The names listed below link to selected staff biographies. For access to photographs of staff members, e-mail AmericanArtPressOffice@si.edu.
Director
- Jane Carpenter-Rock, Acting Margaret and Terry Stent Director
- Eric Nastasi, deputy director for administration and finance
Curatorial
- Saisha Grayson, curator (time-based media)
- Eleanor Jones Harvey, senior curator (19th-century art)
- Melissa Ho, curator (20th-century art)
- John Jacob, The McEvoy Family Senior Curator for Photography
- Marisa Lerer, The Mariana and Juan A. Sabater Adjunct Curator of Latinx Art
- Karen Lemmey, The Lucy S. Rhame Curator of Sculpture
- Sarah Newman, acting head curator and the James Dicke Curator of Contemporary Art
- Dalila Scruggs, The Augusta Savage Curator of African American Art
- Leslie Umberger, senior curator (folk and self-taught art)
Renwick Gallery
- Mary Savig, The Fleur and Charles Bresler Curator-in-Charge
Research and Scholars
- Lindsay Harris, head, Research and Scholars Center
- Robin Veder, executive editor, American Art
- Amelia Goerlitz, chair of academic programs