Mountain-Plains Museums Association Names Deborah  Arenz as Executive 
Director  
DENVER,  CO–Following  a national search, Mountain-Plains Museums 
Association (MPMA), the 10-state  regional museum association in the west, today 
named Deborah B. Arenz as its new  executive director.  
“We’re pleased to have Deb join MPMA.  Her extensive experience, talent 
and  commitment to the museum field will make her a great fit for our 
organization,”  said MPMA President Mark Janzen.    
During her 20-year museum career, Deb has served as  the associate director 
for collections and senior museum curator at the Nebraska  State Historical 
Society, curator at the Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer,  and 
director/curator at the Elkhorn Valley Museum, all in Nebraska. Deb was on  the 
committee that updated The Revised  Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging into 
Nomenclature 3.0 for Museum Cataloging  and has served as president of the 
Nebraska Museums Association, purchasing  co-op chair for the Mountain-Plains 
Museums Association, and as a board and  nominating committee member for the 
Association for Living History, Farm and  Agricultural Museums (ALHFAM). She is 
currently the vice president  (president-elect) of ALHFAM.  Deb  has a B.A. 
in Art History from Oklahoma State University and an M.A. in Museum  
Studies from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She lives in Lincoln, Nebraska,  
with her husband and two kids. 
“I look forward to becoming MPMA’s second executive  director.  It is an 
honor to be  chosen to lead this vibrant regional museum association and I am 
delighted to be  the one to ensure that it continues to be a leader in the 
mountain and plains  museums community. 
Arenz will start in her new role on April 3.   
She succeeds Monta Lee Dakin who was MPMA’s first  executive director.  
Monta Lee will  stay on in a supportive capacity as director emeritus through  
October. 
About Mountain-Plains Museums  Association 
The Mountain-Plains Museums Association (MPMA) is the  regional museum 
association providing professional services to museums in these  ten (10) 
states:  Colorado, Kansas,  Montana, New Mexico, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, 
South Dakota, Texas and  Wyoming.  Since 1953, it has created  a community 
for museums in the west where the professionals who work in them can  have 
access to networking opportunities, professional development, advocacy  
assistance and the sharing of knowledge about best practices and standards. MPMA  
is one of six regional associations in the country and works closely with 
the  national museum organization, American Alliance of Museums (AAM), on 
issues  relating to museums around the country. 



MPMA: A Ten-state museum  network
Colorado,  Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, 
South Dakota,  Texas and Wyoming



Mark your calendar:
2017 MPMA  Conference October 15 - October 19 Denver, CO


Mountain-Plains Museums  Association
7110 West David Drive
Littleton, Colorado  80128-5404
303-979-9358_  www.mpma.net_ (http://www.mpma.net/)    

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