APPENDIX A: ACTIONS OF THE

OCTOBER 23, 2023, MEETING OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS

VOTED that the Board of Regents adopts the Consent Agenda, which constitutes the approval 

of all action items listed therein. [2023.10.01]

VOTED that the Board of Regents approves the minutes of the June 12, 2023, meeting 

of the Board of Regents.

VOTED that the Board of Regents approves the proposed slate of candidates for

appointment or reappointment to six (6) Smithsonian Institution Advisory Boards.

VOTED that the Board of Regents approves the proposed amendments to the bylaws of 

the Commission of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

VOTED that the Board of Regents approves the proposed amendments to the bylaws of 

the Smithsonian National Board.

VOTED that the Board of Regents approves the proposed amendments to the bylaws of 

the SITES I SA Advisory Board.

VOTED that the Board of Regents recognizes the generosity of Robert C. Davidson, Jr. 

and Alice Faye Davidson to the Smithsonian American Art Museum and names the 

Robert and Faye Davidson Family Gallery, for a term of the longer of 20 years or until 

the next major renovation of the Gallery, whichever occurs later.

VOTED that the Board of Regents creates a quasi-endowment for the benefit of the 

Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage to support Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. 

Further, the Board of Regents authorizes the transfer of the funds identified for this 

purpose.

VOTED that the Board of Regents creates a quasi-endowment for the benefit of the 

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute to support Barro Colorado Island field station 

activities. Further, the Board of Regents authorizes the transfer of the funds identified 

for this purpose.

VOTED that the Board of Regents approves the proposed amendments to the Audit and Review

Committee Charter. [2023.10.02]

VOTED that the Board of Regents appoints Carla Vernón, Ileana Musa, and Mike Suco to the 

Board of Trustees of the National Museum of the American Latino for a three-year term each, 

effective immediately. [2023.10.03]
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VOTED that the Board of Regents reappoints José E. Feliciano, Soledad O'Brien, and Sofía 

Vergara to the Board of Trustees of the National Museum of the American Latino for a threeyear term each, retroactive from June 14, 2022, to June 13, 2025. [2023.10.04]

VOTED that the Board of Regents reappoints Raul A. Anaya, Rick Gomez, Alberto Ibargüen, 

Margarita Paláu-Hernández, and José Luis Prado to the Board of Trustees of the National 

Museum of the American Latino for a three-year term each, retroactive from June 14, 2023, to 

June 13, 2026. [2023.10.05]

VOTED that the Board of Regents approves the posthumous appointment of Dorothy Tapper 

Goldman as an emeritus member of the Commission of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 

effective immediately. [2023.10.06]

VOTED that the Board of Regents approves the Secretary and Under Secretary’s request for 

authority to sign the contemplated five-year lease extension for approximately 133,984 

rentable square feet of administrative office, collections, and storage space for the Archives of 

American Art (“AAA); National Portrait Gallery (“NPG”); Smithsonian American Art Museum

(“SAAM”); and the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives (“SLA”) in the Victor Building, at 750 

Ninth Street, NW, Washington, DC. [2023.10.07]

VOTED that the Board of Regents elects Risa J. Lavizzo-Mourey as Chair of the Smithsonian 

Institution’s Board of Regents for a one-year term effective January 30, 2024. [2023.10.08]

VOTED that the Board of Regents elects Barbara Barrett as Vice Chair of the Smithsonian 

Institution’s Board of Regents for a one-year term effective January 30, 2024. [2023.10.09]

VOTED that the Board of Regents elects Frank Raines as a member of the Smithsonian Board of 

Regents’ Executive Committee for a one-year term effective January 30, 2024. [2023.10.10]