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About SEMC

The Southeastern Museums Conference (SEMC), is a nonprofit membership organization, for 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



 Meet the 2026-2028/2029 Council Officers and Directors 

The SEMC Council nomination slate was presented to the membership at the 2026 Annual Business Meeting on Wednesday, September 30, 2026 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina at the SEMC2026 Annual Meeting. By a majority vote, new Officers and returning Council members were approved.


OFFICERS (2026-2028)

President

AHMAD WARD 
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
HISTORIC MITCHELVILLE FREEDOM PARK
HILTON HEAD, SC


Vice President

KATIE ERICSON-BASKIN
DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION
MICHAEL C. CARLOS MUSEUM
ATLANTA, GA 
Secretary

MICHELLE SCHULTE 

CHIEF CURATOR OF COLLECTIONS AND EXHIBITIONS        LSU MUSEUM OF ART | SHAW CENTER FOR THE ARTS  
BATON ROUGE, LA 
Treasurer

Matt farah 

Exhibition Coordinator
the historic New ORleans Collection
New Orleans, LA
Past President

DR. CALINDA N. LEE


PRINCIPAL
SOURCES CULTURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT LLC
ATLANTA, GA


   COUNCIL Directors 


Eboni Belton (1st Term)

Lead Gallery Attendant 
Center for Civil Rights History and Research
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 
Headshot of white male, Matthew Davis, smiling with a suit on

MATTHEW DAVIS (1st Term)

Director of Institutional History Museum
Washington and Lee University
Lexington, VA




TAFENI ENGLISH-RELF (2nd Term)

DIRECTOR, ALABAMA STATE OFFICE
SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER
MONTGOMERY, AL 


Alicia Franck (2nd Term)

Vice President and Chief Development Officer
The National World War II Museum
New Orleans, LA



Tamara herring (1st Term)

Founder/Principal Consultant
The Mission Steward
ridgeland, SC





Felicia knise (1st Term)

Director of interpretive strategies     
north Carolina museum of art 
Raleigh, NC

Mid-body shot of black female, Brigette Janea Jones, smiling with brown curly hair, white blouse, and blue slacks

BRIGETTE JANEA JONES (2nd Term)

Assistant Executive Director
Arabia Mountain Heritage area Alliance
Stonecrest, GA

katy Malone (1st Term)

manager of Education and community engagement
McClung Museum of Natural history and Culture
knoxville, Tn









Deborah Rose Van Horn  (1st Term)

Senior Curator 
Walt Disney Imagineering
Lake Buena Vista, Fl


John spann (1st Term)

Director of Strategic Initiatives 
Mississippi Humanities
Jackson, MS




 

Scott Warren (2nd TERM)

Director 
President James K. Polk State Historic Site 
Pineville, NC