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The President's

Cultural Property Advisory Committee

Composition

The Cultural Property Advisory Committee is composed of experts and professionals who advise the President of the United States on the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act. Its eleven members are appointed by the President for three-year terms. Representation on the Committee is stipulated by law: (1) two members represent the interests of museums; (2) three are expert in archaeology, anthropology, ethnology, or related fields; (3) three are expert in the international sale of cultural property; and (4) three members represent the interests of the general public.

Responsibilities

The committee convenes when a request is received from a country asking for U.S. assistance under Article 9 of the 1970 UNESCO Convention. The Committee is responsible for reviewing requests and recommending a course of action to the U.S. State Department, where the President's decision-making responsibilities under the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act reside. Correspondence to the Committee or its staff should be directed to The Cultural Heritage Center.

Current Committee Members

Willard Lee Boyd
Professor of Law
University of Iowa
[Museum]

Joan Breton Connelly
Professor, Department of Fine Arts
New York University
[Archaeology]

Winton Holladay
Washington, DC
[Public]

Jay I. Kislak, Chairman
Miami Lakes, FL
[Public]

Robert Bruce Korver
Director, RobertKorver.com
[International Sales Expert]

 

Meredith J. Long
President & CEO
Meredith J. Long & Co.
[International Sales Expert]

James Lorand Matory
Professor, Anthropology
& Afro-American Studies
Harvard University
[Anthropology]

Katharine Lee Reid
Chapel Hill, NC
[Museum]

Marta Araoz de la Torre
Coral Gables, FL
[Public]

Nancy Clausen Wilkie
Professor, Carleton College
[Anthropology]

James Wright Willis
Owner, James Willis Tribal Art
[International Sales Expert]

 

 


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