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Home > About TAM > Council Roster Current TAM Council RosterOFFICERS
In 2005, as director of the Museum, she oversaw the Museum’s renovations of its Education Hall, a $200,000 project. The Museum is now working on a $15 million project renovating the petroleum exhibits of the Museum. The renovation will include restructuring the existing space and installation of new exhibits addressing the geology and cultural history of the area as well as the technical aspects of the petroleum industry.
Kathy holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Texas Tech. She
held several prominent positions with volunteer organizations in
Midland before coming to work for the museum. Kathy has been active
in TAM since 1995, serving in TAMEC serving as the history representative
and is active in the Permian Basin Museum Association, serving as
secretary and president. Vice President Brian W. Bray became the Historic Sites Manager and Historic Preservation Officer for the City of Nacogdoches in November 2003. He previously served as the Director of Education for the Texarkana Museums System for 2 ½ years. He graduated from Texas Lutheran University in 1998 with a BA in Public History with a minor in Cultural and Ethnic Studies, and the University of North Texas in 2000 with a MS in Information and Library Science. Brian completed the Certified Public Administration Program in 2006 through Stephen F. Austin State University. He also served in the Army Reserves for 9 years as a Chemical Operations Specialist.
Brian is an active member of Texas Association of Museums and currently
serves as the co-chair of the Historic Site/House Affinity Group
and as a Councilor-at-large for the Texas Association of Museums.
He works closely with the Texas Historical Commission, is involved
with the El Camino Real National Historic Trail and is the Past-Chair
of the Texas Forest Trail Region Board of Directors. Brian also
serves on the Friends of Historic Nacogdoches Inc. Board and the
Nacogdoches Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. Vice-President for Development Anne Allen is currently Vice President of Development for TAM. Anne has also served as a TAM Councillor-at-Large and on the TAM Program Committee.
Anne is a Public Art Project Manager with the Arts Council of Fort Worth and Tarrant County. An artist, curator and arts administrator, she served as Director of the Arlington Museum of Art (AMA) from 2001-2007, and as Executive Director of The Old Jail Art Center in Albany, Texas, 2000.
Anne grew up in Fort Worth, TX, and has lived and worked in Los Angeles, CA, Portland, OR and New York's Hudson Valley before returning to Texas in 1999. She received an M.F.A. in metals from the State University of New York at New Paltz and a B.F.A. in painting and printmaking from the University of Texas at Austin. Anne is a 2009, 2008 and 2007 finalist for the Hunting Art Prize. Treasurer Jack N. McKinney has served as the Executive Director of the Dr PepperMuseum and Free Enterprise Institute of Waco, Texas since August of 2000. He has been an administrator and museum professional for over thirty years. Jack is a native of Dallas, Texas where he attended Bryan Adams High School. He holds a BA degree in history from the University of Oklahoma.
During his tenure at the Dr Pepper Museum, the museum has doubled in size. In 2008, he negotiated the transfer of the Dr Pepper Snapple Group’s collection of 100,000 soft drink items from Plano, Texas to the care of the Dr Pepper Museum.
Jack has previously served TAM in several capacities, first as a member of the TAM Annual Meeting Program Committee in 1993, 1994, and 1995 and as the Local Arrangements Chair of the Amarillo meeting in 1995. In 1996 and 1997, he served as TAM’s Vice-President for Development. In 2000, 2001, 2009, and 2010, he served as a TAM Councilor-at-Large. He has authored several Museum Dining Guides for TAM meetings in Texas and AAM meetings across America.
In 2010 he served as president of the Museum Association of Waco and currently represents MAW on the Waco CVB Advisory Board. Jack has an extensive background in Scouting as both a volunteer and a professional. He is an Eagle Scout and currently serves as a member of the Advisory Board of the National Scouting Museum in Irving, Texas. He also serves as a Vice President of the O.U. Club of Dallas and is a member of the Rotary Club of Waco. Secretary Erin McClelland is an Interpretive Exhibit Planner and Project Manager for TexasState Parks at the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD). Since joining TPWD in 2006 she has worked on a variety of interpretive exhibits across Texas, including the new visitor’s center installation at Caprock Canyons State Park, updated interpretation at Goliad State Park, and a conceptual exhibit plan for Garner State Park. Most recently, she led an interdisciplinary team in a complete overhaul of the exhibits at Battleship TEXAS State Historic Site.
Erin has been active with TAM throughout her career, serving on the Program Committee for the 2008, 2009, and 2010 Annual Meetings. As a committee member, she planned and chaired sessions on new technologies in museums as well as emerging leaders’ issues. Erin is committed to the TAM affinity group Museum Emerging Leaders of Texas (MELT), of which she was a founding member. She is currently working with MELT’s leadership to establish a series of regional mixers for emerging leaders throughout Texas in 2010. Erin is also an active member of the Austin Museum Partnership and the American Association of Museums.
Erin earned a B.A. in Cultural Anthropology and American Studies
from the University of California at Davis, and an M.A. in American
Studies from the University of Texas at Austin. Her graduate research
focused on tourism and museums. In her spare time, Erin enjoys traveling
to far away places, cooking, gardening, and doting on her cat, Juliette. Past President Guy C. Vanderpool is from Crofton, Maryland, and graduated from Arundel High School. He attended college in Nashville, Tennessee, and graduate school at Middle Tennessee State University (M.A. History) and the University of Alabama. He has taught history classes at the University of Alabama, Southern Methodist University, Texarkana College, and West Texas A&M University. Prior to becoming the Director of the Panhandle Plains Historical Museum in April 2004, he was Executive Director of the Texarkana Museums System from 1994 to 2004, and Curator at the Dallas Historical Society from 1992 to 1994. He is past-president of the Arkansas Museums Association and is currently on the Council of the Texas Association of Museums.
Councillors-at-Large
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President Kathy Shannon is the Executive Director of the
Petroleum Museum in Midland, Texas. She served as Director of Education
for 10 years before moving to Executive Director in November of
2004. While in education, she developed community focused programs
directed to area families and museum programs such as Science Symposium,
and Earth Science Day by working with companies to emphasize science
to students. 
Dreanna Belden, Assistant Dean for External Relations, has been with the University of North Texas Libraries since 2003. She holds an MLS from UNT, and her interests include exploring how digital cultural heritage collections can most effectively be used in education, and working with museums, libraries, and archives to place their materials online. 
Sue Prudhomme, Director of the Museum of the
Coastal Bend at The Victoria College, has worked in museums for
the last 21 years. Before moving to Victoria, Texas in 2007 for
her current position, Sue served as Director of the Masur Museum
of Art for the City of Monroe, Louisiana, and was the founding director
of the G. B. Cooley historic home and architecture museum. 
Melissa Prycer is Director of Education at Dallas Heritage Village.
During her almost eight years at Dallas Heritage Village, she has
launched a lecture series, hands-on classes for children, and increased
school tours 35%. She was named "Educator of the Year" by TAMEC in 2011.