Deborah Ziska, a native of Washington, D.C., teaches “Museums of the Americas: Facing Challenges in the 21st Century” in the Museum Studies graduate program of Johns Hopkins University. For two decades, she ran the press office of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, which she joined in 1988. Before that she worked in public relations in education, health, television, women’s rights, and international development. She sits on the boards of the U.S. National and Marketing and Public Relations Committees of the International Council of Museums and on the advisory committee of the Art Museum of the Americas, Organization of American States.