Forum Members

Membership in the Curb Center’s Arts Industries Policy Forum requires only that you work for the U.S. government and have an interest in America’s cultural policy system.

Forum members are not asked to represent the views of their respective agencies or offices.  Their contributions to the Forum discussions typically reflect professional knowledge, informed opinions and publicly available information.

Exchanging information in a respectful environment supports candid conversation and advances informed government decision making.  Forum meetings are off-the-record and confidential — no minutes or proceedings are published.

A letter of invitation is offered to prospective forum members.  As the letter indicates, members would have no fiduciary responsibilities.

Current forum members hail from a myriad of Federal government and Congressional staff and committee offices.  Professional staffs from over two dozen Senate and House offices are forum members, in addition to those from numerous government departments and congressional committees; some of which are listed below.

Defense Department * State Department * Federal Trade Commission * Office of the U.S. Trade Representative * U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary * U.S. Senate HELP Committee * Small Business Administration * U.S. Marine Corps * House Judiciary Committee * Justice Department * National Museum of African American History & Culture * U.S. Patent and Trademark Office * National Endowment for the Arts * Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage * National Air and Space Museum * Federal Communications Commission * Broadcasting Board of Governors * U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation * National Gallery of Art * U.S. Copyright Office, Library of Congress * House Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet and Intellectual Property * House Committee on Appropriations * National Aeronautics and Space Administration * U.S. Department of Commerce * Institute of Museum and Library Services * House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property * Congressional Black Caucus * U.S. Government Accountability Office * U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee * Senate Committee on Finance * House International Relations Committee

If you want to become a forum member, please contact Paula Cleggett, paula.cleggett@vanderbilt.edu, or 202-216-4368.