Admin Bios

Press room of the Smithsonian

Credit

Credit Noah Willman Photography.

The Secretary

Lonnie G. Bunch III is the 14th Secretary of the Smithsonian. He assumed his position June 16, 2019. As Secretary, he oversees 21 museums, 21 libraries, the National Zoo, numerous research centers, and several education units and centers. Two new museums—the National Museum of the American Latino and the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum—are in development.

Senior Leadership Team

Meroë Park

Deputy Secretary and Chief Operating Officer
Greg Bettwy

Chief of Staff to the Secretary
Monique M. Chism

Under Secretary for Education
Ronald Cortez

Under Secretary for Finance and Administration | Chief Financial Officer
Kevin Gover

Under Secretary for Museums and Culture
Becky Kobberod

Chief Digital and Innovation Officer
Carol LeBlanc

President, Smithsonian Enterprises
Julissa Marenco

Assistant Secretary for Communications and External Affairs and Chief Marketing Officer
Jennifer B. McIntyre

Chief Legal Officer
Aviva Rosenthal

Director, Office of Global Affairs
Robert J. Spiller

Assistant Secretary for Advancement
Ellen Stofan

Under Secretary for Science and Research
Porter Wilkinson

Counselor and Chief of Staff to the Regents
Elizabeth Ziebarth

Director, Office of Visitor Accessibility

Museums and Culture

Kevin Gover

Under Secretary for Museums and Culture
Melanie A. Adams

Interim Director of the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum
Katelynd Anderson

Interim Director, Anacostia Community Museum
Shanita Brackett

Acting Director, National Museum of African American History and Culture
Jane Carpenter-Rock

Acting Director, Smithsonian American Art Museum
Melissa Chiu

Director, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Elliot Gruber

Acting Director, National Portrait Gallery
Anthea M. Hartig

Elizabeth MacMillan Director, National Museum of American History
John K. Lapiana

Director, National Museum of African Art
Toby Mensforth

Acting Director, Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum
Clifford Murphy

Director, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Maria Nicanor

Director, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Chase F. Robinson

Dame Jillian Sackler Director of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and Freer Gallery of Art
William Tompkins

Director, National Collections Program

Science and Research

Ellen Stofan

Under Secretary for Science and Research
Christopher Browne

Director, National Air and Space Museum
Tricia Edwards

Interim Director, Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
William “Monty” Graham

Director, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Kirk Johnson

Sant Director, National Museum of Natural History
Brandie Smith

John and Adrienne Mars Director, Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute
Joshua Tewksbury

Ira Rubinoff Director, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Education

Monique M. Chism

Under Secretary for Education
Frederica Adelman

Director, Smithsonian Associates
Kara Blond

Director, Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service and Smithsonian Affiliations
Carol O'Donnell

Douglas M. Lapp and Anne B. Keiser Director, Smithsonian Science Education Center