name Residence Occupation Designation
Dr. Pam Miller (chair) Price Professor, College of Eastern Utah Museum Professional
Dave Jones (vice chair) Salt Lake City Principal, Pathway Associates LLC At-Large Representative
Maria Farrington Salt Lake City Executive Director, Discovery Gateway Children's Museum Museum Professional
Dr. Harold Hickman St. George Community Representative At-Large Representative
Donna Law Cedar City Director of Development, Southern Utah University At-Large Representative
Holly Jordan Bountiful Community Representative At-Large Representative
Vacant     At-Large Representative
Edith Menna Sandy Retired Museum Professional
Mike Nelson Boulder Manager, Anasazi State Park Museum Museum Professional
Dr. Bonnie Pitblado Logan Associate Professor, Utah State University / Director, Museum of Anthropology Museum Professional
Gretchen Dietrich Salt Lake City Executive Director, Utah Museum of Fine Arts Museum Professional

Meeting Schedule

The Board of Directors meets bimonthly. Public notice of meetings can be found on the Utah Public Meetings Notice site. For more information, contact Lynnette Hiskey at 801.236.7555.

Utah Arts Council

The Board of Directors of the Utah Arts Council is a policy-making board composed of 13 members, each appointed to a four-year term by the Governor. Nine seats are dedicated to representatives of the following disciplines: architecture, dance, folk arts, media, music, theatre, sculpture, literature and visual arts. Four seats are appointed from the community at large. Nominations may be submitted HERE.

Board Members

Name Residence Occupation Designation
R. Scott Phillips (chair) Cedar City Executive Director, Utah Shakespeare Festival Theater Representative
Blair Buswell Pleasant Grove Sculptor Sculpture Representative
Michael R. Fox Sandy Partner, Savage Pictures Media Arts Representative
Lyman Hafen Santa Clara Writer Literary Representative
Phillipp Malzl Mapleton Teacher, Early Light Academy At-Large Representative
Vacant     Architecture Representative
John T. Nielsen Salt Lake City Community Representative At-Large Representative
Victoria Rowe Berry Logan Director, Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art Visual Arts Representative
Shirley Ririe Salt Lake City Founder, Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company Dance Representative
Diane Stewart Salt Lake City Community Representative At-Large Representative
Vacant     At-Large Representative
Andrew Yarosh Moab Executive Director, Moab Music Festival Music Representative
Vacant     Folk Art Representative
Judge Lee Dever Salt Lake City Third District Court Judge Parliamentarian

Meeting Schedule

The Board of Directors meets bimonthly. Public notice of meetings can be found on the Utah Public Meetings Notice site. For more information, contact Lynnette Hiskey at 801.236.7555.