Advisory Board & Supporters

Advisory Board | Chairperson of the Advisory Board | Ex Officio | Supporters

International Advisory Board

  • Professor Corazon S. Alvina, Director, National Museum of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines.
  • Dr. Ann Davis, Director, The Nickle Arts Museum, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
  • Dr. Shahid Vawda, Programme on Culture, Heritage and Tourism, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
  • Ms. Adi Meretui Ratunabuabua, Principal Cultural Development Officer, Department of Culture and Heritage, Ministry of Fijian Affairs, Culture and Heritage, Suva, Fiji Islands.
  • Professor Laishun An, China Friendship Museum, Beijing. Secretary General ICOM 2010, Shanghai.
  • Mlle Christine Hemmet, Responsable de l'unité patrimoniale des collections Asie, Musée du quai Branly, Paris, France.
  • Professor Henry C. (Jatti) Bredekamp, Chief Executive Officer, Iziko Museums of Cape Town, South Africa.
  • Dr. Lina G. Tahan, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Tourism and Cultural Change, Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, UK.
  • Lcda Lucía Astudillo Loor, Directora, Museo de los Metales, Cuenca, Ecuador.
  • Professor Pascal Makambila, Conservateur en chef des musées, Brazzaville, Congo.
  • Professor Dr. Bill Cope, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA.
  • Professor Dr. Tereza C. Moletta Scheiner, Coordinator, Postgraduate Program in Museology and Heritage, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro – UNIRIO, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  • Professor W. Richard West, Jr., Director, Founding Director Emeritus, National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Adjunct Professor, Museum Studies, the University of Queensland, Brisbane.

    • Chairperson of the Advisory Board

  • Professor Dr. Amareswar Galla, Director, Pacific Asia Observatory for Cultural Diversity in Human Development. Chairperson, ICOM Cross Cultural Task Force, Paris, France. Professor of Museum Studies, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.

    •     Assisting the Chairperson:

  • Jennifer Thévenot, Programme Activities Officer, ICOM, Paris, France.
  • Amy Van Allen, Manager, Professional Outreach and International Relations, National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C, USA.
  • Bianca Acimovic, Exhibitions and Collections Officer, Bundaberg Arts Centre, Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia.

    • Ex Officio

  • Madame Alissandra Cummins, President of ICOM; Director, Barbados Museums and Historical Society, Barbados.
  • Dr. Knut Wik, Chairperson, ICOM Advisory Committee; Adviser/museum coordinator, Department of Regional Development, County Authority of Sor-Trondelag, Norway.
  • Ralph Regenvanu, Director, Vanuatu National Cultural Council, Executive Board Member, Pacific Islands Museums Association, Port Vila, Vanuatu.
  • Craddock Morton, President of ICOM Australia; Director, National Museum of Australia.
  • Bernice Murphy, Chairperson, ICOM Ethics Committee, Paris. National Director, Museums Australia.
  • Dr. Ian Galloway, Director and Chief Executive Officer, Queensland Museum, Australia.
  • Tony Ellwood, Director, Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art, Australia.
  • Lea Giles-Peters, State Librarian, State Library of Queensland, Australia.
  • David Eades, Chair, Queensland Heritage Council, Brisbane, Australia.
  • Nick Xynias AO BEM, Honorary President, Ethnic Community Council of Queensland Ltd.
  • Nick Mitzevich, Director, The University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane, Australia.

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