OMA Board members, September 2019. From left to right: Nicole Yasuhara, Katie Williams, Tim Hecox, Dan Ruby, Sarah Baylinson, Lynn Orr, Ann Dowdy, Randall Melton, Deana Dartt. Not pictured: Kyle Weismann-Yee, Eleanor Sandys. | We are currently recruiting for a new board member. We welcome
applications by members representing rural areas (Eastern Oregon) and
culturally-specific institutions. |
Timothy Hecox, Board PresidentPortland Metro
Sarah Baylinson, Board Vice PresidentCentral 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. Randall Melton, Board TreasurerEastern Oregon
Nicole Yasuhara, Board Member, Membership Committee ChairPortland Metro
Photo Rosemary Ragusa Photography Kyle Weismann-Yee, Board MemberPortland Metro
| Katie Williams, Board SecretaryWillamette Valley
Lynn Federle-Orr, PhD, Board MemberMt Hood/The Gorge
Dan Ruby, Board MemberSouthern Oregon
Eleanor Sandys, Board MemberWillamette Valley
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Tim Hecox is the Board President of the
Oregon Museums Association and Federal Grants Manager at the Oregon
Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) in Portland, Oregon. Tim has been
in the museum, parks, and cultural
sector for over seventeen years with previous positions in Museum
Education, Exhibit and Program Development, Project Management,
Community Engagement, and Strategic Fundraising. Throughout his time at
OMSI, he has provided leadership over federally funded
projects supported by the National Science Foundation, National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the Institute for
Museum and Library Services (IMLS). Tim has held past committee
positions with the American Alliance of Museums (AAM), Association
for Science-Technologies Centers (ASTC), and prior to OMSI
worked as a Park Ranger Naturalist for the National Park Service in
Yosemite. Tim has a Bachelor of Science degree in Natural Resources
Planning and Interpretation from Humboldt State University.
Tim was elected to the OMA Board in 2017.
Randall Melton is the collection Curator for Tamastslikt Cultural Institute located on the Umatilla Indian Reservation. He is an enrolled member of the Seminole nation of Oklahoma and a graduate of Eastern Oregon University with a B.S. in anthropology/sociology. Randall has worked for Tamastslikt since 1996 and as the Collection Curator since 2004. Randall is also one of the mentors for Oregon Heritage Commission's MentorCorps. He's excited for the opportunity to work with other museum professions from across the state and provide a tribal and eastern Oregon voice to the conversation. Randall was elected to the OMA Board in 2014.
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.
Kyle Weismann-Yee is a program coordinator for Oregon Humanities and committed to prioritizing programming and funding based in and led by rural communities and communities of color. Prior to joining OH, he worked with community based grantmaking and advocacy organizations working for social and racial justice. He is passionate about using history and museums as community building and social change making catalysts to help communities envision a more just future. 
Katie Williams is the Education Manager at World of Speed Motorsports Museum in Wilsonville, OR. Prior to joining World of Speed, Katie was the Education Manager at the Northwest African American Museum in Seattle, where she also served as the Programs Officer for the Museum Educators of Puget Sound. She has years of experience in interpretive techniques and creating engaging, experiential learning opportunities for students of all ages. Katie earned her MA in Museum Studies from John F. Kennedy University and her BA in Art History from Lewis & Clark College and has completed internships at the Wing Luke Asian Museum, Oakland Museum of California, and the Asian Art Museum, among others. She is excited to be back in the greater Portland area and to serve on the OMA board.
Dr. Lynn Federle-Orr is currently Executive Director of The History Museum of Hood River County. Previously Curator-in-Charge of European Art for the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, she oversaw the permanent collection and galleries of San Francisco’s Legion of Honor. Lynn also served on the NEA’s Domestic Indemnification Program advisory panel. With a University of California Ph.D., she has lectured and published widely on the 17th and 19th centuries. While in the Bay Area, she was invited to teach at Stanford University (Art and Art History Department and Continuing Studies Program), the University of California, Santa Cruz (Department of History of Art and Visual Culture), and the University of San Francisco (Department of Art and Architecture). Lynn was elected to the OMA Board in 2017.
Dan Ruby is Executive Director of ScienceWorks Hands-on Museum in Ashland. He was with the Fleischmann Planetarium at the University of Nevada, Reno, for more than 12 years, serving as Director in 2014. He has been an active participant and leader of state and national museum associations. Most recently he served as the Chair of the Coalition of State Museum Associations Foundation (COSMA) and the President of the Nevada Museums Association. He is passionate about working with youth and inspiring their love for STEM. Dan joined the OMA board in 2019.
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. Board member job description and application |
| Mailing Address: P.O. Box 8604, Portland, OR 97207 |
