The Museum Advisory Commission has existed since 1960 with this State mandate:

To formulate policies for the advancement of the mission, to make recommendations to the Governor and to the General Assembly concerning the Museum, and to assist in promoting and developing wider and more effective use of the North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences as an educational, scientific and historical exhibit.

Appointed Members

  • Rhonda Hubbard Beatty
    Raleigh
  • Creighton P. Blackwell
    Morrisville
  • Emily S. Burkhart
    Concord
  • Anne Russell Caywood
    Apex
  • Jose Chavez
    Charlotte
  • Hollins P. Clark, MD
    Winston-Salem
  • Dawne Coker
    Fayetteville
  • Lauren G. Cole
    Whiteville
  • Barden Culbreth
    Raleigh
  • Thomas W. Earnhardt
    Raleigh
  • Thomas R. Easley, PhD
    Raleigh
  • Kelli Beale Fletcher
    Raleigh
  • Sterling Fulton
    Cary
  • Bob Gale
    Asheville
  • Bernadette Healy Goodnight
    Raleigh
  • Shyla M. Hairston
    Greenville
  • James M. Lewis
    Morehead City
  • Ada Lopez
    Raleigh
  • Theresa McCoy, MD
    Durham
  • Janis V. McLaughlin
    Raleigh
  • Catherine C. Morris
    Chapel Hill
  • William Seth Palmer
    Raleigh
  • Danielle M. Parry-Hill
    Raleigh
  • Zeel Ashok Patel
    Raleigh
  • Brenda H. Pollard
    Durham
  • Margaret Rader, Chair
    Raleigh
  • Claude E. Summers II
    Cary
  • Catherine Mattesich Taylor
    Raleigh
  • Phillip R. Westmoreland, PhD
    Chapel Hill
  • Carl L. Wilkins, Jr.
    Raleigh
  • Christina N. Williams
    Raleigh
  • Shanna Windham
    Wilmington
  • Anne S. York
    Wrightsville Beach

Ex Officio Members

  • Pamela Brewington Cashwell
    Raleigh
  • Heather Evans
    North Carolina
  • Frederick Joel Fodrie, PhD
    Morehead City
  • Andrew Meier
    Raleigh
  • Kenneth Belk Taylor, PhD
    Raleigh
  • Denise Young, PhD
    Raleigh