Advisory Board

Advisory Board of the International Quilt Study Center & Museum

  • Current Advisory Board Members

    *Mariko Akizuki of Japan
    Quilter whose works have been published in Quilts Japan, Patchwork Tsushin and other magazines. One of her quilts was chosen by the Japan Handicraft Instructor's Association as one of the top 100 quilts for its traveling exhibition. She is also an interpreter and translator for many American and Japanese quilt artists.

    *Fiona Diaper of United Kingdom
    Acting Chief Executive, The Quilters' Guild of the British Isles.

    * Marianne Fons of Iowa
    Publisher; quiltmaker; designer; television host, former co-editor of Fons and Porter Love of Quilting magazine.

    * Ralph James of Massachusetts
    Representative of Robert and Ardis James Foundation. Executive Director of Executive Education at Harvard Business School.

    * Robert James of Connecticut
    Collector; co-founder and benefactor of the International Quilt Study Center & Museum.

    * Stephen J. Kent of Ohio
    President and CEO of New Track Media, an integrated consumer enthusiast media company with operations in publishing, digital media, broadcasting, video, licensing, merchandising, e-commerce and events.

    *Gul Laporte of France
    Teacher, quiltmaker, author of Quilts from Europe, and free-lance writer.

    * George W. Neubert of Nebraska
    Director of the Flatwater Folk Art Museum; Fine art consultant in museum management, exhibition programming, collection development and public art policy; (former director of the San Antonio Museum of Art, Sheldon Art Gallery, former Associate Director of the San Francisco Museum of Art). Artist/Sculptor.

    * Linda Pumphrey of Nebraska
    National Sales Manager, AccuQuilt.

    *Marybeth Stalp of Iowa
    Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Northern Iowa.

    *Herbert and Patricia Stoddard of Utah
    Patricia Stoddard is a leading expert in ralli quilt art and author of Ralli Quilts: Traditional Textiles of Pakistan and India.

    * John M. (Jack) Walsh III of New Jersey
    Collector and patron of the art quilt.

  • Ex-Officio Board Members

    * Patricia Crews
    Director, International Quilt Study Center & Museum; Willa Cather Professor, The Department of Textiles, Clothing and Design, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

    * Michael James
    Chair and Ardis James Professor, The Department of Textiles, Clothing and Design, University of Nebraska- Lincoln

  • Former Board Members

    Mary Leman Austin
    Pascale Bebronne
    Janet Berlo
    Robert Cargo
    Xenia Cord
    Sara Dillow (deceased)
    Raymond Dobard
    Annette Gero
    Brenda Groelz
    Bettina Havig
    Jonathan Holstein
    Ardis James (deceased)
    Mary Anne Jordan
    Geeta Khandelwal
    Soon-Hee Kim
    Felicitas Lampert
    Jean Ray Laury
    Bridget Long
    Ursula E McCracken (deceased)
    Penny McMorris
    Mieko Miyama
    Dorothy Osler
    Sue Prichard
    Yvonne Porcella
    Olga Prins-Lukowski
    Simon Prins
    Linda Pumphrey
    Anne Scott
    Nobuaki and Mariko Seto
    Tadanobu Seto (deceased)
    Lotus Stack
    Patricia Steuert
    Maude Wahlman
    Donna Wilder
    Alice Zrebiec