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 Advisory Board 2021-2022:
Emmanuel Brantley ’15 (2021)
Director of Communications for Councilmembers, The Council of the District of Columbia
D. Peter Drotman, M.D., M.P.H. (2011)
Editor-in-Chief, Emerging Infectious Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Ariana Feiner (2021)
Children’s Book Author, Filmmaker, Disability Rights Advocate
Robert Gaynes, M.D. (2016)
Distinguished Physician and Professor
Emory University School of Medicine
Karen Head, Ph.D., Chair of the Art Advisory Board (2016)
Professor in the Department of English and Technical Communication,
Arts & Innovation Director, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Reshmi J. Hebbar, Ph.D., faculty representative (2021)
Associate Professor of English, Oglethorpe University
Morris M. Herzberg, CFP® (2010)
Retired, Financial Consultant, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER ™
Wells Fargo Advisors
Dennis Kelly (2020)
Retired, Inaugural Dean of the Q. William Hammack School of Business at Oglethorpe University
Former Interim Director of Smithsonian Enterprises
Director Emeritus of the National Zoological Park and Conservation Biology Institute
Former President and CEO of Zoo Atlanta
Former executive with the Coca-Cola company
Ellen Kier Stein (2020)
Civic Leader in Atlanta and Sandy Springs
Former Residential Real Estate Broker, 1994-2016
Jay Lutz, Ph.D. (2010)
Professor of French, Frances I. Eeraerts ’76, Professor of Foreign Language at Oglethorpe University
Aixa M. Pascual (2020)
Managing Director of Advocacy, Civic Outreach & Cultural Engagement
Latin American Association, Brookhaven
William Shropshire, Ph.D.* (2011)
Emeritus Professor of Economics
Oglethorpe University
Sheila Tschinkel, Treasurer of the Art Advisory Board (2013)
Visiting Scholar, Economics Department
Emory University
Andrew Walden, Ph.D., faculty representative (2021)
Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry, 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:
Elizabeth H. Peterson
Director of OUMA, Adjunct Professor, OUtlet Advisor, Member of the Brookhaven Arts & Culture Commission
epeterson1@oglethorpe.edu
Kathryn McClymond, Ph.D.
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Oglethorpe University
kmcclymond@oglethorpe.edu
John Daniel Tilford
Curator of Collections of OUMA
Adjunct Professor, Oglethorpe University
Member of the Atlanta Membership Roundtable, and the Ceramics Circle of Atlanta
jtilford@oglethorpe.edu
OU Student Representatives:
Ashrakat Hassan ’24 (2022)
President, OU Student Government Association (SGA)
ahassan@oglethorpe.edu
OUMA Student Diversity Subcommittee for 2022-2023:
Katie Cutts ’24
Ashrakat Hassan ’24
Sydney Jones ’24
Yemariam Workneh ’23
Sophia Sobrino ’25
Christina Abdullah ’24
Maria Coles ’24
*Member of the Oglethorpe University Board of Trustees