{"id":5,"date":"2020-02-23T01:53:41","date_gmt":"2020-02-23T01:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nevadamuseums.org\/nma\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2026-01-27T15:18:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T23:18:40","slug":"about-nma","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nevadamuseums.org\/nma\/about-nma\/","title":{"rendered":"About NMA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Mission<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The NMA provides support to the state\u2019s 100+ museums by offering learning opportunities through a quarterly newsletter, annual conference and other informational workshops held throughout the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Board of Directors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

President<\/strong>
Dustin M. Wax, Burlesque Hall of Fame<\/em>, Las Vegas; Chair of the Strategic Planning Committee<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vice<\/strong> President<\/strong>
Melanie Coffee, Melanie Coffee Consulting<\/em>, Las Vegas; Chair of Programs Committee<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Secretary
<\/strong>D’ette Mawson, Northeastern Nevada Museum<\/em>, Elko<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Treasurer
<\/strong>Lisa Windom, Las Vegas Springs Preserve<\/em>, Las Vegas<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Members-at-Large
<\/strong>Jordan Canal, Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Laura Christian, DISCOVERY Children’s Museum<\/em>, Las Vegas<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mitchell Cohen, Nevada Preservation Foundation<\/em>, Las Vegas, Chair of the History Community Advisory Committee<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sheryln L. Hayes-Zorn, Nevada Historical Society<\/em>, Reno<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jeff Martin, Tonopah Historic Mining Park<\/em>, Tonopah, Chair of the Conference Planning Committee<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adam Michalski, Nevada State Railroad Museum, Carson City<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steven Saylor, Comstock Foundation for History and Culture<\/em>, Gold Hill, Chair of the Membership Committee<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tracey Sprague, Lost City Museum<\/em>, Overton<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Past Presidents<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Past Presidents
<\/strong>Bruno Bowles, Las Vegas Springs Preserve<\/em>, Las Vegas<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Garrett Barmore, The W. M. Keck Earth Science and Mineral Engineering Museum<\/em>, Reno<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jennifer Kleven, City of Las Vegas Deputy Director of Cultural Affairs<\/em>, Las Vegas<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read or download our current bylaws<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2022.10.13_NMABylaws<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mission The NMA provides support to the state\u2019s 100+ museums by offering learning opportunities through a quarterly newsletter, annual conference and other informational workshops held throughout the year. Board of Directors PresidentDustin M. Wax, Burlesque Hall of Fame, Las Vegas; Chair of the Strategic Planning Committee Vice PresidentMelanie Coffee, Melanie Coffee Consulting, Las Vegas; Chair … Continue reading “About NMA”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nevadamuseums.org\/nma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nevadamuseums.org\/nma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nevadamuseums.org\/nma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nevadamuseums.org\/nma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nevadamuseums.org\/nma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/nevadamuseums.org\/nma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1471,"href":"https:\/\/nevadamuseums.org\/nma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions\/1471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nevadamuseums.org\/nma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}