APPENDIX A: ACTIONS OF THE

JUNE 15, 2015, MEETING OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS

VOTED that the Board of Regents approves the minutes of the April 13, 2015, meeting of the 

Board of Regents. [2015.06.01]

VOTED that the Board of Regents approves the fiscal year 2017 federal budget priorities 

proposed by the Acting Secretary. [2015.06.02]

VOTED that the Board of Regents approves a five percent payout from the Smithsonian 

Endowment in fiscal year 2016 to support programmatic activity. The Board further approves 

up to an additional one percent payout from the Smithsonian Endowment in fiscal year 2016 to 

fund certain expenses associated with the national fundraising campaign. The payout shall be 

calculated against the trailing five-year average market value of the Smithsonian Endowment. 

[2015.06.03]

VOTED that the Board of Regents approves the Acting Secretary’s request to seek 

Congressional authorization to construct new Collections Storage facilities adjacent to the 

Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia and at the Museum Support Center in Suitland, 

Maryland. [2015.06.04]

VOTED that the Board of Regents approves the Acting Secretary’s request to renew the lease 

for the space located at 160 Concord Avenue in Cambridge, Massachusetts, for an additional 

five year term commencing on January 1, 2016, subject to the necessary conditions or 

authorizations. [2015.06.05]

VOTED that the Board of Regents appoints Robert MacDonald as chair of the Smithsonian 

National Board for a three-year term effective October 1, 2015. [2015.06.06]

VOTED that the Board of Regents appoints Philip M. Ryan and Allan Landon and reappoints 

Brenda Gaines, each as a vice chair of the Smithsonian National Board for one-year terms 

effective October 1, 2015. [2015.06.07]

VOTED that the Board of Regents reappoints Rod Adkins, Gordon Ambach, William H. Bohnett, 

Vin Di Bona, Sakurako D. Fisher, Myra Hart, Jonathan Kemper, Dennis J. Keller, and Cheryl 

Winter Lewy to the Smithsonian National Board for three-year terms each, effective October 1, 

2015. [2015.06.08]

VOTED that the Board of Regents appoints Sandra Berler and Virginia Bobins to the Board of 

Trustees of the Archives of American Art for three-year terms each, effective July 1, 2015. 

[2015.06.09]

VOTED that the Board of Regents reappoints Carrie Rebora Barratt to the Board of Trustees of 

the Archives of American Art for a three-year term, effective October 1, 2015. [2015.06.10]
VOTED that the Board of Regents appoints Frank Martucci as trustee emeritus to the Board of 

Trustees of the Archives of American Art, effective October 1, 2015. [2015.06.11]

VOTED that the Board of Regents appoints Donna Harris-Aikens, Lorenzo McRae, and Vernice 

Miller-Travis to the Advisory Board of the Anacostia Community Museum for three-year terms 

each, effective immediately. [2015.06.12]

VOTED that the Board of Regents reappoints Tonya Vidal Kinlow to the Advisory Board of the 

Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum for a three-year term, effective October 1, 2015. 

[2015.06.13]

VOTED that the Board of Regents reappoints Beth Comstock, Madeleine Rudin Johnson, 

Francine S. Kittredge, Claudia Kotchka, Barbara Mandel, and Henry R. Muñoz III to the Board of 

Trustees of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum for three-year terms each, effective 

immediately. [2015.06.14]

VOTED that the Board of Regents appoints Ann Nitze and Michael Zamsky, and reappoints Mary 

Ebrahimi, Constance Corcoran Miller, and James W. Lintott to the Board of Trustees of the 

Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery for four-year terms each, effective 

September 18, 2015. [2015.06.15]

VOTED that the Board of Regents appoints Randall Martinez, to the Advisory Board of the 

National Museum of American History for a three-year term effective June 1, 2015. 

[2015.06.16]

VOTED that the Board of Regents appoints William K. Butler to the Board of Trustees of the 

National Museum of the American Indian for a three-year term, effective immediately. 

[2015.06.17]

VOTED that the Board of Regents appoints Senator William H. Frist, M.D. to the Board of 

Trustees of the National Museum of the American Indian to fill a vacancy with one and a half 

years remaining, effective immediately. [2015.06.18]

VOTED that the Board of Regents appoints Coralyn W. Whitney and Sophia Shaw to the Board 

of the National Museum of Natural History for three-year terms each, effective immediately. 

[2015.06.19]

VOTED that the Board of Regents reappoints Jeff DeBoer, Patricia Olson, and Beatrice von 

Gontard to the Advisory Board of the National Zoo for three-year terms each, effective 

immediately. [2015.06.20]

VOTED that the Board of Regents appoints Tessie Guillermo and reappoints Doris O. Matsui and 

Irene Hirano Inouye to the Advisory Board of the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center for 

three year terms each, effective immediately. [2015.06.21]
VOTED that the Board of Regents appoints Murthy Nukala to the Advisory Board of the 

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory for a three-year term effective July 1, 2015. 

[2015.06.22]

VOTED that the Board of Regents appoints Alvaro de Molina, Manuel Machado, and Carlos 

Palomares, and reappoints Raquel Egusquiza to Smithsonian National Latino Board of the 

Smithsonian Latino Center for three-year terms each, effective immediately. [2015.06.23]

VOTED that the Board of Regents reappoints George DeBakey, Erin Hogan, John Jacobson, and 

Kristin Richardson to the Advisory Board of the Smithsonian Science Education Center for threeyear terms each, effective October 1, 2015. [2015.06.24]

VOTED that the Board of Regents approves the proposed committee member assignments for 

Senator Boozman and Senator Perdue and requests that the Chancellor make the necessary 

appointments. [2015.06.25]

VOTED that the Board of Regents approves the changes to meetings of the Board of Regents. 

[2015.06.26]