MIAMI ART MUSEUM NAMES FOUR NEW TRUSTEES

Miami Art Museum recently elected four new members to its board of trustees: Aaron I. Fleischman, Pamela Garrison, George Lindemann and William Parker. These new board members will advise the Miami Art Museum, South Florida's flagship art museum, on ways to further advance its community programming and outreach.

"Our board of trustees, including community, business and cultural leaders with diverse backgrounds, is one of the Miami Art Museum's biggest assets," said MAM Director Suzanne Delehanty. "Their community involvement, passion for the visual arts, and professional expertise will continue to make MAM one of South Florida's strongest cultural institutions." Their collective efforts will work toward the revitalization of downtown Miami and help make Greater Miami a global capital in the 21st century."

The new trustees are as follows:

Aaron I. Fleischman is senior partner of Fleischman and Walsh, L.L.P., a Washington, D.C. law firm with a communities, utilities, legislative, litigation, transportation, corporate and securities focus. In addition to being an art collector, he is a member of the District of Columbia Bar and Federal Communications Bar Association. Presently, and in the recent past, Fleischman served on the boards of various public companies and art museums, including the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. He is also a member of the Trustees Council of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

Pamela Garrison, a native Floridian, is a recovery room nurse in South Florida. A sports enthusiast and former ski patrol nurse in Taos, New Mexico. Garrison is an avid traveler who loves photography. She is a former board member of the Florida Philharmonic and current board member of the Miami City Ballet.

George Lindemann is a general manager of B.C. Property Investments, L.C., a pioneer in redeveloping office space on Biscayne Boulevard. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Miami-Dade Performing Arts Center Foundation (P.A.C.), the Executive Committee of the P.A.C. and Co-chairman of the P.A.C. Next Generation Committee. He serves as a member of the City of Miami Arts & Entertainment Council and is the Vice President of Miami Dade Chapter of the A.C.L.U.

William Parker is the co-founder of Washington Cable Supply, Inc. Under his leadership, the company grew to become the seventh largest African-American owned business in the United States. Parker has received numerous corporate and community awards based on significant professional and humanitarian achievements. He supports and mentors people striving to achieve their educational and professional goals through corporate outreach programs such as the Summer College Tour and Capitol Commitment. Parker donates his free time to several community activities including volunteer work, charitable foundations, community councils and his church.

The 2004-2005 officers of the Miami Art Museum Board of Trustees are:

Accredited by the American Association of Art Museums, Miami Art Museum is sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Arts Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts; with the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, the Cultural Affairs Council, the Mayor and the Board of County Commissioners.

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