OUMA Staff
Elizabeth Peterson-Jennings
Museum Director
404-364-8559
[email protected]
Courtney Christy
Assistant Collections Manager/Registrar
404-364-8557
[email protected]
John Daniel Tilford
Senior Associate Director of Advancement & Curatorial Advisor
404-364-8552
[email protected]
Maro Innocent-Otolo ’25
Communications Liaison
404-364-8337
[email protected]
OUMA Advisory Board 2025-2026:
Shelli Beermann (2025)
Appraiser & Art Manager, Beermann Art Advisory
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
Karen Head, Ph.D., Chair (2016)
Professor in the Department of English and Technical Communication,
Arts & Innovation Director, Missouri University of Science and Technology
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
Ari Lee (2025)
President OU Student Government Association (SGA)
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
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
[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]
Maro Innocent-Otolo ’25
Communications Liaison, Oglethorpe University
[email protected]
John Daniel Tilford
Senior Associate Director of Advancement & Curatorial Advisor, Oglethorpe University
[email protected]
Courtney Christy
Assistant Collections Manager/Registrar
[email protected]