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Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art acknowledges it resides on the ancestral territory of the Osage, Kaw, and Otoe-Missouria, among other tribal nations forcibly moved to the region such as the Shawnee, Wyandot, Delaware, Potawatomi, Sac and Fox and Kiikaapoi (Kickapoo) nations. We recognize and support the continued vibrancy of Native communities and cultures today who continue to thrive, as well as the inherent sovereignty of tribal nations. We are compelled to serve and advocate for these communities in accordance with our public mission.

Kemper Museum acknowledges and respects the diversity of Native people connected to this land today. Many recognize the land and all beings who live within it as relatives. We acknowledge the earth we inhabit, the waters of the Blue River, the Kansas River, the Missouri River, and the plants, animals, and people supported by them. 

We acknowledge our responsibility to be good caretakers of the land we occupy. 

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Lily Carpio joined the Kemper Museum senior leadership team in 2021 as director of finance and operations with more than 20 years of experience in financial management across a variety of industries in the Kansas City area. She has served organizations including Xact Data Discovery, Inc., Grantham University, Specialty Fertilizer Products, and Kansas City Young Audiences. Carpio serves as a volunteer for the El Centro IRS tax assistance program as well as a volunteer Spanish translator for the Public Law Center in Orange County, CA. She maintains an active license as a Certified Public Accountant, and earned a B.S. in industrial engineering from Columbia University in New York, as well as an M.B.A. in finance from Columbia Business School in New York.

Jessica S. Hong is the Chief Curator at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art. She is formerly the Senior Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Toledo Museum of Art where she organized the premiere of Stan Douglas’s major film installation Doppelgänger in a U.S. institution, Living Legacies: Art of the African American South, Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg–Machine Auguries: Toledo (the artist’s first U.S. solo presentation), and Toledo’s presentation of Marisol: A Retrospective. Prior to the TMA, Hong was the inaugural Associate Curator of Global Contemporary Art at Dartmouth’s Hood Museum of Art and Assistant Curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston. Before the ICA, she was part of the new Division of Modern and Contemporary Art that launched the renovated Harvard Art Museums. She was previously based in New York and held curatorial positions at Independent Curators International (ICI), SculptureCenter, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. Hong received her B.A. from Barnard College, and M.A. from the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University.

Diane Lambert joined the Kemper Museum staff in 2016 with more than 10 years of experience in human resources. Serving many years in the role of 'HR department of one' has provided her the opportunity to work in all areas of human resources including recruiting, onboarding, training, employee relations, performance management, workers compensation, benefits, safety and payroll. Prior to her role at the museum, she held positions as human resources manager at Neodesha Plastics; office manager, payroll manager and project manager for a property management firm; and human resources support at Prestige Cabinets, as well as a substitute teacher for USD 461 for 10 years. She earned her associates of science degree and maintains professional certification from the Society of Human Resources Management, SHRM-CP. Lambert is a member of the Kansas City HR Leaders Association as well as the SHRM of Greater Kansas City.

Jessica May is the executive director of Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City, Missouri. Prior to joining Kemper Museum, May served as the vice president, art and exhibitions for The Trustees of Reservations, the nation’s oldest land conservation organization, and the artistic director of the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts. In her dual role, she demonstrated her dedication to engaging art and the environment, overseeing arts initiatives at the deCordova as well as across the Trustees’ statewide network of over 120 scenic and historic places, including recent commissions by artists by Rose B. Simpson, Hugh Hayden, and Meghann Riepenhoff as well as a commission by Jean Shin opening in spring 2024. She is co-author of the publication, Second Nature: Photography in the Age of the Anthropocene (Rizzoli). In her previous positions she served at the Portland Museum of Art, Maine, the Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth, Texas, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She graduated from Barnard College and earned her M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.

Kreshaun McKinney joined the Kemper Museum staff in 2021 as director of learning and engagement with a professional philosophy of “programming with you and not to you” and more than 20 years of experience in education, community outreach, exhibitions, arts administration, and programming. Prior to her position at Kemper Museum, McKinney served for 16 years in the education division of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. During her tenure, McKinney was instrumental in the development of multiple public programs, including award-winning partnerships that have greatly increased the cultural diversity of the institution’s visitorship and program participation. McKinney has consulted numerous organizations on ways to successfully implement diversity initiatives. A leader in Kansas City’s cultural community, McKinney has served as a member of numerous community boards, professional organizations, and civic initiatives including the African American Artists Collective, Kansas City’s Municipal Arts Commission, and the Kansas City Artists Coalition. McKinney earned her B.F.A. in painting and drawing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in Illinois and her M.F.A. in painting and drawing from Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.