E. Blake Byrne
Chairman of the Board of Advisors

Museum Director Kim Rorschach has appointed a national Board of Advisors to help guide the museum's acquisitions, future exhibitions and major fundraising initiatives. The 20 inaugural members, all longtime supporters of the arts, include two art museum directors; several noted art collectors, seven of whom (two couples and three individuals) are listed among ARTnews magazine's 2005 list of top 200 collectors in the world; and a well-respected gallery owner.

The national Board of Advisors will help to build the campaign for the museum's $10 million endowment and advise on exhibition planning, as well as acquisitions for the museum's permanent collection. The board serves in addition to the locally-based Friends of the Nasher Museum of Art Board, which focuses on audience and member development.

E. Blake Byrne, a retired television and broadcast executive based in Los Angeles, played a central role in recruiting board members and serves as chairman of the new Board of Advisors.

"As a Duke alumnus, I am especially proud that the university has made a dramatic commitment to the arts on campus," says Byrne, a philanthropist and collector of contemporary art. "Through this incredible group of individuals, the Nasher Museum of Art now has a strong link to the international art community at the highest levels."

E. Blake Byrne, Chairman Irma Braman Norman Braman Cynthia Brodhead Trent Carmichael Paula Cooper Paula Hannaway Crown James Cuno

David J. Haemisegger J. Tomilson Hill III Janine Hill David Lamond Michael Marsicano Nancy A. Nasher Jack H. Neely Katharine Lee Reid

Jock Reynolds Jason Lewis Rubell Monica Segal Richard Segal Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans William L. True Derek Wilson

Ex Officio members include Duke University administrators Peter Lange, Provost; Scott Lindroth, Vice Provost for the Arts; George McLendon, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Richard J. Powell, John Spencer Bassett Professor, Art, Art History & Visual Studies; Andrew Rothschild, chairman of the Nasher Museum Collections Committee; Richard Riddell, Vice President and University Secretary; Kimerly Rorschach, the Mary D.B.T. and James H. Semans Director of the Nasher Museum of Art; Hans Van Miegroet, professor and chair of Duke's Department of Art and Art History; . Peg Palmer, president of the Nasher Museum Friends Board, is also an ex officio member.