OMA Board of Directors

Sarah Baylinson, Board Vice President

Central Oregon

Sarah Baylinson is the Collections Manager at the High Desert Museum in Bend, OR. Previously, she was the Collections Manager at the Bowman Museum in Prineville, OR and the Museum Manager at the Log House Museum in Seattle, WA. Sarah has worked in a variety of museum related fields including exhibit preparation for King Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs and fine art handling for Artech Fine Art Services. She has had the opportunity to work and volunteer with many Puget Sound museums including Hibulb Cultural Center, The Nordic Heritage Museum, and The Island County Historical Society. Sarah has a Certificate of Museum Studies from the University of Washington and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Kyle Weismann-Yee, Board Treasurer, DEAI Committee Chair

Portland Metro

Kyle Weismann-Yee has over a decade of experience coordinating community-based programs and making grants to rural communities and communities of color.  He is passionate about using history and museums as community building and social change-making catalysts to help communities envision a more just future. He has led community programs that use public history as the foundation for understanding and being active in social change.

Nicole Yasuhara, Board Member, Membership Committee Chair

Portland Metro

Nicole Yasuhara is the Deputy Museum Director at the Oregon Historical Society in Portland. Nicole graduated from University of Hawaii with a BA in Anthropology and then received her MA from George Washington University in Museum Studies with a focus on Collections Management. She has served at the Oregon Historical Society in many functions since 2008. Nicole was elected to the OMA Board in 2015.

Photo Rosemary Ragusa Photography

Dan Ruby, Board Member

Southern Oregon

Dan Ruby is a consultant for the museum and nonprofit field. He served as Executive Director of ScienceWorks Hands-on Museum in Ashland from 2018 to 2021. He previously led Fleischmann Planetarium at the University of Nevada, Reno, and is Past President of the Nevada Museums Association. Dan joined the OMA board in 2019.

Eleanor Sandys, Board Member, Conference Committee Chair

Willamette Valley

At the Oregon Arts Commission, Eleanor serves as collections manager for Oregon’s Percent for Art Collection and coordinates the Art in the Governor’s Office program, which features the work of contemporary Oregon visual artists. Over the course of her museum and nonprofit administration career, Eleanor has worked and interned at a variety of arts and cultural organizations in the West, including SCRAP PDX, FOR-SITE Foundation, Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center, Portland Chinatown Museum, Portland Japanese Garden, Phoebe Hearst Museum of Anthropology at UC Berkeley, the Museum of Contemporary Craft and the San Francisco Arts Commission. Eleanor has a Master’s in Museum Studies from John F. Kennedy University and a bachelor’s in Cultural Anthropology from Reed College. She believes in the power of museums and the arts to present diverse experiences, generate critical conversations and encourage new perspectives.

Stephanie Craig, Board Member

Willamette Valley

Stephanie Craig is the Collections Registrar for the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde’s Chachalu Tribal Museum and Cultural Center in Grand Ronde Oregon.  She is also a 7^th generation traditional basket weaver and tribal member. She has worked the last 10+ years as a private contractor for Tribal museums, state and county historical museums helping develop and implement Native American exhibits, interpretation, education and curation. She has a BA degree in cultural anthropology with an emphasis on Northwest Native American cultures, and an interdisciplinary MA degree in cultural anthropology, museum studies and folklore studies.