Musical Instrument Museum | Mission & Leadership

MISSION STATEMENT

MIM celebrates music as a sustaining human gift and enriches world culture by collecting, preserving, and exhibiting a wide variety of musical instruments and performance videos from every country in the world. MIM also fosters appreciation of diverse cultures by showing that we all innovate, adapt, and learn from each other to create music—the universal language.

LEADERSHIP

SENIOR MANAGEMENT

Rhonda C. Boyle
CFO and Director of Operations

Karen L. Farugia
Director of Marketing

Debbie A. Garnett
Director of Human Resources

Manuel Jordán, PhD
Chief Curator and Director of Collections

Maureen M. O’Brien
Director of Development

Lowell F. Pickett
Artistic Director, MIM Music Theater

April A. Salomon
Director of Exhibits and Guest Experience

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Robert J. Ulrich
Founder and Board Chairman, Musical Instrument Museum; Retired CEO and Chairman Emeritus, Target Corporation; Past Chairman, Minneapolis Institute of Arts

John D’Addario Jr.
President, D’Addario Foundation

Billie (Bill) R. DeWalt, PhD
Retired President and Director, Musical Instrument Museum

Gail J. Dorn
Board Secretary, Musical Instrument Museum
Business Management Consultant

Marc L. Felix
International Expert on African Art

Michael R. Francis
Board Vice President, Musical Instrument Museum
Chief Global Brand Officer, DreamWorks Animation

Robert G. McMahon
Retired SVP, Property Development, Target Corporation

Gary R. Tobey
Chairman and CEO, Haworth Marketing and Media

PRESIDENT’S CABINET

John D’Addario Jr.
President, D’Addario Foundation

David P. Falck
Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Pinnacle West Capital Corporation and Arizona Public Service Company (APS)

Matthew P. Feeney
Partner, Snell & Wilmer

Russell S. Goldstein
CFP^®, Senior Vice President, Private Client Advisor
U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management

Jeanne L. Herberger, PhD
Trustee, Herberger Foundation

Ronald L. Jones
The Ron and Linda Jones Family Foundation

Kimberly A. Komando
Chair, Founding Partner and Chief Financial Officer, WestStar TalkRadio Network

James A. Pupillo
CIMA^®, CIMC^®, AIF^®, Managing Director, and Partner, HighTower Advisors–Scottsdale

CURATORIAL, COLLECTIONS, AND CONSERVATION DEPARTMENTS

Manuel Jordán, PhD
Chief Curator and Director of Collections

Colin G. Pearson
Curator of Musical Instruments

Daniel C. Piper, PhD
Curator of Musical Instruments

Cullen B. Strawn, PhD
Curator of Musical Instruments

Kathleen R. Wiens, PhD
Curator of Musical Instruments

Katie Anderson
Head of Collections