Staff
Nora Atkinson
Executive Director
Rob Fore
Deputy Director of Operations
Sarah Kermensky
Ariel Zaccheo
Curatorial Director
Sarah Beth Rosales
Marketing and Communications Director
Marie Deininger
Programs Manager
Jeremiah Barber
Lead Preparator and Facilities Associate
Shirley Schorer
Administrative Coordinator
Zoe Edwards
Programs Coordinator
Remy Ayres
Development Coordinator
Natasha Kleit
Curatorial Associate
Daniel Francis
Visitor Experience Associate
Allie Godwin
Programs Associate
Daniel Wirabuana
Marketing and Communications Associate
Board of Directors
Neil O’Donnell, Chair
Babette Pinsky, Vice Chair
Andy Astor, Treasurer
Peggy Dalal, Secretary
Robin Azevedo
Jason Kelly Johnson
Emily Meyer
Joy Ou
David Yu
Board Members Emeritus
David Gauger
Steven B. Kaplan
Ken Riding
Phil Schlein
Barbara Waldman
National Advisory Board
Ronald Abramson
Glenn Adamson
Polly Allen
Lisa Bayne Astor
Linda Brownrigg
Gary Hutton
Janet Koplos
Wendy Maruyama
Josh Oliver
Steven H. Oliver
Nancy Selvin
Dorothy Saxe
Honorary*
Sylvia Bennett
Ted Cohen
Paul Smith
Bernice Wollman
Ronald C. Wornick
*Deceased
2024 Design Council
The Design Council is an advocacy committee of the MCD Board, working to make MCD a home for the broader Bay Area design community.
Bill Burnett
Brianna Cutts
Lise de Vito
Dan Harden
Lisa Iwamoto
Wai Loong Lim
Scott Yu
