47 ADVISORY GROUPS MUSEUM VISITING COMMITTEE As of June 30, 2018 The Museum Visiting Committee is an advisory body whose members, appointed to three-year terms by the president of the college, provide lead- ership in strengthening the museum’s base of financial support and its collec- tions, establishing museum policies and representing the interests of SCMA to the broader community. Jan Golann ’71, Chair Sara Bodinson ’99 Anne Bodnar ’78 Victoria Chan-Palay ’65 Robin Clark ’87 Joan Lebold Cohen ’54 Marilyn Cohen ’68, Chair-Elect Wendy Cromwell ’86 Peggy Danziger ’62, Nominations Chair Nancy de La Selle ’69 Elizabeth Eveillard ’69 Catherine Freedberg ’64 Vanessa Gates-Elston ’02 Kemi Ilesanmi ’98 Ellen Lee ’71, Acquisitions Chair Janice Oresman ’55 Shama Rahman ’13 Louisa Sarofim ’58 S. Mona Sinha ’88, South and Southeast Asian Art Task Force Chair Ann Solomon ’59 Judith Targan ’53 Jane Timken ’64 Melissa Wells ’93, Membership Advisory Committee Chair Anita Wien ’62 Martha Wright ’60 SUBCOMMITTEES OF THE VISITING COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP & ALUMNAE ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE As of June 30, 2018 The museum’s Membership & Alumnae Engagement Committee is an advisory body whose members provide lead- ership in strengthening the museum’s membership program and engagement with alumnae through outreach and communication. Melissa Wells ’93, Chair and Associates Coordinator Marilyn Cohen ’68, VC Chair-Elect Wendy Cromwell ’86, Contemporary Associates Coordinator Vanessa Gates-Elston ’02 Jan Golann ’71, VC Chair Janice Oresman ’55 NOMINATING COMMITTEE As of June 30, 2018 The Nominating Committee is responsible for building an annual slate to fill vacancies on the Museum Visiting Committee. It seeks out nominees who bring breadth of expertise, geography and perspective to the Visiting Committee. Peggy Danziger ’62, Chair Marilyn Cohen ’68, VC Chair-Elect Jan Golann ’71, VC Chair Janice Oresman ’55 S. Mona Sinha ’88 ACQUISITIONS COMMITTEE As of June 30, 2018 The Acquisitions Committee reviews and advises on proposals for the purchase of works of art by the Smith College Museum of Art. Ellen Lee ’71, Chair Jan Golann ’71, VC Chair Elizabeth Eveillard ’69 Catherine Freedberg ’64 Janice Oresman ’55 SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN ART TASK FORCE As of June 30, 2018 The museum’s South and Southeast Asian Art Task Force (SSAATF) is an advisory body whose members include alumnae and faculty with expertise in South and Southeast Asian art and studies, and who are instrumental in nurturing a strong program in this area at SCMA by building financial support and advising on exhibitions, acquisitions and programming. S. Mona Sinha ’88, Chair Neelum Amin ’86 Nancy Blume ’61 Victoria Chan-Palay ’65 Joan Lebold Cohen ’54 Wendy Cromwell ’86 Peggy Danziger ’62 Nancy de La Selle ’69 Nancy Fessenden ’50 Jan Golann ’71 Sarah Leahy ’54 Yamini Mehta ’93 Ann Niehoff ’75 Eliot Nolen ’54 Shama Rahman ’13 ADVISORY GROUPS ABOVE: A visitor looking closely at Tattered and Torn, 1886, by the American painter Alfred Kappes