ANIZDA Board of Directors

Previously he worked at PPL Electric Utilities as a Project Manager in the Nuclear Department and for Design and Project Engineers in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Mr. Diaz also serves on the Board of Directors of Sacred Heart Hospital, Hispanic American Organization, Allentown Chamber of Commerce and was appointed to the Governor’s Advisory Commission on Latino Affairs by Governors Corbett and Wolf. Nelson was awarded the “Good Turn Award” by the Minsi Trails Council Boy Scouts of America for establishing an educational partnership between PPL Electric Utilities and Allentown’s inner-city schools.

Mickenberg began his career as a scholar of French medieval architectural history and, as an undergraduate and graduate student worked on an archeological site in southern France.  His scholarly interests have grown to include modern and contemporary printmaking and the role of museums in education and economic development. Mr. Mickenberg has been a museum director for more than thirty years and has lectured nationally and abroad on aspects of the history of art and museum leadership.  A student at the Getty Leadership Institute in 2005, he became faculty at the Institute from 2006 – 2011. He taught museum history and management at the Ecole du Louvre, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and at Northwestern University.  Before coming to the Allentown Art Museum, he was President and CEO of the Taubman Museum of Art in Roanoke, VA, and previously was director of university art museums at Wellesley College and Northwestern University, where he also held faculty appointments.

He also serves on the board of the Chamber of Commerce of the Lehigh Valley. In addition, he is involved in the strategic planning and advising of many committees of various community organizations, including the United Way, Upside Allentown, Allentown Arts Commission, Allentown Arts and Culture Planning Committee, Downtown Arts Organization ED Collaborative and the Job Training Advisory Board.

He holds a B.A. in Art History with Honors from Colgate University, a M.A. in Art History from University of Wisconsin and a Ph.D from Indiana University.