Our Board

A life-long Clark County resident, Brad Richardson has spent the last 12 years engaging the public in the gathering, saving, and sharing of Southwest Washington history at the Clark County Historical Museum (CCHM). He currently is the Executive Director. He completed his Bachelors in History at Washington State University Vancouver (2012) and Masters in Public History from Portland State University (2015). Brad is a member of the Rotary Club of Vancouver and also serves on the board of trustees for Humanities Washington.

In second grade, Erika Bentley Holland was cast as the titular role in her class’s production of The Elephant’s Child. She took the philosophy of insatiable curiosity as her moto. At about that age, she fell in love with the Royal British Columbia Museum in Victoria, BC because it encouraged her to explore and pursue her curiosity. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in History (Honours) from the University of British Columbia, where she enjoyed her first museum job as a tour guide at the Museum of Anthropology. She went on to pursue a Masters in Museum Studies from the University of Toronto, where she focused on food in museums, before returning home to the west coast. She is dedicated to breaking down the historic, colonial, and ongoing barriers between museum collections and people.

Lauren Otto is a recent graduate from Central Washington University with B.A. in cultural anthropology, and minors in museum studies and Indigenous studies. She has been in the museum field since September 2021. Lauren is currently in charge of the education department at the Suquamish Museum. She is actively working with the community to connect students and the public to the very much alive history and culture of the Suq̀ʷabš (People of Clear Salt Water).

A Spokane native Rob Worstell is currently serving as the Director of Education at the Northwest Museum of Art and Culture in Spokane WA. Before returning to Spokane in 2023 and joining the MAC team, Rob was the Acting Jonathan and Patti Kraft Chief of Learning and Community Engagement at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), Rob joined the MFA’s education department in 1994 while a student. At the MFA, he oversaw the MFA’s Education Department and had a particular fondness for the MFA’s Studio Art programs, and Community Arts Initiative programs.

Rob received his BFA from Washington State University and his MFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts/Tufts University. Special interests: As a Navy veteran, Rob is interested in the whereabouts of his old ship, and shipmates – Rob spends his free time gardening and maintaining a menagerie of pets at his home.

Allison Campbell is the Heritage Outreach Manager for the Washington State Historical Society where she coordinates services to support local history and heritage organizations across the state. Allison earned a master’s degree in Museum Studies from New York University and began her career as a costumed interpreter at the Tenement Museum in New York City before moving on to work in education at the Ellis Island Immigration Museum, Riverside Metropolitan Museum in California, Museum of Life and Science in North Carolina and the Fort Nisqually Living History Museum in Washington. In over twenty years of museum work Allison has created experiences for school groups, written curricula, managed large scale events and authored successful grants to support oral history and storytelling initiatives. Over the years she has acquired particular expertise in designing innovative public programs aimed at engaging new audiences. Some highlights include the award winning escape room Trapped: Escape Fort Nisqually and the 21+ museum afterhours series Homespun Happy Hour.

Caroline Covak is an emerging museum professional from Vancouver, WA. She earned a Master of Arts in Anthropology with a concentration in Museum Anthropology from Georgia State University. She also holds a bachelor’s degree in Anthropology from Washington State University. Caroline has worked in Collections and Archives departments in various museums over the past three years including the Clark County Historical Museum (Vancouver, WA), the Baltimore Museum of Industry (Baltimore, MD), and the Augusta Museum of History (Augusta, GA).