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Secretary G. Wayne Clough
G. Wayne Clough  

Wayne Clough is the 12th Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, leading the world’s largest museum and research complex with 19 museums, nine research centers, the National Zoo, and research activities in more than 90 countries.

Clough, 67, envisions a new era for the 162-year-old Institution, expanding the Smithsonian’s global relevance and helping our nation shape its future through research, education and scientific discovery on major topics of the day. He has initiated long-range planning for the Institution that will define the Smithsonian’s focus for the future.

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Board of Regents
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John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice of the United States and Chancellor of the Smithsonian Institution
- Joseph R. Biden Jr., Vice President of the United States
Thad Cochran, Senator from Mississippi
Christopher Dodd, Senator from Connecticut
Patrick J. Leahy, Senator from Vermont
Xavier Becerra, Representative from California
Sam Johnson, Representative from Texas
Doris Matsui, Representative from California
France Córdova, President of Purdue University; resident of Indiana
Phillip Frost, former Chairman and CEO of IVAX Corporation; resident of Florida
Shirley Ann Jackson, President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; resident of New York
Robert P. Kogod, Former Co-Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer of the Charles E. Smith Companies; resident of Washington, D.C.
John W. McCarter, Jr., President, The Field Museum; resident of Illinois
David M. Rubenstein, Co-Founder and Managing Director of the Carlyle Group; resident of Maryland
Roger W. Sant, Chairman Emeritus and Co-Founder of The AES Corporation, Chairman of the Board of The Summit Foundation; resident of Washington, D.C.
Alan G. Spoon, Vice Chair of the Board of Regents, Managing General Partner of Polaris Venture Partners; resident of Massachusetts
Patricia Q. Stonesifer, Chair of the Board of Regents and senior advisor to and former chief executive officer of The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; resident of Washington state
     
Senior Administration & Support Officers
Sudeep Anand, Treasurer
Amy Chen, Director, Office of Investments
Bruce A. Dauer, Director, Office of Planning, Management and Budget
James Douglas, Director, Office of Human Resources
Robert Fraga, Director, Office of Contracting
Bruce Kendall, Director, Facilities Engineering and Operations
Catherine F. Harris, Director, Office of Research Training and Services
Michael A. Headley, Director, Exhibits Central
Chandra P. Heilman, Ombudsman
Nicole L. Krakora, Director, Office of Special Events and Protocol
James J. McLaughlin, Director, Office of Protection Services
Carole M.P. Neves, Director, Policy and Analysis
Nell Payne, Director, Government Relations
Katherine Neill Ridgley, Director, Visitor Information and Associates’ Reception Center
Scott Robinson, Director, Office of Sponsored Projects
Ann Speyer, Chief Information Officer
Carey Winfrey, Editor-in-Chief, Smithsonian magazine
Elizabeth Ziebarth, Coordinator, Accessibility Program
Andrew J. Zino, Comptroller
Senior Executives
Scott Miller, Acting Under Secretary for Science
Patricia Bartlett, Chief of Staff to the Secretary
Virginia B. Clark, Director, External Affairs
Richard Kurin, Under Secretary for History, Art and Culture
John K. Lapiana, Chief of Staff to the Board of Regents
Evelyn S. Lieberman, Director, Communications and Public Affairs
Alice C. Maroni, Chief Financial Officer
Era L. Marshall, Director, Office of Equal Employment and Minority Affairs
Alison McNally, Under Secretary for Finance and Administration
Tom Ott, President and Director of Media, Smithsonian Enterprises
Sprightley Ryan, Inspector General
Judith E. Leonard, General Counsel
     
Museum, Research & Program Directors
Camille Giraud Akeju, Director, Anacostia Museum
Charles R. Alcock, Director, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Eldredge "Biff" Bermingham, Director, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Steve Monfort, Acting Director, National Zoological Park
Richard Koshalek, Director, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Elizabeth Broun, Director, Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery
Lonnie G. Bunch, Director, National Museum of African American History and Culture
Harold A. Closter, Director, Smithsonian Affiliations
Anna R. Cohn, Director, Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service
Johnnetta B. Cole, Director, National Museum of African Art
John R. Dailey, Director, National Air and Space Museum
Eduardo Díaz, Smithsonian Latino Center
Merry A. Foresta, Director, Smithsonian Photography Initiative
Brent D. Glass, Director, National Museum of American History, Behring Center
Kevin Gover, Director, National Museum of the American Indian
Nancy E. Gwinn, Director, Smithsonian Institution Libraries
Anson "Tuck" Hines, Director, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Allen R. Kane, Director, National Postal Museum
Daniel Sheehy, Acting Director, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Robert J. Koestler, Director, Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute
Stephanie L. Norby, Director, Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies
Franklin S. Odo, Director, Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program
Valerie J. Paul, Director, Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce
Julian Raby, Director, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Cristián Samper, Director, National Museum of Natural History
Sally G. Shuler, Director, National Science Resources Center
John W. Smith, Director, Archives of American Art
Martin E. Sullivan, Director, National Portrait Gallery
Caroline Baumann, Acting Director, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
Barbara Tuceling, Director, The Smithsonian Associates
Anne Van Camp, Director, Smithsonian Institution Archives
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