About Us | Museum Leadership
Governance
The Museum of Life and Science is led by President and Chief Executive Officer Barry Van Deman with more than 20 years experience as an innovative museum leader and science educator, and governed by an elected and appointed volunteer Board of Directors empowered with the fiduciary authority to administer the affairs and carry out the mission of the Museum.
BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
Chair: John E. Reardon, Chief Scientific
Officer, Cardioxyl Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Vice Chair: Dr. Thomas F. Keller, Dean Emeritus, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University
Secretary:
Treasurer: Julia White Buckner - Senior Policy Advisor, North Carolina Department of Justice
Chris Simmons, Associate Vice-President, Duke University
Gayle Sheppard, Chairman of the Board, Saffron Technology, Inc.
Farad Ali,
Phil Bartos,
Emma S. Battle, Director of Online Marketing, Red Hat, Inc
Dr. Eric Beacoats, Superintendent, Durham Public Schools
Joe W. Bowser,
Eleanor Boyd, Instructor, Duke Certificate Program in Non-Profit Management; Non-Profit Consultant and Coach
Dr. Larry Crane, Retired radiologist
Arlene J. Diosegy, Partner, Williams Mullen
Dr. Thomas Keller, Dean Emeritus, Fugua School of Busines, Duke University
Dr. Cynthia Kuhn,
Professor of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology; Professor in
Psychiatry
and Behavioral Sciences,
Michael Palmer, Deputy County Manager, Durham County
Marjorie Brown Pierson, Fine Art Photographer
Nancy Proia, Registered dietician and community volunteer
Ted Voorhees,
Julian Wachs, Retired, Community Volunteer
President
and CEO: Barry A. Van Deman