About
Vision
To create a more just museum sector by 2030.
Mission
MMF is an independent, limited-life organization devoted to envisioning and creating a more just museum sector by 2030. Together with a diverse network of museums, cultural workers, and philanthropists across the US, MMF drives urgent conversations about the most effective ways to make and measure real change inside museum workplaces. Through data, discourse, and empowerment, MMF is committed to the evolution of museums toward equity by improving the working conditions and lives of cultural workers.
MMF TEAM
Jen Benoit-Bryan Research Advisor
Jason Dubs Grants Administrator
Liz Levine Publications & Events Manager
Mia Locks Executive Director
board of stakeholders
Makeda Best, Treasurer, Oakland Museum of California Art
Danielle Bias, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA)
Connie Butler, MoMA PS1
Alana Hernandez, ASU Art Museum
Rujeko Hockley, Whitney Museum of American Art
Naima Keith, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
Christine Y. Kim, Tate Modern
Mia Locks, President, Independent Curator
Nisa Mackie, Museum of Modern Art, New York (MoMA)
Matthew Villar Miranda, Secretary, Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA)
Vision Council
Burt Aaron, Founding Member
Sarah Arison, Founding Member
Allison Berg, Founding Member
Dawn and Chris Fleischner, Founding Members
Molly Gochman, Founding Member
Jane Hait, Founding Member
Michi Jigarjian, Founding Member
Rashid Johnson
Miyoung Lee, Founding Member
Marley Lewis, Founding Member
Jarl Mohn, Founding Member
Sonya Yu, Founding Member
Editorial council
Katherine Brinson, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Marissa Del Toro, NXTHVN
Ruba Katrib, MoMA PS1
Alex Klein, The Contemporary Austin
Liz Munsell, Jewish Museum
Margot Norton, Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA)
Advisory council
Diane Jean-Mary, Black Trustee Alliance for Art Museums
Jenni Kim, David Lynch Foundation
Brooke A. Minto, Columbus Museum of Art
Jessica Morgan, Dia Art Foundation
Kelli Morgan, Black Artists Archive
Melissa A. Passman, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Christine Steiner, Attorney at Law
Olga Viso, Phoenix Art Museum and ASU Art Museum
Acknowledgements
This project is the direct result of the labor of many people who have attended meetings and convenings, reviewed documents, assisted with grant writing, participated in roundtables, conducted research and outreach, offered critical feedback, and acted as thought partners along the way. We wish to acknowledge the following individuals and offer our profound gratitude for their contributions to MMF in its different formations:
Nora Abrams, Carla Acevedo-Yates, Christine Anagnos, Liz Andrews, Anniessa Antar, Rocío Aranda-Alvarado, Rachael Arauz, Morgan Arenson, Candice Banjes-Small, Stephanie Barron, Emma Batman, Kristen Becker, Naomi Beckwith, Michelle Bedford, Chelsea Bingham, Jen Benoit-Bryan, Makeda Best (Co-Founder), Sarah Bodinson, Katherine Brinson (Co-Founder), Charlotte Burns, Johanna Burton, Connie Butler (Co-Founder), Elisabeth Callihan, Nikki Columbus, Lauren Cornell, Deborah Cullen-Morales, Russell Davis, Melody Buyukozer Dawkins, Marissa Del Toro (Co-Founder), Leah Dickerman, Jason Dubs, Buffy Easton, Adrienne Edwards, Mario Einaudi, Carol Eliel, Anne Ellegood, Ruth Erickson, Amber Esseiva, Cheryl Finley, Michelle Millar Fisher, Lori Fogarty, Wendy Fox-Kirk, Glorimar Garcia, Miki Garcia, Amy Gilman, Thelma Golden, Rita Gonzalez, Madeleine Grynsztejn, Marcela Guerrero, Michael Guidetti, Deana Haggag, Kathy Halbreich, Julia Halperin, Larissa Harris, Lauren Haynes, Casandra Hernández Faham, Megan Heuer, Elsa Hiltner, Rujeko Hockley, Seena Hodges, Genevieve Hoffman, Jen Holmes, Candice Hopkins, L. Camille Hébert, Henriette Huldisch, Amanda Hunt, Joanna Hunter, Jane Hyun, Andrea Inokon, Danielle Iwata, Apsara Iyer, Ana Janevski, Ashley James, Jamillah James, Diane Jean-Mary, Gretchen Jennings, Gabriel Kaptchuk, Ruba Katrib, Anna Katz, Naima Keith, Christine Y. Kim, Jenni Kim, Min Jung Kim, Jennie King, Alex Klein (Co-Founder), Jennifer Kneivel, Emily Koh, Drew Kugler, Michelle Kuo, Saida Largaespada, Yvonne Lee, Alexandra Letvin, Liz Levine, Emily Liebert, Frances Lloyd-Baynes, Mia Locks (Co-Founder), Hailey Loman, Sharon Maidenberg, Lisa Mark, Courtney Martin, Rebecca Matalon, Akemi May, Makeeba McCreary, Kimberli Meyer, Brooke A. Minto, Matthew Villar Miranda (Co-Founder), Helen Molesworth, Nathalia Morales-Evanks, Micki Meng, Porchia Moore, Jessica Morgan (Co-Founder), Kelli Morgan, Catherine Morris, Liz Munsell (Co-Founder), Asma Naeem, Margot Norton (Co-Founder), María Elena Ortiz, Jane Panetta, Rose Paquet, Jessie Park, Anne Pasternak, Melissa A. Passman, Harsh Patel, Jackie Peterson, Savannah Peykani, Lisa Phillips, Judith Pineiro, Jessica Porter, Ido Radon, Laura Raicovich, Emily Rales, Loring Randolph, Eva Respini, Amanda Tobin Ripley, Veronica Roberts, Cathy Richmond Robinson, Victoria Rogers, Legacy Russell, Claire Ruud, Siddhartha V. Shah, Yayoi Shionoiri, Kathleen Shiroma, Xaviera Simmons, Melanie Sirisoma, Franklin Sirmans, Lise Soskolne, Cara Starke, Christine Steiner, Megan Steinman, Sarah Stifler, Kailee Stovall, Terrie Sultan, Sarah Suzuki, Lumi Tan, Eugenie Tsai, Mayank Varia, Marie Vickles, Olga Viso (Co-Founder), Julie Rodrigues Widholm, Angela Yang, Christina Yang, X Zhu, Diva Zumaya
MMF has been generously supported by the Mellon Foundation, Ford Foundation, Tremaine Foundation, and Terra Foundation for American Art, and by the members of our Vision Council. MMF is a 501c3 nonprofit.