Board of Artists: Paul Georges (chairman), William Bailey, Jack Beal, Joseph Giordano, Stephen Grillo, Howard Kalish, Marjorie Kramer, Tomar Levine, Richard Mc Dermott Miller, Donald Perlis, Marjorie Portnow, Paul Resika, Janet Schneider, Bill Sullivan, Sam Thurston.
Board of Trustees: Hans van den Houten ( chairman), Franz Skyranz, Steven W. Wolfe, Patricia J. Murphy, Ann Leven, and Janet Schneider.
Museum Director: Robert Godfrey The whole idea was Paul Georges' but, as you know and has been stated, it was given the necessary spark by the 1976 exhibit organized by the co-op galleries.
The boards were established in 1979, and in that year an inaugural exhibit featuring leading figurative artists was staged in six major New York Galleries.
In the Spring of 1979 director Robert Godfrey and the Board of Artists drafted the first mission statement of the newly structured museum.