MM&HS LEADERSHIP & COMMITTEES

Leadership Team

Executive Board of Directors

James Varble (Modesto), President

Nancy Norton (Modesto), Vice President

Justin Moore (Modesto), Secretary

At-Large Members of the Board

Eric Alvarez (Modesto)

Talitha Agan (Modesto)

Elisha Akard (Modesto)

Naramsen Goriel (Modesto)

Stan Sinclear (Ceres)

Lourdes Uranday (Modesto)

Elizabeth Ustach (Modesto)

Elizabeth Warner (Granddaughter of McHenry Museum Founder, Heidi Warner).

Executive Director

David Seymour (Turlock, Modesto)

• 2025 - 2026 •

Support Committee Chairpersons

(open position!), Acquisitions

Nancy Norton, Docents

(open position!), Fundraising

City of Modesto staff members

Jessica Flores (Cultural Services Program Manager) and Laura Mesa

Volunteer Docents

Talitha Agan, Ed Arnold, Nancy Bancroft, Lindsey Guinn Bird, Bill Buckman, Sergio Chevalier, Larry Dorman, Anthony Drobnik, Rob Gleason, Mary Lou Hacker, Judie Hardie, Patty Heckendorf, Carol Lee, Martha Martin, Loretta Menshew, Julia Mensinger, Carl Mercer, Mary Alice Metzler, Nancy Norton, Kaye Osborn, Leslie Thompson, Lee Whitmer, Wayne Williams.

At-Large Volunteers

Elisha Akard, Jennifer Aoyama, Sergio Chevalier, Naramsen Goriel, Keith Highiet, Janice Lane, Justin Moore, Nancy Norton, Leslie Thompson.

City of Modesto volunteer records archivist

Levi Johannsen (Intern)

Past Presidents

Geraldine Asell, Richard Barhite, Franklin Beard, Nick Blom, Richard ‘Dick’ Belt, Virgina Bofman, Dena Boer, Jack Brotherton (founding president), Haldon DeWolf, Lois Dietz, Herbert Florcken, Esther Gnesa, Joan Hart, Gerda Hatch, David Joliff, Gwenlyn Larsen, Leslie ‘Les’ Larsen, Teri Lunt, Al Menshew, Peggy Mensinger, William Mitchell, Bill Mussman, John Nash, Art Nishikawa, Greg Rhodes, Don Scott, David Seymour, Bill Stewart, Denzil Walker