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We are fully committed to the experience of our guests and genuinely proud of the work that we do.</p><p>Are you looking to connect with a specific team member or department? <a href="/contact">Send us a note</a> and we will work to put you in touch with them!</p></div></div></div></div></section><section><div class="w-layout-blockcontainer container w-container"><div id="w-node-ad0d7605-6211-d781-0ee7-5f696afad399-6afad399" class="w-layout-layout section-title wf-layout-layout"><div class="w-layout-cell"><h2 class="h2">Executive Leadership</h2></div><div id="w-node-ad0d7605-6211-d781-0ee7-5f696afad39d-6afad399" class="w-layout-cell right-align-cell"><h2 class="h2 hidden"> </h2></div></div><div class="w-dyn-list"><div role="list" class="w-dyn-items"><div role="listitem" class="staff-member michele w-dyn-item"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/66a00e48c726b5c85469ae46/66bbe4a40270b621212d31dd_Michelle-Smith.avif" loading="lazy" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 479px) 92vw, (max-width: 991px) 95vw, (max-width: 1279px) 48vw, 583px" srcset="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/66a00e48c726b5c85469ae46/66bbe4a40270b621212d31dd_Michelle-Smith-p-500.avif 500w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/66a00e48c726b5c85469ae46/66bbe4a40270b621212d31dd_Michelle-Smith.avif 1000w"/><div><div class="grid-title-desktop">Michele Y. Smith</div><div class="body-desktop">Chief Executive Officer</div><div class="rich-text-block w-richtext"><p><br/>Michele Y. Smith, currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the Museum of Pop Culture (MOPOP). Smith is a mission-focused leader with extensive experience in business development, operations, and finance in the nonprofit industry. Her people-centered leadership approach is the driving force behind her work at MOPOP which emphasizes a steadfast dedication to the democratization of philanthropy, the universal language of pop culture, diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility, and mentorship of emerging leaders. </p><p>Prior to her role at MOPOP, Michele served as the Chief Business & Financial Officer at the award-winning cultural institution, the Woodland Park Zoo, where she played a pivotal role in navigating the organization through the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. Her dynamic, mission-focused approach resulted in unprecedented growth across various facets of the institution, including revenue, events, guest services, admissions, automation, and finance. </p><p><strong>What is your first pop culture memory? </strong></p><p>Attending The Michael Jackson Victory Tour – it was the only tour with all six Jackson Brothers.</p></div><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/micheleysmith/" target="_blank" class="secondary-button w-inline-block"><div>Connect on LinkedIn</div><img loading="lazy" src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/660b0c9bcd7ca28941eef70b/669fee038585a190e86d3c78_Vectors-Wrapper.svg" alt="" class="secondary-button-arrow"/></a></div></div></div></div><div class="w-dyn-list"><div role="list" class="board-of-directors _4-up w-dyn-items"><div role="listitem" class="staff-member w-dyn-item"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/66a00e48c726b5c85469ae46/67918e49da014536605f9881_aaron_wofford_miles.jpg" loading="lazy" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 479px) 83vw, (max-width: 767px) 45vw, (max-width: 991px) 46vw, (max-width: 1279px) 23vw, 280px" srcset="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/66a00e48c726b5c85469ae46/67918e49da014536605f9881_aaron_wofford_miles-p-500.jpg 500w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/66a00e48c726b5c85469ae46/67918e49da014536605f9881_aaron_wofford_miles-p-800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/66a00e48c726b5c85469ae46/67918e49da014536605f9881_aaron_wofford_miles.jpg 1000w"/><div data-hover="false" data-delay="0" class="collapse-item last w-dropdown"><div class="collapse-button w-dropdown-toggle"><div><div class="grid-title-desktop board-member-name">Aaron Wofford-Miles</div><div class="body-desktop break">Vice President, People + Culture</div></div><div class="membership-column-container"><div class="collapse-icon-container"><div class="horizontal-line"></div><div class="vertical-line"></div></div></div></div><nav class="collapse-expanded w-dropdown-list"><div class="rich-text-block w-richtext"><p><strong>What led you to MOPOP?