Deborah L. Mack / USA
Dr. Deborah L. Mack is the Associate Director for Community and Constituent Services at the National African American Museum of History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution. She serves as the principal executive responsible for overall planning, management and coordination of professional service programs and international activities, with functions that include building relationships, training, and technical support for constituent groups; programs with international organizations; collaborative projects with other institutions, museums and agencies; support of alliances and collaborations with cultural service institutions. Mack served on the advisory Smithsonian Council from 1999 – 2005, as Fulbright Senior Specialist at the Musée Théodore Monod, Dakar (Senegal) in 2010, and from 2005-2011 on the Scholarly Advisory Committee for the National African American Museum of History and Culture. Mack is an active service member of several professional organizations, among them the Association of American Museums, Association of African American Museums, International Council of African Museums, on the editorial board of the Journal of Public History, and is a peer and field reviewer for the National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Deborah L. Mack holds a Ph.D. and an M.A., both in anthropology from Northwestern University, and a B.A. in geography from the University of Chicago.
ORGANIZATION: National Museum of African American History and Culture
SHORT BIO: Associate Director for Constituent and Community Services
WEBSITE: www.nmaahc.si.edu/
TWITTER: @nmaahc
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