Organization

The Board of Directors of the National Docent Symposium Council is composed of two delegates for each of the six American Association of Museums regions, as well as the two Canadian regions. In addition, the co-chairs of the current, past, and future symposia are members of the Board.

Responsibilities of the Board of Directors include:
Insuring the continuation of the Symposia through site selection
Guidance to, and cooperation with the host institutions
Conducting all Council business

National Docent Symposium Regions

New England Region	Southeastern Region	Western Region
Connecticut	Alabama	Alaska
Maine	Arkansas	Arizona
Massachusetts	Florida	California
New Hampshire	Georgia	Hawaii
Rhode Island	Kentucky	Idaho
Vermont	Louisiana	Nevada
	Mississippi	Oregon
Northeastern Region	North Carolina	Utah
Delaware	South Carolina	Washington
District of Columbia	Tennessee
Maryland	Virginia	Canada (Western Region)
New Jersey	West Virginia	Alberta
New York		British Columbia
Pennsylvania	Mountain-Plains Region	Manitoba
	Colorado	Saskatchewan
Midwestern Region	Kansas
Illinois	Montana	Canada (Eastern Region)
Indiana	Nebraska	New Brusnwick
Iowa	New Mexico	Newfoundland
Michigan	North Dakota	Nova Scotia
Minnesota	South Dakota	Ontario
Missouri	Oklahoma	Prince Edward Island
Ohio	Texas	Quebec
Wisconsin	Wyoming

Officers

Name	Region	Institution and NDSC Office
Rachael Bertone	Western	California Academy of Sciences and National Park Service NDSC President
Susan Phillips	Southeastern	Mint Museums NDSC Vice-President ,Chief Financial Officer until 1/1/2008
Sybil Williamson	New England	Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College NDSC Secretary
Mary E. Meier	Midwestern	Detroit Institute of Art NDSC Chief Financial Officer as of 1/1/2008

Directors

Name	Region	Institution and NDSC Office
Harriet Neal	Western	Prescott Art Docents
Paula Calvin	Western	Frye Museum
Nancy Rowett	New England	Rhode Island School of Design Museum
Ellen Peck	New England	Mount Holyoke College Museum and Springfield Museums

Patricia Dear Hillerman	Southeastern	John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
Elaine Mason	Southeastern	North Carolina Museum of History
Janice Morelli	Midwestern	Art Institute of Chicago
Patricia V. Hubbard	Midwestern	The Taft Museum of Art
Sue Whitaker	Midwestern	Columbus Museum of Art and Worthington Historical Society Special Advisor
Barbara Bowman	Mountain Plains	Wichita Art Museum
Barbara Granet	Mountain Plains	The Blandon Museum of Art
Fern Denney	Northeast	Philadelphia Museum of Art
Phoebe C. Kline	Northeast	Smithsonian American Art Museum
Jean Griffiths	Canada-Eastern	The Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art
Wendy Wiebe	Canada-Western	Vancouver Art Gallery
Sherry Koopot	Western	Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix Co-Chair, NDS 2007, Phoenix
Barbara Nichols	Western	Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix Co-Chair, NDS 2007, Phoenix
Roxie Stouffer	Western	Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix Co-Chair, NDS 2007, Phoenix
Phyllis Couzin	Canada-Eastern	Art Gallery of Ontario Co-Chair, NDS 2009, Toronto
Debbie Kennedy	Canada-Eastern	Art Gallery of Ontario Co-Chair, NDS 2009, Toronto
Ann Wilcox	Canada-Eastern	Art Gallery of Ontario Co-Chair, NDS 2009, Toronto
Jean Crowder	Midwestern	St. Louis Art Museum Co-Chair, NDS 2011, St. Louis
Barbara Gervais	Midwestern	St. Louis Art Museum Co-Chair, NDS 2011, St. Louis
Gin Wachter	Midwestern	St. Louis Art Museum NDS Council Past President and Co-Chair, NDS 2011, St. Louis

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