</strong></p><p>I’ve always been drawn to the intersection of art, music, and storytelling, and MOPOP felt like the perfect place to explore that. The unique exhibits and immersive experiences immediately caught my attention. Plus, I love how it celebrates creativity in all its forms.</p><p><strong>What is your first pop culture memory?</strong></p><p>New Edition and having their posters on my walls. I remember always begging for <em>Teen Bop</em> and all other magazines with bands and music. Those magazines sparked my interest in finding out more about music and watching music videos.</p><p><strong>What is your favorite current or recent exhibition at MOPOP?</strong></p><p><em>Massive: The Power of Pop Culture</em> exhibit really stood out to me. It was fascinating to dive into the background on what is pop culture and how we all experience. I love fashion so being able to see up close Notorious B.I.G’s suit, was incredible.</p></div><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/awomi/" class="secondary-button w-inline-block"><div>Connect on LinkedIn</div><img loading="lazy" src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/660b0c9bcd7ca28941eef70b/669fee038585a190e86d3c78_Vectors-Wrapper.svg" alt="" class="secondary-button-arrow"/></a></nav></div></div><div role="listitem" class="staff-member w-dyn-item"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/66a00e48c726b5c85469ae46/66bbd7ca46dfaf895d3e25ee_Jacob%20McMurray%20-%20Headshot.avif" loading="lazy" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 479px) 83vw, (max-width: 767px) 45vw, (max-width: 991px) 46vw, (max-width: 1279px) 23vw, 280px" srcset="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/66a00e48c726b5c85469ae46/66bbd7ca46dfaf895d3e25ee_Jacob%20McMurray%20-%20Headshot-p-500.avif 500w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/66a00e48c726b5c85469ae46/66bbd7ca46dfaf895d3e25ee_Jacob%20McMurray%20-%20Headshot.avif 1000w"/><div data-hover="false" data-delay="0" class="collapse-item last w-dropdown"><div class="collapse-button w-dropdown-toggle"><div><div class="grid-title-desktop board-member-name">Jacob McMurray</div><div class="body-desktop break">Chief Collections + Exhibitions Officer</div></div><div class="membership-column-container"><div class="collapse-icon-container"><div class="horizontal-line"></div><div class="vertical-line"></div></div></div></div><nav class="collapse-expanded w-dropdown-list"><div class="rich-text-block w-richtext"><p><strong>What led you to MOPOP?</strong></p><p>I started at what would become MOPOP in the summer of 1994. Over the intervening three decades and across eight positions, I’m continually drawn to our exciting exhibitions and programs, deep collection, incredibly creative staff, engaged audience, and our mission to inspire creativity and celebrate the impact of global pop culture.</p><p><strong>What is your first pop culture memory?</strong></p><p>One of my first pop culture memories is my mother playing me the Beatles’ <em>Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band</em> and <em>Abbey Road</em> records and understanding that these records and that band were somehow very important. Music early on made a huge impact on me, something that continues to resonate to this day, and in my personal life as well as my career at MOPOP.</p><p><strong>What is your favorite current or recent exhibition at MOPOP?</strong></p><p>I really enjoy our <em>Massive: The Power of Pop Culture</em> exhibition. It’s colorful and engaging, takes a look at pop culture as a global dialogue, dives into why and how we preserve and interpret pop culture materials, and provides a platform for our staff, audience, and community to reflect their perspectives on pop culture. It’s a perfect introduction to MOPOP.