Kathleen McDonald, Executive Director
Penny Berlet, Curator of Education
Lisa Davis, Museum Resource and Development Coordinator
Laura McDowell, Museum Resource and Development Coordinator
Call the museum for volunteer and employment opportunities: 847-475-1030.
2008 - Board Members, Titles, and Outside Affiliations:
Trish Barr (Secretary, External Communications Chair)
Retired Managing Director, JP Morgan Chase. Board member: Mitchell Museum of the American Indian, Shattered Globe Theatre, Garden Club of Evanston, Citizen Police Academy Alumni Association.
Jan Berkson (Past-President)
Past President (2002-2007), University of Illinois, BS in Occupational Therapy, member of American Occupational Therapy Association, Certificate in Native American Studies from College of DuPage.
Sarabess Cahill (Museum Shop Chair)
Univ. of Colorado, Owner - Deer Dancer Gallery, Evanston and Lake Forest – 1988 to present
Jim DeNomie
BS -U of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Bad River
Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin.
American Indian Business Leaders, U of
Montana-Missoula, International Institute of Wisconsin,
Chairman - Holiday Folk Fair- International
Joseph Hagee (Treasurer)
MBA Indiana University, Real Estate Broker Associate, Koenig & Strey GMAC Realtors, Past Pres. of Evanston United Fund, Past President North Shore Board of Realtors, Past Trustee of Kendall College, Past Board Member of The Mental Health Association of the North Shore. Past Broker/Owner of Mitchell Brothers Realtors, Associated Financial and Allsource Mortgage Brokers.
Reed Hagee
BS, Indiana University, Real Estate Broker Associate, Koenig & Strey GMAC Realtors, Past President and Board Member of The Garden Club of EvanstonPast Board Member and Chair of the Bus. Adv. Committee of the Mental Health Assoc. the North Shore and first honoree as "Volunteer of the Year," Past Pres. of the Child Care Center Board and Founding member of The Auxiliary. Past Co Chair of The Evanston Hospital Ball. Honored with spouse Joseph Hagee as "Volunteers of the Year" for the Evanston United Way.
Frances L. Hagemann (President)
MA in History - Chicago State University
MMAI Board President, Board member
American Indian Center of Chicago,
Former teacher/administrator with the
Chicago Public School System and the
University of Illinois at Chicago,
Ojibwe-Metis of Canada.
Glennis Lundberg (at-large-member of the Executive Committee, Resource Development Committee Chair)
MA, Northwestern University, Retired Administrative
Director for the American Board of Thoracic Surgery,
Board member – Alumnae Board of NU., Board of Trustees, First Congregational Church.
Dr. Katja Lehmann, Ph.D.
Ph.D. Heidelberg University (Germany),
Continuous Improvement Manager - Leica Microsystems Inc.,
Collections Committee Chair: Mitchell Museum of the American Indian.
Elizabeth (Betty) Seabury Mitchell (Emerita)
Allan Niederman
Attorney (retired), JD, Northwestern University,
Partner – Niederman and Niederman, Real Estate Management & Development
– Skokie, IL
Joyce Niederman
Graduate of the University of Illinois. Docent at the Field Museum of Natural History and member of the Mitchell Museum Advisory Board since 1986.
Robert Teska (Vice President, Governance Committee Chair)
B.S. Civil Engineering; B.S. City Planning; M.S. City Planning, Founder- Teska & Assoc, Inc., "Urban Planning and Landscape Architecture," Founder – Business Districts, Inc., "Rotary Club of Evanston Lighthouse, Past President," Metropolitan Planning Council Board of Governors.
John Wold (Finance Committee Chair)
B.A. Shimer College, Retired IBM Systems Engineer. Active at Immanuel Lutheran Church.
Active at Rotary Club of Evanston Lighthouse. Volunteer at Evanston History Center and Mitchell Museum.
Donna Streibich
Retired V.P. of Community Affairs Harris Bank Chicago and Director of The Harris Bank Foundation.
Allegra E. Biery
Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Northern Trust
B.A. Smith College, M.M. Northwestern University Kellogg Graduate School of Management. Board member: Chicago Humanities Festival, Golden Apple Foundation and Mitchell Museum. 2008 Honoree, ADL Women of Achievement Award.
Devon L. Pyle-Vowles
Collections Manager – Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum - Chicago. MA in Collections Management and Anthropology from George Washington University, Washington, DC
Former Chair of the Registrars Committee for the American Association of Museums
Member of the American Association of Museums, Association of Midwest Museums and the Illinois Museum Association; Treasurer for the Midwest Registrars Committee
