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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 4, 2006

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Five Presidential Nominees Appointed to National Museum and Library
Services Board 


Washington, DC - The U.S. Senate confirmed five presidential nominees to
serve as members of the National Museum and Library Services Board last
night. The board advises the Institute of Museum and Library Services,
an independent federal agency that is the primary source of federal
funds for the nation's museums and libraries. "The Institute
enthusiastically welcomes these distinguished individuals to the
National Museum and Library Services Board," said the Institute's
Director Anne-Imelda M. Radice. "Our agency is committed to enhancing
learning and innovation, sustaining cultural heritage, and giving
libraries and museums the support they need to lead these efforts. We
will benefit greatly from the wealth of knowledge and expertise the new
board members will bring to the table." 

Katherine M. B. Berger, Trustee, Berger Collection Educational Trust,
Berryville, VA - Katherine Berger is a Trustee of the Berger Collection
Educational Trust, whose mission is to promote the scholarship of
British Art and to connect kids with art through educational programs.
She has worked as a marketing and communications consultant to the U.S.
Department of Education on the Teacher to Teacher Initiative. Ms. Berger
serves on the Advisory Counsel for the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley.
Since 1997 Ms. Berger has served on the Board of the Jane Goodall
Institute and is currently on the Executive Committee. She has also
served on the boards of the Smithsonian's Conservation Research Center
Foundation, Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado, and the planning committee
for the Council on Foundations. Ms. Berger has worked as the Director of
Marketing for Berger Funds. She is a graduate of the University of
Colorado with a major in classics. 

Karen Brosius, Executive Director, Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC
- Karen Brosius is Executive Director of the Columbia Museum of Art in
Columbia, South Carolina and was recently elected to the Association of
Art Museum Directors . Previously, she worked at Altria Group for 21
years. During her time with the company, she was the Director of Media
Relations, Director of Corporate Affairs, Director of Corporate
Contributions and Public Affairs, and Manager of Cultural Programs. Mrs.
Brosius has served on the boards of numerous arts organizations, as well
as AIDS and hunger relief organizations. She received the 2006 "Woman of
Distinction" Award from the Girl Scouts of the Congaree in South
Carolina for community service. She has a bachelor of music degree from
Butler University, Indiana; a master's degree in music history from
Hunter College, City University of New York; and has studied music at
the Juilliard School and with teacher Nadia Boulanger in Paris. Before
joining Altria Group, Mrs. Brosius was head of public affairs for the
Pierpont Morgan Library in New York. 

Ioannis N. Miaoulis, President and Director, Museum of Science, Boston,
MA - Ioannis (Yannis) N. Miaoulis is President and Director of the
Museum of Science, Boston, one of the world's largest science centers.
Originally from Greece, Dr. Miaoulis came to the museum after a
distinguished association with Tufts University, where he was Dean of
the School of Engineering and Professor of Mechanical Engineering. An
innovative educator with a passion for science and engineering, Miaoulis
championed the introduction of engineering into the Massachusetts
science and technology public school curriculum. In 2001 this made the
Commonwealth the first to develop statewide curricular frameworks and
assessments for K-12 engineering. Dr. Miaoulis spearheaded creation of
the National Center for Technological Literacy(r) at the Museum in 2004
to integrate engineering as a new discipline in schools nationwide and
to inspire the next generation of engineers and innovators. He earned
his bachelor's and doctorate degrees in mechanical engineering and his
master's degree in economics at Tufts University. He also received a
master's degree in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. Dr. Miaoulis has published more than 100
research papers and holds two patents. He is a member of the Boards of
Trustees of WGBH, the public broadcasting station of Boston, and of
Tufts University. He has also served on the Massachusetts Math and
Science Advisory Board for several years. 

Christina Orr-Cahall, Director, Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach,
FL - Christina Orr-Cahall is the Director of the Norton Museum of Art in
West Palm Beach, Florida. Under her leadership during the last sixteen
years, the Norton Museum expanded its facility twice, garnered
significant gifts of art, and increased its endowments five-fold. The
Norton Museum, currently the largest art museum in Florida, is known for
its collections of European, American, Chinese, contemporary art and
photography. Ms. Orr-Cahall was previously the CEO of the Corcoran
Gallery and School of Art in Washington D.C., and prior to that
position, she directed the Art Division of The Oakland Museum in
California. In the 1980s she was a member of the faculty of art,
teaching art history and museum studies, at California Polytechnic State
University, San Luis Obispo, where she received the Distinguished
Professor Award. Ms. Orr-Cahall has been active in the Association of
Art Museum Directors and is a past president of the Florida Association
of Museum Directors. She currently sits on the Board of the Florida
Association of Museums, which represents approximately 300 museums
statewide. She has been involved as a committee member with Strategic
Planning for the Arts in Florida and has worked on the Governor's
Committee on Tourism related to Culture and Ecology, as the sole visual
arts representative. Ms. Orr-Cahall is an American art scholar with a
doctorate and master's degree in philosophy, and a master's degree in
art history from Yale University (CT). She earned a Bachelor of Arts
with highest honors from Mount Holyoke College (MA). In addition, she
studied at Oxford University and the Ecole du Louvre where she read art
and architectural history.

Kevin Starr, Professor, University of Southern California, California
State Librarian Emeritus; San Francisco, CA - Kevin Starr is the State
Librarian Emeritus of California and one of the state's most respected
and accomplished historians. Dr. Starr currently holds the rank of
University Professor at the University of Southern California in Los
Angeles, and is a contributing editor to the opinion section of the Los
Angeles Times. The author of numerous newspaper and magazine articles,
he has written ten books, six of which are part of his Americans and the
California Dream series. Dr. Starr's writing has won him a Guggenheim
Fellowship, membership in the Society of American Historians, and the
Gold Medal of the Commonwealth Club of California. 

After graduating from the University of San Francisco in 1962 and
serving two years as a lieutenant in a tank battalion in Germany, he
entered Harvard University, from which he earned master's degree in 1965
and a doctorate in 1969 in American Literature. Dr. Starr also holds a
Master of Library Science degree from the University of California at
Berkeley and has done post-doctoral work at the Graduate Theological
Union. Dr. Starr has served as the City Librarian of San Francisco. 



The National Museum and Library Services Board (NMLSB) is a twenty-four
member advisory body that includes the director and deputy directors of
IMLS, the chair of the National Commission on Libraries and Information
Science, and twenty presidentially appointed and Senate-confirmed
members of the general public who have demonstrated expertise in, or
commitment to, library or museum services. Informed by its collective
experience and knowledge, the NMLSB advises the IMLS director on general
policy and practices, and on selections for the National Awards for
Museum and Library Services. For more information about the National
Museum and Library Services Board visit the Institute's Web site at:
http://www.imls.gov/about/board.shtm. 
 
 
About the Institute of Museum and Library Services The Institute of
Museum and Library Services is the primary source of federal support for
the nation's 122,000 libraries and 17,500 museums. Through its grant
making, convenings, research and publications, the Institute empowers
museums and libraries nationwide to provide leadership and services to
enhance learning in families and communities, sustain cultural heritage,
build twenty-first-century skills, and increase civic participation. To
learn more about the Institute, please visit: http://www.imls.gov.
  
 

Eileen Maxwell
Public Affairs Officer
Institute of Museum and Library Services 1800 M Street, NW 9th Floor
Washington, DC  20036-5802
202-653-4632
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