</p></div><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacobmcmurray/" class="secondary-button w-inline-block"><div>Connect on LinkedIn</div><img loading="lazy" src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/660b0c9bcd7ca28941eef70b/669fee038585a190e86d3c78_Vectors-Wrapper.svg" alt="" class="secondary-button-arrow"/></a></nav></div></div><div role="listitem" class="staff-member w-dyn-item"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/66a00e48c726b5c85469ae46/6792d44fd1372df2de13f925_jessica_lane.jpg" loading="lazy" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 479px) 83vw, (max-width: 767px) 45vw, (max-width: 991px) 46vw, (max-width: 1279px) 23vw, 280px" srcset="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/66a00e48c726b5c85469ae46/6792d44fd1372df2de13f925_jessica_lane-p-500.jpg 500w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/66a00e48c726b5c85469ae46/6792d44fd1372df2de13f925_jessica_lane-p-800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/66a00e48c726b5c85469ae46/6792d44fd1372df2de13f925_jessica_lane.jpg 1000w"/><div data-hover="false" data-delay="0" class="collapse-item last w-dropdown"><div class="collapse-button w-dropdown-toggle"><div><div class="grid-title-desktop board-member-name">Jessica Lane</div><div class="body-desktop break">Vice President, Education + Public Programs</div></div><div class="membership-column-container"><div class="collapse-icon-container"><div class="horizontal-line"></div><div class="vertical-line"></div></div></div></div><nav class="collapse-expanded w-dropdown-list"><div class="rich-text-block w-richtext"><p><strong>What led you to MOPOP?</strong></p><p>I visited MOPOP (then EMP/SFM) back in 2015 on my very first trip to Seattle and actually applied for jobs here before I moved to WA. As a sci-fi and pop culture nerd, working here was my idea of a dream job! I was very lucky that the perfect role opened up just after I relocated to Seattle in 2015, and I’ve been thrilled to be part of the MOPOP family ever since!</p><p><strong>What is your first pop culture memory?</strong></p><p>I am a huge <em>Star Trek </em>fan, and I went to my first convention in high school when they were all run by the fans. I still remember walking into my first convention and feeling like I’d suddenly found this amazing new world full of people who were just like me—it was like suddenly having a pop culture community.</p><p><strong>What is your favorite current or recent exhibition at MOPOP?</strong></p><p><em>Infinite Worlds of Science Fiction</em></p></div><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessica-lane-635719b0/" class="secondary-button w-inline-block"><div>Connect on LinkedIn</div><img loading="lazy" src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/660b0c9bcd7ca28941eef70b/669fee038585a190e86d3c78_Vectors-Wrapper.svg" alt="" class="secondary-button-arrow"/></a></nav></div></div><div role="listitem" class="staff-member w-dyn-item"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/66a00e48c726b5c85469ae46/67918fee01d08a1ae461ad7c_mariely_lemagne.jpg" loading="lazy" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 479px) 83vw, (max-width: 767px) 45vw, (max-width: 991px) 46vw, (max-width: 1279px) 23vw, 280px" srcset="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/66a00e48c726b5c85469ae46/67918fee01d08a1ae461ad7c_mariely_lemagne-p-500.jpg 500w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/66a00e48c726b5c85469ae46/67918fee01d08a1ae461ad7c_mariely_lemagne-p-800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/66a00e48c726b5c85469ae46/67918fee01d08a1ae461ad7c_mariely_lemagne.jpg 1000w"/><div data-hover="false" data-delay="0" class="collapse-item last w-dropdown"><div class="collapse-button w-dropdown-toggle"><div><div class="grid-title-desktop board-member-name">Mariely Lemagne</div><div class="body-desktop break">Vice President of Philanthropy</div></div><div class="membership-column-container"><div class="collapse-icon-container"><div class="horizontal-line"></div><div class="vertical-line"></div></div></div></div><nav class="collapse-expanded w-dropdown-list"><div class="rich-text-block w-richtext"><p><strong>What led you to MOPOP?</strong></p><p>My educational background in art history and museum studies brought me to museum work, but my love of pop culture and architecture brought me to MOPOP. From the stunning Frank Gehry designed building to the exceptional exhibitions that keep getting stronger, it’s an honor to work at a museum that values and amplifies relevancy.</p><p><strong>What is your first pop culture memory?