Our Leadership

Board of Directors

President
Jean Kilbourne, 2015 Inductee

Vice President
Roger G. Schwartz

Secretary
Anjana Samant

Treasurer
Marianne O’Connor

Immediate Past President
Elizabeth Wayne Fantone

Emerita
Marilyn P. Bero
Virginia DeJohn

Rita Nakashima Brock, Ph.D.

Tricia J. Fitzmaurice

Jeanine Hayes

Robert E. Kernan, Jr.

Katie Martell

Steven R. Martin

Emily Milsovic

Mridula Raman

Sujatha Ramanujan, Ph. D.

Beckie Robertson

Carol Scott

Simi Shah

Elisa Siegel

Rama Yelkur, Ph. D.

Nellie Ludemann, Museum & Community Relations Manager

Nellie (she/her) joined the National Women’s Hall of Fame in 2024 and most recently served as Executive Director of the Seneca Falls Historical Society. Nellie’s professional experience also includes work with the Holland Land Office Museum, the Buffalo History Museum, the Albany Institute of History and Art, the Emily Knapp Museum and the Howland Stone Store Museum. Nellie holds master’s degrees in museum studies and curriculum and instruction. Her undergraduate work focused on communication and anthropology. Nellie offers a wealth of knowledge about Seneca Falls and the women’s rights movement; she also recently embarked on a fascinating oral history project to collect the stories of women who worked at the Seneca Knitting Mill.