The Museum

Governance

Given as a bequest from Henry Walters to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore in 1931 "for the benefit of the public," the Walters Art Museum has since its founding been governed by an independent Board of Trustees.  The museum benefits from the wisdom, support, and advocacy of these community leaders:

Board of Trustees  

William L. Paternotte, Chair
Andrea B. Laporte, President
Peter L. Bain, President-Elect
Ellen N. Bernard, Vice-President
Thomas S. Bozzuto, Vice-President
James H. Degraffenreidt, Jr., Vice-President
Douglas W. Hamilton, Jr., Vice-President
Dr. Hervey (Peter) S. Stockman, Jr., Vice-President
Frank K. Turner, Jr., Treasurer
Dr. Gary K. Vikan, Director, Secretary

Julianne E. Alderman
Calvin H. Baker
Neal D. Borden
Wendyce H. Brody
C. Sylvia Brown
Roger L. Calvert
H. Ward Classen
Rosalee C. Davison
Cynthia L. Egan
Philip D. English
Jonathan M. Fishman
John Gilmore Ford
Michael B. Glick
The Honorable C. Yvonne Holt-Stone
Peter Horowitz
Kyle Prechtl Legg
Mary C. Mangione
 Stanley Mazaroff
Patricia B. Modell
Charles J. Nabit
E. Rogers Novak, Jr.
William H. Perkins
George K. Reynolds, III
John R. Rockwell
Edward L. Rosenberg
Nancy R. Sasser
Thomas Schweizer, Jr.
Mayo A. Shattuck III
Judy Van Dyke
Mary Baily Wieler


Ex-officio

The Honorable Sheila H. Dixon
The Honorable Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
The Honorable Martin J. O’malley
The Honorable James T. Smith, Jr.
The Honorable Ken Ulman
Rosemary Eck
Laura L. Freedlander
Elaine M. Garven
Marco K. Merrick
Tom R. Noonan
Sharon Paul
Kathy Phillips
Diana Ulman

Emeriti

Robert S. Feinberg
Samuel K. Himmelrich, Sr.
Bernard Manekin
Cynthia R. Mead
Adena W. Testa
Jay M. Wilson

International Advisory Board

Dr. James Michael Bradburne
Eddie C. Brown
Dr. Myrna Bustani
Constance R. Caplan    
Michael Dehavenon
Dr. David C. Driskell
 Sam Fogg
Laura L. Freedlander
Bruce Livie
Dr. James Marrow
Dwight Platt
George Roche
Paul Ruddock
Christine Sarbanes
The Honorable Paul Sarbanes      
Donald J. Shepard     
George M. Sherman 
John And Marisol Stokes    
John Waters, Jr.
Dr. Daniel H. Weiss
Benjamin B. Zucker