</strong></p><p><em>E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial</em> in the movie theater as a kid may very well be where my love for movies originated. Epic cinema + storytelling.</p><p><strong>What is your favorite current or recent exhibition at MOPOP?</strong></p><p>All exhibitions Henson. Any opportunity to get up close with The Muppets is a gift. </p></div><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/m-lemagne" class="secondary-button w-inline-block"><div>Connect on LinkedIn</div><img loading="lazy" src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/660b0c9bcd7ca28941eef70b/669fee038585a190e86d3c78_Vectors-Wrapper.svg" alt="" class="secondary-button-arrow"/></a></nav></div></div><div role="listitem" class="staff-member w-dyn-item"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/66a00e48c726b5c85469ae46/66bbd7ee2261cb8bce72ffa2_Toni%20Godwin%20Sells%20-%20Headshot.avif" loading="lazy" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 479px) 83vw, (max-width: 767px) 45vw, (max-width: 991px) 46vw, (max-width: 1279px) 23vw, 280px" srcset="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/66a00e48c726b5c85469ae46/66bbd7ee2261cb8bce72ffa2_Toni%20Godwin%20Sells%20-%20Headshot-p-500.avif 500w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/66a00e48c726b5c85469ae46/66bbd7ee2261cb8bce72ffa2_Toni%20Godwin%20Sells%20-%20Headshot.avif 1000w"/><div data-hover="false" data-delay="0" class="collapse-item last w-dropdown"><div class="collapse-button w-dropdown-toggle"><div><div class="grid-title-desktop board-member-name">Toni Godwin Sells</div><div class="body-desktop break">Chief Business and Strategic Officer</div></div><div class="membership-column-container"><div class="collapse-icon-container"><div class="horizontal-line"></div><div class="vertical-line"></div></div></div></div><nav class="collapse-expanded w-dropdown-list"><div class="rich-text-block w-richtext"><p><strong>What led you to MOPOP?</strong></p><p>Pop culture art has a fascinating draw to me.  It captivates me through music, art, and fashion...it’s a natural fit with my intention to be expressive through those mediums. Personally giving back to community through a museum that is purposeful in its position within community and that fosters creative partnerships sings to me in my commitment and my wish to work for a cause that means something to me.</p><p><strong>What is your first pop culture memory?</strong></p><p>BBC hooked me as a young person, watching <em>Dr. Who</em> and <em>Red Dwarf</em> thinking they were brilliant shows. Only now do I understand the complex, diverse, progressive subject matter broached by these series.</p><p><strong>What is your favorite current or recent exhibition at MOPOP?</strong></p><p>It’s a toss-up between <em>LAIKA</em> and <em>Massive</em>, such incredible bodies of work—from the tiniest to the most massive.</p></div><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonigodwinsells" class="secondary-button w-inline-block"><div>Connect on LinkedIn</div><img loading="lazy" src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/660b0c9bcd7ca28941eef70b/669fee038585a190e86d3c78_Vectors-Wrapper.svg" alt="" class="secondary-button-arrow"/></a></nav></div></div></div></div></div></section><section><div class="w-layout-blockcontainer container w-container"><div id="w-node-ad0d7605-6211-d781-0ee7-5f696afad399-6afad399" class="w-layout-layout section-title wf-layout-layout"><div class="w-layout-cell"><h2 class="h2">Board of Directors</h2></div><div id="w-node-ad0d7605-6211-d781-0ee7-5f696afad39d-6afad399" class="w-layout-cell right-align-cell"><h2 class="h2 hidden"> </h2></div></div><div class="w-dyn-list"><div role="list" class="board-of-directors _4-up w-dyn-items"><div role="listitem" class="board-member w-dyn-item"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/66a00e48c726b5c85469ae46/66bbe536da0d148efe0a22d8_paul%20allen.avif" loading="lazy" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 479px) 83vw, (max-width: 767px) 45vw, (max-width: 991px) 46vw, (max-width: 1279px) 23vw, 280px" srcset="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/66a00e48c726b5c85469ae46/66bbe536da0d148efe0a22d8_paul%20allen-p-500.avif 500w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/66a00e48c726b5c85469ae46/66bbe536da0d148efe0a22d8_paul%20allen.avif 1000w"/><div