Governance

Leadership and Vision

The Anchorage Museum is guided by a commitment to serve as a place of connection, linking people, place, and ideas across Alaska and beyond.

Museum leadership collaborates with staff, artists, partners, and communities to shape a program of exhibitions, research, and public engagement that reflects the complexity of the North and its global relevance. The focus is not only on what the museum presents, but how it listens, responds, and evolves over time.

The Anchorage Museum is a private non-profit 501(C)3 organization with a mission to be a museum for people, place, planet, and potential, in service of a sustainable and equitable North, with creativity and imagination for what is possible.

The museum is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums and receives support from the Anchorage Museum Foundation, the Municipality of Anchorage, and additional private, corporate, and foundation funds.

About the Museum Director
Anchorage Museum Director and CEO Julie Decker works with staff, artists, and partners to shape a museum grounded in the North and connected to broader conversations about art, environment, and community. Her background as an art historian and curator informs the museum’s approach to exhibitions, research, and public dialogue, with a focus on how ideas take shape across place and time. Her work has included developing exhibitions and publications that explore contemporary art, architecture, and northern histories and environments.

Anchorage Museum Association Board of Directors

Michael Fredericks
Chair

Peter Boskofsky
Vice Chair

Leslie Need
Secretary

Jimmy Miner
Treasurer

Mark Begich

Luke Blomfield 

Leah Boltz

Chris Schutte

Kim Waller