TAM Council Slate Voting 2024

2024-2026 Term
Spotlight on New & Incumbent Council Members: 

New

Rick Quezada

Rick is a tribal member at Ysleta del Sur Pueblo. He was born in El Paso Texas. His career goal is to become a professional historian and his research interests are Spanish colonial archival records about the New Mexico Pueblo Indians mainly Ysleta del Sur Pueblo. He is currently the Director of Cultural Preservation where he works to preserve the culture, history, and language of Ysleta del Sur Pueblo. As a director, he works on government-to-government consultation for the National Historic Preservation Act, NAGPRA projects, language preservation programs, and fostering traditional skills within the Pueblo. As a Tigua language speaker, he also teaches the Tigua language to tribal members. 
With his vast knowledge of Ysleta del Sur Pueblo history, Rick enjoys speaking to guests visiting the Cultural Center. One of his many skills includes traditional drum making. 
Rick holds a B.A. in Anthropology, and a minor in Linguistics, and an M.A. in History from the University of Texas at El Paso, where he is now a PhD student in History.

Angela Pfeiffer

Angela Pfeiffer has worked with historic house museums for the past 18 years and is currently a Regional Collections Manager for the Texas Historical Commission. She maintains the historical collections and their records for the Fulton Mansion, Levi Jordan Plantation, Sabine Pass Battleground, and Varner-Hogg Plantation State Historic Sites, as well as assists with regionally based exhibits and research requests. Angela holds a bachelor’s degree in History from Texas Lutheran University and a master’s degree in Museum Science from Texas Tech University. She was the committee chair for TAM’s Collections Managers Committee (CMC) from 2018 to 2022 and continues to enjoy supporting collections personnel across the state by working closely with the CMC and its members. Angela lives with her husband Ben, their children, and their two cats. She loves reading, painting, crafting, and watching movies in her spare time. Angela feels privileged to share historical information with the public and to help preserve artifacts for the education of current and future generations.

Incumbent

Kim Mahan

Kim earned her BBA from West Texas A&M University and has over 30 years’ experience working in the museum field.  She has been the Amarillo Museum of Art’s Executive Director for 10 years, serving as Deputy Director for five years prior to that.  With a proven record of successful leadership and stewardship of the museum for 15 years, Kim directs all of the daily operations including administration, exhibitions and educational programming in accordance with the AMoA’s mission and within the framework of policies, plans and budgets approved by the Board of Trustees.  She recently guided the museum through a successful AAM reaccreditation and has managed multiple renovation projects including the creation of AMoA’s new Art Space Interactive Gallery. 

Kendal Smith Lake

Kendal Smith Lake has held the position of Director/Manager of Communication for the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth for the past 18 years. She has a BFA in Design Communications from Texas Tech University and an MBA in Marketing from the University of Texas at Arlington. Before her current position at the Modern, she was part of the Marketing/Development team at the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History. She is married to a Fort Worth firefighter and they have a 14 year old son, and two dogs, 1 gecko, 1 snake, 1 turtle, and many fish. She loves to garden, read, paint, and make pottery. 

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