data-hover="false" data-delay="0" class="collapse-item last w-dropdown"><div class="collapse-button w-dropdown-toggle"><div><div class="grid-title-desktop board-member-name">Paul G. Allen</div><div class="body-desktop break">MOPOP Founding Director in Memoriam</div></div><div class="membership-column-container"><div class="collapse-icon-container"><div class="horizontal-line"></div><div class="vertical-line"></div></div></div></div><nav class="collapse-expanded w-dropdown-list"><div class="rich-text-block w-dyn-bind-empty w-richtext"></div></nav></div></div><div role="listitem" class="board-member w-dyn-item"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/66a00e48c726b5c85469ae46/66bbe46934970d8da0489bbc_jody_allen.avif" loading="lazy" alt=""/><div data-hover="false" data-delay="0" class="collapse-item last w-dropdown"><div class="collapse-button w-dropdown-toggle"><div><div class="grid-title-desktop board-member-name">Jody Allen</div><div class="body-desktop break">MOPOP Founding Director and Board Chair</div></div><div class="membership-column-container"><div class="collapse-icon-container"><div class="horizontal-line"></div><div class="vertical-line"></div></div></div></div><nav class="collapse-expanded w-dropdown-list"><div class="rich-text-block w-richtext"><p>Jody Allen is the founding director of MOPOP, which she co-founded with brother Paul G. Allen in 2000 to inspire the innate creativity in everyone. She is also co-founder and chair of the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, Vale Group, the Allen Institute, which works to solve some of the biggest mysteries in bioscience, and serves on the board of the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (Ai2). In addition, Jody serves as chair of the Seattle Seahawks NFL and Portland Trail Blazers NBA franchises, recognizing the role of both teams as powerful catalysts for civic pride.</p><p><strong>What is your first pop culture memory?</strong></p><p>When I was five, Terry, my babysitter from up the street, playing her “With the Beatles” LP in her bedroom for Paul and me. Terry was 14 years old and Paul was 12. I still remember it after all these years.</p><p><strong>What is your favorite current or recent exhibition at MOPOP?</strong></p><p>I have always loved <em>Sound Lab</em>, the science fiction gallery, and exhibits showcasing costumes and fashion.</p></div></nav></div></div><div role="listitem" class="board-member w-dyn-item"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/66a00e48c726b5c85469ae46/66bbe469e7307490d306bca9_shaunta_hyde_2024.avif" loading="lazy" alt=""/><div data-hover="false" data-delay="0" class="collapse-item last w-dropdown"><div class="collapse-button w-dropdown-toggle"><div><div class="grid-title-desktop board-member-name">Shaunta Hyde</div><div class="body-desktop break">MOPOP Board President</div></div><div class="membership-column-container"><div class="collapse-icon-container"><div class="horizontal-line"></div><div class="vertical-line"></div></div></div></div><nav class="collapse-expanded w-dropdown-list"><div class="rich-text-block w-richtext"><p>Shaunta Hyde is a business community relations leader and aviation professional with more than 20 years of responsibility for relationship and reputation/risk management, strategic community investments, and CSR program driving business growth and impact. She brings to the boardroom her deep expertise in crisis management, ESG, CSR, government affairs, local, state, and federal regulatory relationships, and public private partnerships. In addition to grassroots and strategy work and a proven track record in community-based strategies of engagement.</p><p><strong>What is your first pop culture memory?</strong></p><p>Dressing up with my family and going to a Star Trek convention in downtown Seattle I think in the late 70s.