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Our Leadership and Board

Staff Leadership

Dr. Alaine Arnott, President and CEO, National Liberty Museum

Alaine K. Arnott, PhD

President & Chief Executive Officer
Bio

Alaine K. Arnott, PhD was named President and CEO of the National Liberty Museum in December 2021, after having served as its Chief Operating and Financial Officer since 2019. With over two decades of experience in for- and non-profit leadership, Dr. Arnott champions strategic change, spearheading the National Liberty Museum’s future with a new interpretive plan and vision.

 

Before joining the National Liberty Museum, Dr. Arnott served in progressive leadership roles at several organizations, including Acme Technologies, Inc., the University of Missouri, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She has taught at both the University of Missouri and Drexel University’s Westphal College of Media Arts & Design.

 

Dr. Arnott also serves on the board of the Satell Institute, is an advisor for National Civics Council with the Jack Miller Center, and is a member of the Forum of Executive Women and Union League of Philadelphia. Most mornings of the week, she can be found biking or running from her home in East Falls, where she lives with her husband and two sons, to the Museum in Old City, Philadelphia.

Andrew Hammond, PhD

Senior Director of Content & Interpretation

Costantino Spinosa

Director of Museum Experience

Board of Directors

Dennis Egen

Board Chair

Garrett Price

Vice Chair

Scott Satell

Secretary

Stewart Gerson

Treasurer

Thomas A. Caramanico

Norman Cohn

Rachel D'Argenio

Debi Ghate

Jonathan Grode

Brendan Gilmore

Jennifer Hanna

Dr. Herb Kean

Zahid Khan

Cam Maio

Cyma Satell

Scott Satell

Claudia Springer

Douglas O. Tozour

Michael Trimble

Laurie Wagman

Jonathan Zimmerman

Liberty Council

The Liberty Council is a cohort of distinguished scholars and subject experts that serve as a creative sounding board for the Museum’s evolution. Representing a variety of disciplines and diverse perspectives, the Council ensures the latest scholarship is integrated into our galleries, temporary exhibitions, and programs.

Debi Ghate

Steadfast

Kermit Roosevelt III

University of Pennsylvania

Jon A. Shields

Claremont McKenna College

Erec Smith, PhD

York College of Pennsylvania

Jonathan Zimmerman

University of Pennsylvania
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