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About the SEMC

The Southeastern Museums Conference (SEMC), nonprofit membership organization, is an association of museums, museum staff, independent professionals and corporate partners focused on the Southeastern United States including: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Puerto Rico, and US Virgin Islands.

We work to:

  • Provide educational and professional development opportunities
  • Improve the interchange of ideas and information
  • Encourage respect and collegiality

The Southeastern Museums Conference (SEMC) is dedicated to providing a safe, inclusive, and welcoming conference experience for everyone. We do not tolerate discrimination or harassment in any form.

SEMC By-Law revisions (2019)

Contact Us: 
SEMC
 PO Box 550746 
Atlanta, GA 30355-3246
[404] 814-2048 Office 
[404] 814-2031 fax
zwillits@semcdirect.net



 See the approved slate of incoming 2021-2024 Council Directors 

The slate was presented to the membership and approved at the 2021 Annual Business Meeting on Wednesday, October 27, 2021 at 9am EST in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

OFFICERS

President


Heather Marie Wells
Digital Media Specialist
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
Bentonville, AR
[479] 418-5755
Vice President

Matthew Davis
Director of Historic Museums
Georgia College 
Milledgeville, GA
[478] 445-4545
Secretary

Deitrah J. Taylor
Public Historian
Milledgeville, GA
[478] 320-4010
Treasurer: 


ROBIN REED 
RETIRED MUSEUM DIRECTOR
Virginia
[757] 690-8062
Past President:


Darcie MacMahon
Director of Exhibits and Public Programs Florida Museum of Natural History
Gainesville, FL
[352] 273-2053


  

COUNCIL Directors 


SCOTT ALVEY
DIRECTOR
KENTUCKY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
FRANKFURT, KY 
[502] 564-1792


GLENNA BARLOW
CURATOR OF EDUCATION 
COLUMBIA MUSEUM OF ART
COLUMBIA, SC
[803] 343-2187


DR. ALEXANDER V. BENITEZ 
DIRECTOR OF MUSEUMS AND TOURISM
CITY OF PORTSMOUTH 
PORTSMOUTH, VA
[757]393-8983

 

NANCY STRICKLAND FIELDS
 DIRECTOR AND CURATOR 
MUSEUM OF THE SOUTHEAST AMERICAN INDIAN
Pembroke, NC
[910] 521-6282

 



BRIGETTE JANEA JONES
DIRECTOR OF EQUITABLE PARTNERSHIPS
BELLE MEADE HISTORIC SITE AND WINERY
NASHVILLE, TN
[901] 643-3784




PAMELA D.C. JUNIOR 
DIRECTOR, TWO MISSISSIPPI MUSEUMS
MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES & HISTORY
JACKSON, MS
[601] 576-6851 

DR. CALINDA N. LEE
museum Consultant
ATLANTA, GA
[678] 999-8990


ROSALIND MARTIN
DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION
KNOXVILLE MUSEUM OF ART
KNOXVILLE, TN
[865.523.6349]

CAITLIN (KATY) MENNE
CURATOR OF EDUCATION
NC MARITIME MUSEUM AT SOUTHPORT
SOUTHPORT, NC 
[910] 477- 5153 

MICHAEL SCOTT                                         
PROJECT MANAGER 
SOLID LIGHT
LOUISVILLE, KY
[724] 456-4971

 

AHMAD WARD
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
HISTORIC MITCHELVILLE FREEDOM PARK
HILTON HEAD, SC
[843] 255-7301

LANCE WHEELER
DIRECTOR OF EXHIBITIONS
NATIONAL CENTER FOR CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS
ATLANTA, GA                                         
 [678] 999-8990