On August 17, new Board members were welcomed in an orientation that included a tour of the Museum, an introduction to the Museum staff, and a wine and cheese reception. New Board members first met with Bonnie Speed, Director of the Museum, and then were taken on a tour of the Museum galleries of Ancient American, Classical, Asian, Egyptian, Nubian and Near Eastern and African art, as well as works on paper. Curators Rebecca Stone, Jasper Gaunt, Margaret Shufeltd, and Jessica Stephenson conducted the tour. Following the short, but informative, introduction to the galleries, new Board members visited the design team, the registrar’s office, the conservation lab, and the education offices a behind-the-scenes look at Carlos Museum exhibition design, cutting-edge art conservation, and stellar educational events.

New Board Members

Dirk Brown—Dirk has been in Atlanta for almost 23 years and his relationship with the Carlos has been almost as long. Dirk joined the second class of docents at the then Emory Museum of Art and Archaeology and has served as a day and weekend docent for almost 10 years. For the University, Dirk serves on the Emory Alumni Board and Goizueta Business Scholl Partners. Dirk is senior Director of product management for Premier Global Services, a telecommunications company headquartered in Buckhead. Dirk holds a BA from the College of William and Mary in Virginia and an MBA from the Goizueta Business School.

Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger—Growing up in India, Joyce received her BA in English from Goshen College and her PhD in South Asian Language and Literature from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She specializes in performance studies, with a particular interest in gender. She has carried out extensive fieldwork in India, working with both Hindu and Muslim traditions. Her latest book is titled In Amma’s Healing Room: Gender and Vernacular Islam in South India [2006]. She is currently writing a book titled, When the World Becomes Female, About a South Indian Goddess Festival Tradition. She is also the author of Gender, Genre and the Folklore of Middle India, and has published numerous articles on South Asian folklore and religion, and is co-editor of and contributor to Oral Epics in India and Boundaries of the Text: Epic Performances in South and Southeast Asia. Joyce has played a pivotal role in supporting South Asian education events at the Carlos Museum.

Douglas Wayne Robinson—Wayne has been a lifelong Atlanta area resident. His formal education has included Decatur High School, Georgia State University College of Business Administration, and the Georgia Institute of Technology College of Architecture. His early business career began at the Southern Company, where he eventually served as manager of public relations. He entered the real estate industry in 1972 and worked over time for several commercial development companies specializing in office, retail, and residential urban mixed-use properties. He formed Wayne Robinson Real Estate Inc. in 1985, providing development, entrepreneurial, and asset management services to financial institution pension fund managers. The company also became active in land planning and development. Wayne has a lifelong passion for fitness and athletics. He has been a marathon runner and is currently a long distance bicyclist. He served as the President of the Atlanta Track Club Foundation Board for 8 years, overseeing charitable community grants from the proceeds of the annual July 4th Peachtree Road Race. As an artistically inclined person, he has pursued the craft of fine art photography for over 40 years.

Sara Schlesinger—Sara, an Atlantan since the age of 4 weeks, graduated from Brandeis University in 1983 with a BA in fine arts and a minor in French. After college, she moved to New York to pursue a career in international marketing and distribution. In 1989, Sara moved to Vancouver, B.C., and served as Western Canada’s senior marketing and distribution executive for Telefilm Canada. Returning to Atlanta in 1991, Sara started an industrial production company called Media Visions, which she operated until 1996, after which she worked as a marketing consultant. She is married to John Schlesinger and they have two children, Abby and Michael.

Gregory Worthy—Gregory’s practice with Powell Goldstein LLP concentrates on public finance and general corporate law matters. He has been involved in a national practice of public finance and has worked on a variety of bond financings, including general obligation and revenue bond financings of municipalities for various public purposes; small-issue industrial, development bond financing; and exempt facility bond financing related to airport facilities, solid waste disposal facilities and multi-family housing. He has also served as trustee counsel in bond financing. Gregory also maintains a general corporate law practice. He has represented companies in servicing their general corporate needs, including preparation of contracts, negotiations, regulatory and lobbying efforts, and various governmental jurisdictions.