</p></div></nav></div></div><div role="listitem" class="board-member w-dyn-item"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/66a00e48c726b5c85469ae46/66bbe4697bd929243d895985_davina_inslee.avif" loading="lazy" alt=""/><div data-hover="false" data-delay="0" class="collapse-item last w-dropdown"><div class="collapse-button w-dropdown-toggle"><div><div class="grid-title-desktop board-member-name">Davina Inslee</div><div class="body-desktop break">MOPOP Board Secretary</div></div><div class="membership-column-container"><div class="collapse-icon-container"><div class="horizontal-line"></div><div class="vertical-line"></div></div></div></div><nav class="collapse-expanded w-dropdown-list"><div class="rich-text-block w-richtext"><p>Davina Inslee is a seasoned technology attorney with more than 20 years of experience focused on general commercial transactions, intellectual property, and licensing. Over the course of her professional career, she has handled a full spectrum of technology and intellectual property matters, including: the negotiation of complex product co-development agreements; collaborative research agreements; public-private partnerships with companies, non-governmental organizations, and academic institutions; tech-transfer; and patent licensing and commercialization.</p><p><strong>What is your favorite current or recent exhibition at MOPOP?</strong></p><p>Jimi Hendrix</p></div></nav></div></div><div role="listitem" class="board-member w-dyn-item"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/66a00e48c726b5c85469ae46/66bbe67c33633c094e2950b6_marjorie-thomas.avif" loading="lazy" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 479px) 83vw, (max-width: 767px) 45vw, (max-width: 991px) 46vw, (max-width: 1279px) 23vw, 280px" srcset="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/66a00e48c726b5c85469ae46/66bbe67c33633c094e2950b6_marjorie-thomas-p-500.avif 500w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/66a00e48c726b5c85469ae46/66bbe67c33633c094e2950b6_marjorie-thomas.avif 840w"/><div data-hover="false" data-delay="0" class="collapse-item last w-dropdown"><div class="collapse-button w-dropdown-toggle"><div><div class="grid-title-desktop board-member-name">Marjorie Thomas</div><div class="body-desktop break">MOPOP Board Treasurer</div></div><div class="membership-column-container"><div class="collapse-icon-container"><div class="horizontal-line"></div><div class="vertical-line"></div></div></div></div><nav class="collapse-expanded w-dropdown-list"><div class="rich-text-block w-richtext"><p>Throughout her career Marjorie Thomas has led and supported businesses in all stages of maturity, from start-up and high growth, to reinventions of businesses. Marj is currently the Chief Financial Officer of the Allen Institute where she is focused on bringing forward her experience with the impact of growth in size and complexity. She joined the Allen Institute in 2017 and leads all accounting and financial functions, including treasury, procurement, and grants administration. Her background before joining the Allen Institute was in public technology companies, working as CFO at RealNetworks, and a finance executive at Intuit, Sony and Hewlett Packard.</p><p><strong>What is your first pop culture memory?</strong></p><p>Going to a drive-in movie in my jammies with my cousins.</p><p><strong>What is your favorite current or recent exhibition at MOPOP?</strong></p><p><em>Pearl Jam: Home and Away</em>.</p></div></nav></div></div><div role="listitem" class="board-member w-dyn-item"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/66a00e48c726b5c85469ae46/66bbe46979b3171255313c02_tim_bierman.avif" loading="lazy" alt=""/><div data-hover="false" data-delay="0" class="collapse-item last w-dropdown"><div class="collapse-button w-dropdown-toggle"><div><div class="grid-title-desktop board-member-name">Tim Bierman</div><div class="body-desktop break">MOPOP Board Member</div></div><div class="membership-column-container"><div class="collapse-icon-container"><div class="horizontal-line"></div><div class="vertical-line"></div></div></div></div><nav class="collapse-expanded w-dropdown-list"><div class="rich-text-block w-richtext"><p>Tim is an experienced manager with a demonstrated history of working in the entertainment and label services industry. For more than 20 years he has been the General Manager of Pearl Jam Ten Club, heading up product and business development.</p><p><strong>What is your first pop culture memory?</strong></p><p><em>The Monkees</em> TV show.</p><p><strong>What is your favorite current or recent exhibition at MOPOP?</strong></p><p><em>Pearl Jam: Home and Away</em>. Duh!