The Commission consists of 27 members, nominated by the Commission but subject to the Mayor’s approval.
The Commission has always adhered to a policy of broad representation of the community in its membership and is considered a role model in this respect. Commissioners serve a three-year term which may be renewed for a second consecutive term. Exceptional circumstances permit renewal for a third term.
In recognition of the importance of each Board member’s commitment to the Museum, Commissioners and Trustees are requested to provide leadership support in raising and contributing funds. Commissioners and Trustees will make personal financial commitments that are seen to be at or near the top of the individual’s capacity to give.
In 2003, the Asian Art Museum began a new era with its move to San Francisco’s Civic Center. The voters of San Francisco approved a bond measure providing partial funding for renovation and seismic retrofitting of the building formerly occupied by the main branch of the public library. The Museum’s Commissioners and Trustees generously donated time and money to complete the fundraising. The Museum was fortunate to secure the services of Gaetana Aulenti, best known for the Musee d’Orsay in Paris, as Chief Architect for the renovation. Her vision for the new building transformed the Old Main Library into a fitting home for San Francisco’s most precious asset: the world-renowned collections of the Asian Art Museum.
In recognition of the importance of each Board member’s commitment to the Museum, Commissioners and Trustees are requested to provide leadership support in raising and contributing funds. Commissioners and Trustees will make personal financial commitments that are seen to be at or near the top of the individual’s capacity to give.
In 2003, the Asian Art Museum began a new era with its move to San Francisco’s Civic Center. The voters of San Francisco approved a bond measure providing partial funding for renovation and seismic retrofitting of the building formerly occupied by the main branch of the public library. The Museum’s Commissioners and Trustees generously donated time and money to complete the fundraising. The Museum was fortunate to secure the services of Gaetana Aulenti, best known for the Musee d’Orsay in Paris, as Chief Architect for the renovation. Her vision for the new building transformed the Old Main Library into a fitting home for San Francisco’s most precious asset: the world-renowned collections of the Asian Art Museum.
Commissioners
Chair
- Anthony Sun
Vice Chairs
- Judith F. Wilbur
- Akiko Yamazaki
Secretary
- Jane Chang Tom
Treasurer
- Timothy F. Kahn
Commissioners
- Edwin L. Berkowitz
- Kathy Bissinger
- Barbara Mathews Brooks
- William Mathews Brooks
- Alexander D. Calhoun
- Selina Gaw Cha
- Julia K. Cheng
- Carmen Colet
- Joan Danforth
- Virginia M. Foo
- Timothy F. Kahn
- C. N. Keating
- Bill S. Kim
- S. Timothy Kochis
- Chong-Moon Lee
- Alexandra Lenehan
- Fred M. Levin
- Gorretti Lo Lui
- James D. Marver
- Maura Morey
- Leslie Tang Schilling
- Anthony Sun
- Jane Chang Tom
- Virginia M. Foo
- M. Glenn Vinson, Jr.
- Doris M. Ward
- Judith F. Wilbur
- Akiko Yamazaki
In Memoriam
- Founding Commissioner Emeritus James M. Gerstley
- Chair Emeritus Johnson S. Bogart
Foundation Trustees
Chair
- Anthony Sun
President
- Akiko Yamazaki
Vice Chairs
- Timothy F. Kahn
- Robert L. Duffy
Secretary
- Stephen Kahng
Treasurer
- Timothy F. Kahn
Trustees
- Robert R. Ackerman, Jr.
- Betty N. Alberts
- Ellen Arenson, Ex Officio
- Ellen Burstein Bauch
- Richard Beleson
- Richard C. Blum
- William K. Bowes, Jr.
- Eliza Cash
- Jamie Chen
- Gina Lin Chu
- Lloyd E. Cotsen
- Kenneth G. Docter
- Dixon R. Doll
- Robert L. Duffy
- Christopher T. Dupuy
- Fred Eychaner
- Mimi Gardner Gates
- Sarah P. Hambrecht
- Robert Y. C. Ho
- Kristine Johnson
- Pamela J. Joyner
- Timothy F. Kahn
- Stephen Kahng
- C. N. Keating
- Phyllis A. Kempmer, Ex Officio
- Michael K. Kim
- S. Timothy Kochis
- Barry Lam
- Chong-Moon Lee
- Doris Shoong Lee
- Ming Lee
- Fred M. Levin
- John Little
- Gorretti Lo Lui
- Kumar Malavalli
- Kevin McCabe
- Constance C. Miller
- Maggie Y. Mui
- Nanci E. Nishimura
- Masashi Oka
- Suno Kay Osterweis
- Carl F. Pascarella
- David Pong Chun-Yee
- Glenn A. Ramsdell
- Komal Shah
- Merrill Randol Sherwin
- Anthony Sun
- Ann Tanenbaum
- Ina Goodwin Tateuchi
- Douglas Tilden
- Robert Tsao
- Nicholas Unkovic
- M. Glenn Vinson, Jr.
- Susy Wadsworth
- Judith F. Wilbur
- Akiko Yamazaki
Honorary Trustees
- Nan Tucker McEvoy
In Memoriam
- Founding Trustee Emeritus James M. Gerstley
- Chair Emeritus Johnson S. Bogart
