Board of Trustees

Joseph S. Lewis III, President
Professor of Art, Claire Trevor School of the Arts, University of California, Irvine California Arts Commission Legacy Fellow

Paul Ruscha, Vice-President
Photographer, Los Angeles, California Former trustee Winslow Art Trust

Susan Haller, Secretary
Artist’s Studio Manager, Los Angeles, California

Demetrio “Dee” Kerrison, Chair, Finance Committee
Financial Advisor, Beverly Hills, California Hammer Museum Board of Advisors

John H. Baker
Architect, California registered Owner, JHB Arts Consultants, Venice Beach, California

Ray D. Weston, Jr.
International Attorney, Photographer, Laguna Hills, California

Darby English
Carl Darling Buck Professor of Art History, University of Chicago Former Adjunct Curator, Department of Painting and Sculpture, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)

Elisabetta Covili Perfetti
Senior Art Conservator, Watts Towers at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) Member of American Institute for Conservation (AIC) Member of American Preservation Technology (APT)

Jacqueline Forbes
Curator, Arts Adviser Founder Jac Forbes Contemporary

Emeritus Trustees

Debby Brewer
Artist, Joshua Tree, California

Mona Brookes
Artist, Founder, Monart, Ojai, California

Gil B. Friesen
MOCA Trustee, deceased, Los Angeles, California

Paul Karlstrom
Author, San Francisco, California

Joan Robey
Artist, Interior Designer, Santa Monica, California

Richard Candida Smith
Professor of History, University of California, Berkeley

Ed Ruscha
Artist, Los Angeles, California

Séamus Ó Dubsláine
Artist, Big Bear City, California

Sue A. Welsh
Co-founder Noah Purifoy Foundation, Los Angeles, California

Chie and David Hammons
Artists, New York, NY

Jill Moniz
Curator and Principal, Quotidian Gallery, Los Angeles

C. Ian White
Artist, Director, and Chief Executive of The Charles White Archives, Los Angeles, California