</p></div></nav></div></div><div role="listitem" class="board-member w-dyn-item"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/66a00e48c726b5c85469ae46/66bbe688142d57cbc7fde2b0_michelle.avif" loading="lazy" alt=""/><div data-hover="false" data-delay="0" class="collapse-item last w-dropdown"><div class="collapse-button w-dropdown-toggle"><div><div class="grid-title-desktop board-member-name">Michelle Quisenberry</div><div class="body-desktop break">MOPOP Board Member</div></div><div class="membership-column-container"><div class="collapse-icon-container"><div class="horizontal-line"></div><div class="vertical-line"></div></div></div></div><nav class="collapse-expanded w-dropdown-list"><div class="rich-text-block w-richtext"><p>Michelle is a Partner at KPMG, leading the Internal Audit and Enterprise Risk consulting practice in Seattle. She guides the delivery of consulting services to pre-IPO to Fortune 50 companies.</p><p><strong>What is your first pop culture memory?</strong></p><p>I was obsessed with Hello Kitty.</p></div></nav></div></div><div role="listitem" class="board-member w-dyn-item"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/66a00e48c726b5c85469ae46/66bbe46aae8bcd9825f43a2f_benoni_tagoe.avif" loading="lazy" alt=""/><div data-hover="false" data-delay="0" class="collapse-item last w-dropdown"><div class="collapse-button w-dropdown-toggle"><div><div class="grid-title-desktop board-member-name">Benoni Tagoe</div><div class="body-desktop break">MOPOP Board Member</div></div><div class="membership-column-container"><div class="collapse-icon-container"><div class="horizontal-line"></div><div class="vertical-line"></div></div></div></div><nav class="collapse-expanded w-dropdown-list"><div class="rich-text-block w-richtext"><p>Launching his career as an assistant to the Jonas Brothers, Benoni Tagoe quickly became a part of the band's day-to-day management team and, through that experience, developed a keen sense of entrepreneurship.</p><p><strong>What is your first pop culture memory?</strong></p><p>Nike + Jordan's release of the Jordan VIII and Jordan IX was the first time I understood fashion and what it meant to be the 'cool kid' on the playground!</p><p><strong>What is your favorite current or recent exhibition at MOPOP?</strong></p><p><em>Contact High: A Visual History of Hip-Hop.</em></p></div></nav></div></div><div role="listitem" class="board-member w-dyn-item"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/66a00e48c726b5c85469ae46/66bbe487d74d171c7cdf8394_Janie%20Hendrix.avif" loading="lazy" alt=""/><div data-hover="false" data-delay="0" class="collapse-item last w-dropdown"><div class="collapse-button w-dropdown-toggle"><div><div class="grid-title-desktop board-member-name">Janie L. Hendrix</div><div class="body-desktop break">MOPOP Board Member</div></div><div class="membership-column-container"><div class="collapse-icon-container"><div class="horizontal-line"></div><div class="vertical-line"></div></div></div></div><nav class="collapse-expanded w-dropdown-list"><div class="rich-text-block w-richtext"><p>Janie L. Hendrix is President/CEO of Seattle-based Experience Hendrix L.L.C., Authentic Hendrix LLC, and JMH Productions, the family companies of Jimi Hendrix.</p><p><strong>What is your first pop culture memory?</strong></p><p>Music culture has always been a part of my life. Ours was a family immersed in jazz, blues, soul, rock-n-roll, and just about every other genre.</p><p><strong>What is your favorite current or recent exhibition at MOPOP?</strong></p><p>My favorite exhibit at MOPOP would naturally be the Hendrix Gallery.</p></div></nav></div></div><div role="listitem" class="board-member w-dyn-item"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/66a00e48c726b5c85469ae46/66bbe46bc2d26c1ad55c6946_matthew_norman.avif" loading="lazy" alt=""/><div data-hover="false" data-delay="0" class="collapse-item last w-dropdown"><div class="collapse-button w-dropdown-toggle"><div><div class="grid-title-desktop board-member-name">Matthew Norman</div><div class="body-desktop break">MOPOP Board Member</div></div><div class="membership-column-container"><div class="collapse-icon-container"><div class="horizontal-line"></div><div class="vertical-line"></div></div></div></div><nav class="collapse-expanded w-dropdown-list"><div class="rich-text-block w-richtext"><p>Matthew Norman is a seasoned nonprofit banking professional with over 20 years of experience. 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