OUMA Staff:
Elizabeth Peterson
Museum Director
404-364-8559
epeterson1@oglethorpe.edu
John Daniel Tilford
Curator of Collections
404-364-8552
jtilford@oglethorpe.edu
OUMA Art Advisory Board:
D. Peter Drotman, M.D., M.P.H.
Editor-in-Chief, Emerging Infectious Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
pdrotman@cdc.gov
Joined the board in 2011
Robert Gaynes, M.D.
Distinguished Physician and Professor, Emory University School of Medicine
rgaynes@emory.edu
Joined the board in 2016
Karen Head, Ph.D., Chair of the Art Advisory Board
Executive Director, The Naugle Communication Center
Associate Chair & Associate Professor, School of Literature, Media, and Communication
Editor, Atlanta Review
Immediate Past Editor, Southern Discourse in the Center: A Journal of Multiliteracy and Innovation
The Georgia Institute of Technology
khead@gatech.edu
Joined the board in 2016
Morris M. Herzberg, CFP®
Financial Consultant, Wells Fargo Advisors
morris.herzberg@wfadvisors.com
Joined the board in 2010
Ellen Kier Stein
Civic Leader in Atlanta and Sandy Springs
Former Residential Real Estate Broker, 1994-2016
ellen.k.stein@gmail.com
Joined the board in 2020
Jay Lutz, Ph.D.
Professor of French, Frances I. Eeraerts ’76 Professor of Foreign Language
Oglethorpe University
jlutz@Oglethorpe.edu
Joined the board in 2010
Aixa M. Pascual
Managing Director of Advocacy, Civic Outreach & Cultural Engagement
Latin American Association, Brookhaven
APascual@thelaa.org
Joined the board in 2020
Karen Schmeichel, Ph.D., Secretary of the Art Advisory Board
Professor of Biology (Division Chair)
Oglethorpe University
kschmeichel@Oglethorpe.edu
Joined the board in 2011
William Shropshire, Ph.D.*
Emeritus Professor of Economics
Oglethorpe University
woshrop@gmail.com
Joined the board in 2011
Samuel G. Traxler ’17
Financial Advisory, Holton Pittman Group
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc.
Samuel.Traxler@SunTrust.com
Joined the board in 2018
Sheila Tschinkel, Treasurer of the Art Advisory Board
Visiting Scholar, Economics Department
Emory University
stschinkel@gmail.com
Joined the board in 2013
Ex Officio:
Elizabeth Peterson, Director of OUMA, Adjunct Professor (Museum Studies; Art & Culture), Compass Academic Advisor
epeterson1@oglethorpe.edu
Glenn Sharfman, Provost, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Professor of History
gsharfman@oglethorpe.edu
John Daniel Tilford, Curator of Collections of OUMA, Adjunct Professor (Curatorial Practice)
jtilford@oglethorpe.edu
OU Student Representatives:
Glenn Kaiser’20, President
OU Student Government Association (SGA)
ekaiser@oglethorpe.edu
Joined the board in 2019
Taylor Roberts, Mellon Curatorial Fellow, High Museum of Art
troberts@oglethorpe.edu
Joined the board in 2018
*Member of the Oglethorpe University Board of Trustees