Executive Staff
- Judith Austin, Director of Development
- Peter Lape, Associate Director of Research & Curator of Archaeology
- Jamie Lee, Director of Human Resources
- Alvin Logan, Jr., Director of Education
- Polly Olsen, Director of Diversity, Equity, Access, Inclusion & Decolonization / Tribal Liaison
- Hally Swift, Director of Finance & Operations
Curators
- Holly Barker, Oceanic & Asian Culture
- Kathryn Bunn-Marcuse, Native American Art
- Sara Gonzalez, Archaeology
- Sven Haakanson, Native American Anthropology
- Peter Lape, Archaeology
- Adam Leaché, Genetic Resources & Herpetology
- Alejandro Rico-Guevara, Ornithology
- Sharlene Santana, Mammalogy
- Christian Sidor, Vertebrate Paleontology
- Caroline Strömberg, Paleobotany
- Luke Tornabene, Ichthyology
- Greg Wilson Mantilla, Vertebrate Paleontology
Burke Museum Association Officers

Elise Hebb
President
Community Volunteer

Hunter Jeffers
Vice President
Community Volunteer

Tiffany Clark
Treasurer
Education Consultant

Brian Vautour
Secretary
Amazon Web Services

Rebecca Wilson
Past President
Physio Foundation
Fundraising Board
Burke Museum Association
The Burke Museum Association actively supports the museum by raising funds for programming and growth, strengthening ties to our diverse communities and fostering recognition of the Burke as a museum leader.
The BMA is a separate 501(c)(3). For more information about the BMA, email burkeadm@uw.edu.
Burke Museum Association
Brittany Bakken
Kiana Lodge, Suquamish Tribe
Geri Ann Baptista
Microsoft
Mike Bruemmer
NetApp
Lester Brown
Pine Street Group
Dwane Chappelle
Seattle Department of Education and Early Learning
Tiffany Clark
Education Consultant
Heather Coldwell
Davis Wright Tremaine
Anne Delaney
Columbia Pacific Wealth Management
Ellen Ferguson
Community Volunteer
Cezanne Garcia
Community Volunteer
Indira Gillingham
Salesforce
Elise Hebb
Community Volunteer
Chris Hurley
University of Washington
Hunter Jeffers
Community Volunteer
Leslie Kincaid-Lawrence
Convoy, Inc.
Janine Ledford
Makah Cultural and Research Center, Makah Tribe
Ellen Look
Community Volunteer
Kristin Luttinen
Community Volunteer
Edgar Marcuse
Community Volunteer
Joe McKinstry
Joseph McKinstry Construction Company
Kisha Xiomara Palmer
The Institute for Inclusive Leadership
Brian Screnar
otaaki, inc.
Kirsten Turner
Community Volunteer
William Urschel
Accord Partners, LLC
Brian Vautour
Amazon Web Services
Rebecca Wilson
Physio Foundation
Erin Younger
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Ex-Officio
State of Washington
The Hon. Jay R. Inslee
Governor, State of Washington
University of Washington
Ana Mari Cauce
President, University of Washington
Blaine Tamaki
Chair, Board of Regents, University of Washington
Dianne Harris
Dean, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Washington
Burke Museum Association Advisory Council
Greg Blume
George W. Counts
Jan Creighton
Mary Dunnam
Sheila Edwards Lange
Leonard Forsman
Alicechandra Fritz
Mike Garvey
Marie Halverson
Sydnie Heberling
John Howell
Ron Irving
Eleanor Nolan
Darcy Paschino
John Pohl
John Price
Brent Reys
Jennifer Schubert
Spencer G. Smith
Susie Stoller
David Towne
Steve Whiston
Melissa Yeager
Advisory Board
Native American Advisory Board
The Native American Advisory Board provides essential advice and direction as to the Burke Museum’s efforts in a number of important areas including, but not limited to, exhibits, collections, community outreach, repatriation, education, research, and collaborative relations with tribal and museum programs. Its membership focuses on Native American colleagues in the Northwest who are museum specialists, natural resource specialists, artists, experienced traditional knowledge keepers, or cultural heritage specialists.
The NAAB is led by an Executive Committee who are elected by Tribal governments to guide the board. For more information,
contact Polly Olsen (Yakama), Tribal Liaison, at polly@uw.edu.
Executive Committee

Warren KingGeorge
Muckleshoot

Connie McCloud
Puyallup

Marilyn Wandry
Suquamish

Josephine Jefferson
Swinomish Indian Tribal Community

Yellowash Washines
Yakama
Native American Advisory Board
lisaaksiichaa Ross Braine
Apsaalooke Nation
Jacqueline Cook
Colville
Rodney & Colleen Cawston
Colville
Arlene Wheeler
Lower Elwha Klallam
Lena Tso
Lummi Nation
Janine Ledford
Makah
Warren KingGeorge
Muckleshoot
Annette "Nettsie" Bullchild
Nisqually Indian Tribe
Dr. Charlotte Coté
Nuu-chah-nulth
Brandon Reynon
Puyallup Tribe of Indians
Charlotte Basch
Puyallup Tribe of Indians
Connie McCloud
Puyallup Tribe of Indians
Jan Flagg
Samish Nation
Josephine Jefferson
Swinomish Indian Tribal Community
Charlene Krise
Squaxin Island Tribe
Marilyn Jones
Suquamish
Marilyn Wandry
Suquamish
Cecilia Gobin
Tulalip
Bobbie Conner
Umatilla
Teara Farrow Ferman
Umatilla
Adam Osbekoff
Unangan (Aleut) (Employed at Snoqualmie Indian Tribe)
Davis "Yellowash" Washines
Yakama Nation
Patricia Whitefoot
Yakama Nation
Dr. Miranda Belarde-Lewis
Zuni/Tlingit

Our Work
At the Burke, we bring together people, objects and the stories that make them meaningful.