Board of Directors

In July of 2000, a new Florida law assigned responsibility for The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art to Florida State University (FSU). It dissolved the existing Ringling Board of Trustees- which had been responsible under prior law for management and operation of the John and Ringling Museum of Art – and created a Direct Support Organization, sometimes called the DSO. FSU elected to have The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Foundation, Inc., the existing fund-raising arm of the former Trustees, as this newly constituted DSO.

The Board of Directors of the Foundation is to consist of no more than 31 members, no less than one-third of them from Sarasota and Manatee counties. Operating under a charter and bylaws approved by the University, its primary responsibilities are to recommend policies to maintain and preserve the collections of the museum, to help raise funds for the museum, to expand access to its resources, and to raise the museum’s national and international reputation. The DSO board is also empowered to nominate candidates for the museum’s director to the FSU president. The director is to serve at the pleasure of the university president and to report to FSU's provost, or his designee.

Upcoming Board Meeting dates are:

October 4-5, 2012
January 17-18, 2013
March 21-22, 2013
June 13-14, 2013

Board of Directors

Clifford L. Walters, III*, Chair
Michael E. Urette, Vice Chair
Michael R. Pender Jr*, Treasurer
Michéle D. Redwine*, Secretary

Martin A. Arch*
Sara A. Bagley*
Madeleine H. Berman*
Daniel J. Denton
Rebecca Donelson*
George R. Ellis
Kenneth J. Feld
Casey Gonzmart
Priscilla M. Greenfield
J. Roderick Heller III
Patrick J. Hennigan, PhD
Paul G. Hudson*
Dorothy C. Jenkins
Thomas W. Jennings Jr., PhD
Patricia R. Lombard*
Thomas B. Luzier*
Senator John M. McKay*
Nancy J. Parrish*
Roger C. Pettingell*
Ina L. Schnell*
Jane Skogstad*
Linda Streit*
Howard C. Tibbals*
James B. (Jim) Tollerton*
Helga M. Wall-Apelt*

Ex-Officio Board Members

Joan T. Uranga, Chair of the Docent Advisory Council
James M. LeTellier, President, Members Council
Wilmer Pearson, Chair of the Volunteer Services Advisory Council

*Sarasota/Manatee County resident