Governance and Administration

The Wolfsonian's Advisory Board is appointed by the president of Florida International University based on recommendations of the members of the Board. Its purpose is to provide advice and consultation to the director of The Wolfsonian and the president of the university on matters pertaining to the museum, such as policies and practices, long-range planning, collections development, facilities use and expansion, and external interactions, such as fundraising and membership development. The board has established bylaws, which govern its composition, meetings, voting, and committees. Recommendations of the board conform to rules and regulations of the State University System; all donor gift agreements, including the original gift agreement between Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. and The Wolfsonian, Inc.; Florida International University and Florida International University Foundation, Inc.; and standards and practices of the American Association of Museums and Association of Art Museum Directors.

Ashley Melisse Abess
Gonzalo A. Acevedo / SunTrust Bank
Roger A. Baumann
Mehmet Bayraktar / Flagstone Property Group
Susanne Birbragher / Art Nexus
Peter L. Corsell / GridPoint
Charles Cowles, Vice Chair
Baudouin Croonenberghs
Jacqueline Weld Drake
Neil Flanzraich, Vice Chair
Rene Gonzalez / Rene Gonzalez Architect
Henry S. Hacker / Hacker Dolan + Partners
Susan Hakkarainen / Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.
Hannes Hofmann / J.P. Morgan Securities Private Banking
Anita Herrick
Alexander Hurst / Palatine Capital Partners
Iran Issa-Khan
Neisen Kasdin / Akerman Senterfitt
Michael N. Kreitzer, Chair / Bilzin Sumberg
Ray Marchman, Jr., President / The Marketing Wheel, Inc.
Richard Massey
Kevin J. Miller / Wells Fargo Private Bank
Sharon Lombard Miller
Sunny Neff
Michele Oka Doner
Chad Oppenheim / Oppenheim Architecture + Design
Aurelia Reinhardt / Bacardi USA, Inc.
Philip Scaturro, Vice Chair / PS06 Corp
Rob Schechter / Esslinger • Wooten • Maxwell
David M. Schwarz / David M. Schwarz Architectural Svcs.
Sandra Seligman
Sara Solomon
Stephen Urice / University of Miami
Patricia Wallace
Gary Wasserman
Jeri L. Wolfson
Louis Wolfson III / Venture W Corporation
Mitchell “Micky” Wolfson, Jr., Founder
James Woolems / Woolems, Inc.

Mayor Matti Herrera Bower / City of Miami Beach
Jorge Gonzalez / City Manager, City of Miami Beach
Sandra Gonzalez-Levy / Sr. VP, External Relations / FIU
Noel Guillama-Alvarez / Honorary Alumnus, FIU Foundation / FIU
Kenneth Jessell / Sr. Vice President & CFO / FIU
Howard Lipman / Sr. VP, Univ. Advancement / FIU
Aime Martinez / Asst. VP, FIU Foundation / FIU
Tonja Moore / Assoc. VP, Academic Affairs / FIU
Rafael Paz / Assoc. General Counsel / FIU
Mark Rosenberg / President / FIU
Stephen A. Sauls / VP, Governmental Relations / FIU
Douglas Wartzok / Provost & Exec. VP, Academic Affairs / FIU

Alberto R. Cardenas / Tew Cardenas LLP
L. Jay Cross / Related Hudson Yards
Mary Frank
Manual Gonzalez
Fred Hochberg
Erika Hoffman
Michael Holden / GenSpring Family Offices
Yolanda Cash Jackson / Becker & Poliakoff
Pamela Johnson
George Knox / Knox Seaton LLC
Morris Levitt
Carl Magnusson / CGM Design LLC
Finlay B. Matheson, Chair Emeritus / Susan Bell Richard
Craig Robins / DACRA
Robert Schettig
Fred Sharf / Sharf Marketing Group
Derrick Smith / A+S Architects PA
John Waddell
Susan Weber / The Bard Graduate Center
Robert Wennett / UIA Management LLC
Bernard Zyscovich / Zyscovich Architects

Brian Antoni
Janine Antoni
Daniel Ashram
Chris Bangle
Yves Behar / Fuse Project Inc.
Félix Beltrán
Alex Bogusky / FearLess Cottage
Holly Brubach
Fernando & Humberto Campana
Walter Chatham / Walter Chatham Architects
matali crasset / matali crasset Productions
Wim Crouwel
Bernardo Fort-Brescia / Arquitectonica
Franklin Getchell / Moss
Michael Graves / Michael Graves & Associates
Konstantin Grcic
Zaha Hadid / Zaha Hadid Architects
Ann Hamilton
Steve Heller / School of Visual Arts
John Hockenberry
Roberto Juarez
Guillermo Kuitca
Guiseppe Lignano / LOT-EK
Ross Lovegrove
Jessica Craig-Martin
Campbell McGrath
Murray Moss / Moss
Todd Oldham
Daniel Okrent
Nancy Novogrod / Travel + Leisure Magazine
Martin Parr
Phil Patton
Gaetano Pesce
James Rosenquist
John Rothchild
Morley Safer
Stefan Sagmeister
Paula Scher / Pentagram
Laurinda Spear / Arquitectonica
Nadja Swarovski / Swarovski – Int’l Communications
Michael Tilson Thomas / New World Symphony
Lillian Vernon
Bruce Weber
Lawrence Weiner
James Zematis / Sotheby’s