Leadership
Lori Fogarty
Executive Director and CEO of the Museum
Makeda Best
Deputy Director of Curatorial Affairs
Mary Ann Bonet Guardia
Senior Director of Learning, Experience, and Programming
Kim Ondreck Carim
Deputy Director, Finance and Administration
L. Autumn King
Senior Director of Marketing, Communications, and Visitor Experience
Talance Orme
Senior Director of People
Katy Wafle
Senior Director of Philanthropy
Board of Trustees 2023/2024
OMCA’s Board of Trustees comprises civic, community, and business leaders who share our vision to be recognized as the singular destination representing the essence of the California experience—encompassing our history, the way we live today, and the future we share.
| Chair | Rahsaan Thompson | |
| Vice Chairs | Warren Breslau, Sean Chang, Dorine Holsey Streeter | |
| Treasurer | Mike Armstrong | |
| Secretary | Karina Moreno | |
| Members | Mike Armstrong, Eileen Ash, Abbey Banks, Warren Breslau, Shanti Brien, Sean Chang, Jose Corona, Vincent Davis, Karen Frank, Lance Gyorfi, Marge Harvey, Doug Heske, Darren Isom, Chris Johnson, Christina Kothari, Percy McGee, Erik Moore, Karina Moreno, Jack Morris, Trevor Parham, Peter Pervere, Mike Rosenbaum, Beth Sawi, Leyla Seka, Morgan Simon, Dorine Streeter, Eric Sullivan, Vivian Tan, Sydney Thomas, Rahsaan Thompson, Julayne Virgil, Dena Watson-Lamprey, Christine Wente von Metzsch, Linda Wendel, Brock Williams, David Yin | |
| Museum Director and CEO | Lori Fogarty |