Bill Gilbert is Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Art & Ecology and the Lannan Endowed Chair in Land Arts of the American West at University of New Mexico. At UNM he co-founded the Art & Ecology emphasis in the Department of Art and Art History; formed and directed the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation supported Land Arts Mobile Research Center (2012-16); and was Associate Dean (2009-11) and Acting Dean (2012) of the College of Art. Bill curated exhibitions featuring artists from the US Pueblos, Juan Mata Ortiz, Mexico and Pastaza, Ecuador. Through a FIPSE grant he taught with Mary Lewis Garcia at Acoma Pueblo and, funded by a Lila Wallace Arts International Grant, worked with the Quichua people in Ecuador. Publications include Arts Programming for the Anthropocene (Routledge, 2019), Land Arts of the American West (UT Press, 2018) and LAND/ART (Radius Books, 2010). Bill joined the Board in 2020.

Christine Steiner is an art lawyer. Prior to private practice, Christine served as Secretary and General Counsel of the J. Paul Getty Trust; as Assistant General Counsel of the Smithsonian Institution; Assistant Attorney General of Maryland for state colleges and universities; and Principal Counsel of the Maryland state public education system. Christine is an adjunct professor of law at Loyola Law School, and has been a visiting professor in programs of international art law in Florence and Cambridge. She speaks frequently on art law topics, serves on the editorial board of the Journal of the Copyright Society of the United States, and is active in the arts nationally. She has been recognized consistently by Best Lawyers, the prestigious national peer-ranking organization, for her contributions to Art Law. Christine joined Holt/Smithson Foundation’s Board in 2019.

Danielle Amato-Milligan is Director of AmatoMilligan & Associates, an international strategic consultancy to academic, arts, and nonprofit institutions. Her previous posts include Senior Vice President and Philanthropic Strategist at Bank of America, Director of Membership at the Whitney Museum of American Art, Director of Development for the Queens Museum of Art, Director of Development at the Museum for African Art, Director of Major Gifts for Brooklyn Academy of Music, and Special Research Associate at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Danielle serves on the Board of the Foundation for Advancement in Conservation. She joined the Board of Holt/Smithson Foundation in 2020.

Diane Karp is an arts activist, arts educator, arts connector, and devoted supporter of the creative process in all realms of society. She has a Ph.D. in Art History and, after teaching twentieth century art history at Temple University, she became curator of the Ars Medica collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Diane moved to New York City in 1988 to become Director of New Observations Magazine, an artist-based, nonprofit, contemporary arts journal dedicated to the diversity of the national and global arts community. In September 2001 she moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico to become Executive Director of the Santa Fe Art Institute until 2013 when she retired from her position to write and continue her work with art, social justice, environmental responsibility, and community building. Diane has served on the Board of Holt/Smithson Foundation since 2017.

Drew Watson is an art business executive with over 15 years of experience in art auction, art finance, and arts nonprofit. In his current role as Senior Vice President, Head of Art Services at Bank of America Private Bank, Drew leads a team that delivers a suite of art finance and advisory services—including art lending, art planning, consignment services, and arts nonprofit services—to private collectors and institutions.  Drew was previously a Business Manager at Christie’s in New York, and he began his career as a fundraiser, manager, and consultant for arts and cultural institutions across North America and Europe. Drew holds a BA in French and Art History from Columbia University, where he trained as a classical musician in a joint program with The Juilliard School, and holds an MBA from INSEAD business school. Drew speaks regularly on art world-related topics at conferences, art fairs, and educational institutions, and he is a regular media contributor to national news organizations on the intersection of art, business, and finance. Drew joined the Board in 2021.

Elisabeth Sussman joined the Whitney Museum of American Art as Curator in 1991, and was named Sondra Gilman Curator of Photography in 2004. She oversees the Whitney’s collection of photography and the Photography Acquisition Committee, and organizes special and touring exhibitions. Most recently, she co-curated Rachel Harrison Life Hack, Nick Mauss: Transitions, and co-organized the Whitney’s presentation of Jimmie Durham: At the Center of the World. She has also curated / co-curated Paul Thek: Diver, A Retrospective (2010), and Gordon Matta-Clark: “You Are the Measure” (2007) which won the International Association of Art Critics (AICA) annual awards for best monographic show in New York. Before joining the Whitney, Elisabeth served as Interim Director (1991) and Deputy Director for Programs (1989–91) at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, following stints as Chief Curator (1982–89) and Curator (1976–82). Elisabeth joined the Board in 2021.

Gaëtane Verna is Executive Director of the Wexner Center for the Arts at The Ohio State University. She previously served as Director of The Power Plant, Toronto and as Executive Director and Chief Curator of the Musée d’art de Joliette. Verna has curated and organized exhibitions by emerging, mid-career and established artists, and has edited and contributed essays to numerous books and catalogues. She serves on the Board of Directors of the Canada Council for the Arts and is a trustee of the Sobey Arts Foundation. Gaëtane joined the Board in 2022.

James Lingwood is Co-Director of Artangel, a London-based nonprofit organization that commissions, produces, and presents new site-specific projects by contemporary artists, film-makers, composers, and writers. James also works as an independent curator for museums around the world. Recent exhibitions include Richard Hamilton: Serial Obsessions for the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul (2017-18) and Luigi Ghirri: The Map and the Territory, Photographs from the 1970s for Museum Folkwang in Essen, Museo Nacional Reina Sofía in Madrid, Jeu de Paume in Paris, and Hayward Gallery, London (2018-20). In 1993-94 he curated Robert Smithson—The Entropic Landscape for IVAM Valencia, Palais des Beaux-Arts Brussels, and Musée d'art contemporain, Marseille, and in 2002 the exhibition Bernd and Hilla Becher / Robert Smithson: Field Trips at Museu Serralves, Porto. James joined Holt/Smithson Foundation’s Board in 2020.

Jane Crawford studied art history at Finch College in NYC. She first met Robert Smithson while working as an assistant to the Finch College Museum Director. After graduating in 1970, she worked in several galleries before creating the Foundation of Art Performances and Projects, which was dedicated to performance and site-specific works. Since 1978 Jane has been the director of the Gordon Matta-Clark Estate and a filmmaker, working with Robert Fiore. Nancy Holt, who was a close personal friend, invited Jane Crawford to make the films Rundown (1984) and Sheds (2004). Jane joined the Holt/Smithson Foundation Board in 2019.

Lucy R. Lippard is a writer and activist. She writes prolifically for magazines and exhibition catalogues, is author of twenty-four books on contemporary art and cultural criticism, including one novel and an artist’s book, and many of her writings have been anthologized. Lucy has realized performances, comics, street theatre; curated some fifty exhibitions; and has been an active member of artists’ groups, including Artworkers’ Coalition, Ad Hoc Women Artists, Artists Meeting for Cultural Change, and Women’s Action Coalition. She has written extensively on the work of Nancy Holt and Robert Smithson. Lucy became a member of the Board in 2020.

Matthew Coolidge served on the Board of Holt/Smithson Foundation from 2015 to 2020.