New Members Appointed by President Bush to the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities

President George W. Bush recently appointed four private members to the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH). The President’s Committee is comprised of private citizens from around the United States and Puerto Rico, as well as the heads of government cultural agencies including the National Endowment on the Arts, the National Endowment on the Humanities and the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Its areas of focus are youth arts and humanities learning (Coming Up Taller Awards), conservation and Preservation (Save America’s Treasures), and special events (the National Medal of Arts and National Humanities Medals). In all of its activities, the President’s Committee builds bridges of cultural understanding to other parts of the world, beginning with Mexico.

“We are delighted to have four new members of the President’s Committee, each with unique talents. Our committee is dynamic because our members are, and we look forward to benefiting from their contributions,” says Adair Margo, PCAH Chairman

The President’s Committee welcomes the following new members and congratulates them on their appointments.


Rebecca Turner Gonzales, Texas
Rebecca Gonzales has a background in development and financial services. She worked in the Texas Office of the Comptroller overseeing budgetary and fiscal matters and was Director of Development and Special Projects at USA Biology Olympiad Center for Excellence in Education. More recently, she was the Director of Development for the National Endowment for the Arts.

Adele C. Hall, Kansas
Adele Hall is a community leader and philanthropist. As one of the most influential women in Kansas City, her leadership and support have helped create a culturally-rich and vibrant community. Her efforts have benefited a broad range of institutions from Wayside Waifs, an animal welfare organization, to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.

Barbara Jacobs Mitnick, New Jersey
Barbara J. Mitnick is editor of New Jersey in the American Revolution and is an art historian and adjunct professor of American history painting at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey. She mounted the exhibitions entitled, “Picturing History: American Painting 1770-1930”, and “George Washington: American Symbol”, for which she served as general editor of the accompanying publication.

Marc I. Stern, California
Marc I. Stern is the Chairman of Société Générale’s Global Investment Management and Services in North America (GIMS). He also serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Los Angeles Opera, and is a Director of the Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County. He is a Trustee of both the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California and Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.