OUMA Staff

Elizabeth Peterson-Jennings
Museum Director
404-364-8559
[email protected]

Noah Dake, Interim Museum Assistant Collections Manager and Registrar

Noah Dake
Interim Museum Assistant Collections Manager
and Registrar

404-202-4918
[email protected]

john-tilford

John Daniel Tilford
Curator of Collections and Development Associate
404-364-8552
[email protected]

OUMA Advisory Board 2023-2024:

Emmanuel Brantley ’15 (2021)
Director of Communications for Councilmembers, The Council of the District of Columbia

Charlinda Catchings (2024)
Business Management Lead, Collaboration Center
Cisco

D. Peter Drotman, M.D., M.P.H. (2011)
Editor-in-Chief, Emerging Infectious Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Catharine A. Enright, D.D.S., M.S. (2024)
Pediatric Dentist, Retired
Buckhead Pediatric Dentistry LLC

Ariana Feiner (2021)
Children’s Book Author, Filmmaker, Disability Rights Advocate

Lucy Fugate (2024)
Founder, Creator and Chairman, Art from the Inside,
a subsidiary of HeartBound Ministries

Robert Gaynes, M.D. (2016)
Distinguished Physician and Professor
Emory University School of Medicine

Karen Head, Ph.D., Chair (2016)
Professor in the Department of English and Technical Communication,
Arts & Innovation Director, Missouri University of Science and Technology

Morris M. Herzberg, CFP® (2010)
Retired, Financial Consultant, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER ™
Wells Fargo Advisors

Ross Holbrook (2024)
Sustainability Manager, Forest Investment Associates
Founder and Senior Consultant, RH Consulting

Judith Levy, Ph.D., Secretary and faculty representative (2024)
Lecturer, Core Studies; Core Co-Director, Oglethorpe University

David Martinez-Alvarez, Student Representative (2024)
President OU Student Government Association (SGA)

Andrea Shelton ’91 (2024)
Founder and Executive Director
Heartbound Ministries

Ellen Kierr Stein (2020)
Civic Leader in Atlanta and Sandy Springs
Former Residential Real Estate Broker, 1994-2016

Jay Lutz, Ph.D. (2010)
Emeritus Professor of French, Oglethorpe University

Aixa M. Pascual (2020)
Senior Communications Strategist and Content Creator, Atlanta Regional Commission
Latin American Association, Brookhaven

Christina Price Washington, faculty representative (2024)
Assistant Professor of Art; Art Program Coordinator, Oglethorpe University

Hugh F. Williams Jr. (2020)
Retired, Senior Foreign Service for the US Department of State
Former Diplomat in Residence, Florida A&M, Morehouse and Spelman

Ex Officio:

Gabriel Barreneche, Ph.D.
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Oglethorpe University

Noah Dake
Museum Assistant Collections Manager & Registrar of OUMA, Oglethorpe University
[email protected]

Elizabeth H. Peterson-Jennings
Director of OUMA, Adjunct Professor, Adjunct Instructor, FYS Academic Mentor, Oglethorpe University, Oglethorpe University representative for the Arts & Culture Commission for the City of Brookhaven
[email protected]

John Daniel Tilford
Curator of Collections of OUMA and Development Associate, Oglethorpe University
[email protected]