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, Vice-President
Thomas S. Bozzuto, Vice-President
James H. DeGraffenreidt, 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
Ellen N. Bernard
Neal D. Borden
Wendyce H. Brody
C. Sylvia Brown
Roger L. Calvert
Rosalee C. Davison
Philip D. English
John Gilmore Ford
Michael B. Glick
Douglas W. Hamilton, Jr.
The Honorable C. Yvonne Holt-Stone
Peter Horowitz
George W. Johnston
Kyle Prechtl Legg
Mary C. Mangione
Stanley Mazaroff
Patricia B. Modell
Charles J. Nabit
E. Rogers Novak, Jr.
Marilyn A. Pedersen
William H. Perkins
Jennifer W. Reynolds
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
Laura L. Freedlander
Elaine M. Garven
William B. Gilmore
Marco K. Merrick
Tom R. Noonan
Sharon Paul
Kathy Phillips
Joan Sobkov
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     
Thomas H. Cook
Michael Dehavenon
Dr. David C. Driskell
Sam Fogg
Laura L. Freedlander
Bruce Livie
Dr. James Marrow
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