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Board of Directors

President
Sarah M. Polak
Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center
Chadron State College
1000 Main Street
Chadron, NE 69337
phone 308-432-6066
fax 308-432-6064
email spolak@csc.edu

 

Vice-President
Barb Vondras
Dawson County Historical Society
PO Box 369
Lexington, NE  68850-0369
phone 308-324-5340
fax same as phone number above
email dcmuseum@atcjet.net

 

Secretary &
MPMA Representative

Teresa Kreutzer-Hodson
Hastings Museum of Natural History
1330 Burlington Ave, Box 1286 
Hastings, NE  68902-1286
phone 402-461-2399
fax 402-461-2379
email hmcollections@windstream.net

 

Treasurer
Berwyn E. Jones, PhD, President
Great Plains Welsh Heritage Project
6220 Andrew Ct.
Lincoln, NE  68512
phone 402-421-8192

 

Communications Editor
Dena Sanford, Architectural Historian
National Register Programs
Midwest Regional Office
National Park Service
601 Riverfront Drive
Omaha, NE 68102
phone 402-661-1944
fax 402-661-1982
email Dena_Sanford@nps.gov

 

Web Master
Dorrene K. BrownButterfield
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Membership Chair &
Immediate Past President

Tom Lynch
Boys Town Hall of History
14057 Flanagan Blvd.
Boys Town, NE 68010
phone 402-498-1185
fax 402-498-1159
email lyncht@boystown.org

 


Past Presidents
Deborah Arenz
Museum of Nebraska History
Nebraska State Historical Society

Dr. Hugh Genoways
University of Nebraska State Museum, Retired

Lynne Ireland
Museum of Nebraska History
Nebraska State Historical Society

Tom Lynch
Boys Town Hall of History

John Schleicher 
McGoogan Library of Medicine
University of Nebraska Medical Center

Sandi Yoder
Formerly with Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer

 

Area 1 Representatives

Judy J. Brott Buss
American Quilt Study Group
1610 L Street
Lincoln, NE 68508-2509
phone 402-477-1181
fax 402-477-1183
email AQSG2@windstream.net

1 position currently vacant

Karen Keehr
Curator of Visual and Audio Collections
Nebraska State Historical Society
P.O. Box 82554
Lincoln, NE 68501-2554
402-471-4750
email karen.keehr@nebraska.gov

Area 2 Representatives

Betty J. Davis
Douglas County Historical Society
5730 North 30th Street Bldg 11B
Omaha, NE 68111-1657
phone 402-455-9990
fax 402-453-9448
email director@omahahistory.org

2  positions currently vacant

 

Area 3 Representatives
Dena Sanford
National Park Service
1709 Jackson Street
Omaha, NE 68102
phone 402-661-1944
email Dena_Sanford@nps.gov
Erin Hauser, Curator
Saunders County Museum
240 N. Walnut
Wahoo, NE 68066
phone 402-443-3090
email

Jennifer Murrish
Trails & Rails Museum
710 W. 11th Street
Kearney, NE 68848
phone 308-234-3041
email  bchs.us@hotmail.com

 

Area Representative Job Description

Principal Duties

  • Represent all NMA and non-NMA professionals, volunteers, and institutions to the NMA Board of Directors; report constituents concerns, issues, trends, etc.
  • Serve as liaison for communicating information from the Board of Directors to professionals, volunteers, and institutions in his/her congressional district.
  • Identify needs for training, seminars, etc. and participate in the design and implementation of programs to meet these needs.
  • Host one meeting annually for all museum professionals and volunteers in his/her area.
  • Serve as the emergency contact person with the NMA for disaster relief help.
  • Represent constituents at legislative hearings on issues approved by the NMA Board of Directors.

Supplemental Duties

  • Area representatives need to coordinate coverage of their congressional district to provide the most effective service to their constituents.
  • Disaster preparedness training.
  • Financial assistance for mailings, travel, phone calls, etc.

 

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