Staff Directory

Art

Dennis Carr
Virginia Steele Scott Chief Curator of American Art
dcarr@huntington.org
Melinda McCurdy
Curator, British Art
mmccurdy@huntington.org
Lauren Cross
Gail-Oxford Associate Curator of American Decorative Arts
lcross@huntington.org
Yinshi Lerman-Tan
Bradford and Christine Mishler Associate Curator of American Art
ylerman-tan@huntington.org

Botanical, Asian Gardens

Phillip E. Bloom
June and Simon K.C. Li Curator of the Chinese Garden & Director of the Center for East Asian Garden Studies
626-405-3589
pbloom@huntington.org
Ted Matson
Curator of the Bonsai Collections
tmatson@huntington.org
Michelle Bailey
Assistant Curator, Center for East Asian Garden Studies
626-405-3503
mbailey@huntington.org

Botanical, Collections, Conservation, & Research

Tom Carruth
E.L. & Ruth B. Shannon Curator, Rose Collection
626-405-3507
tcarruth@huntington.org
Dylan Hannon
Curator, Conservatory & Tropical Collections
626-405-3561
dhannon@huntington.org
Kathy Musial
Senior Curator, Living Collections
626-405-3517
kmusial@huntington.org
Brandon Tam
Associate Curator, Orchids
626-405-3568
btam@huntington.org
Tim Thibault
Curator, Woody Plant Materials
626-405-3511
tthibault@huntington.org

Botanical, Desert Garden & Collections

John Trager
Bernie and Miyako Storch Curator of the Desert Garden and Collections
626-405-3512
jtrager@huntington.org

Botanical, Floristic Gardens

Shadi Shihab
Curator, Floristic Gardens
626-405-3510
sshihab@huntington.org

Botanical, Botanical Administration & Planning

Andrew Mitchell
Gardens Curator of Material Objects
626-405-3583
amitchell@huntington.org

Library, Library Administration (626-405-2244)

Jennifer A. Watts
Senior Curator for Library Special Projects
626-405-2180
jawatts@huntington.org

Library, Curatorial Department (626-405-2203)

Vanessa Wilkie, Ph.D.
William A. Moffett Senior Curator of Medieval Manuscripts and British History and Head of Library Curatorial
626-405-3525
vwilkie@huntington.org
Erin Chase
Associate Curator of Architecture and Photography
626-405-2129
echase@huntington.org
Sarah Francis
Assistant Curator of Literary Collections
sfrancis@huntington.org
Josh Garrett-Davis
H. Russell Smith Foundation Curator of Western American History
jgarrettdavis@huntington.org
Joel A. Klein, Ph.D.
Molina Curator for the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences
626-405-2205
jklein@huntington.org
Linde B. Lehtinen, Ph.D.
Philip D. Nathanson Senior Curator of Photography
llehtinen@huntington.org
Daniel Lewis
Dibner Senior Curator for the History of Science & Technology
626-405-2206
dlewis@huntington.org
David H. Mihaly
Jay T. Last Curator of Graphic Arts and Social History
626-405-3494
dmihaly@huntington.org
Karla Ann Merino Nielsen
Senior Curator of Literary Collections
knielsen@huntington.org
Stephen Tabor
Curator of Rare Books
626-405-2179
stabor@huntington.org
Olga Tsapina
Norris Foundation Curator of American History
626-405-2209
otsapina@huntington.org
Li Wei Yang
Curator of Pacific Rim Collections
626-405-2208
lwyang@huntington.org
Diego Godoy
Associate Curator of California and Hispanic Collections
626-405-2122
dgodoy@huntington.org