{"id":2264068,"date":"2026-02-03T03:27:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T03:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2264068"},"modified":"2026-02-03T03:27:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T03:27:07","slug":"moxi-adds-three-board-members-names-2026-leadership-team-arts-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/moxi-adds-three-board-members-names-2026-leadership-team-arts-entertainment\/","title":{"rendered":"MOXI Adds Three Board Members, Names 2026 Leadership Team | Arts &#038; Entertainment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Heather Hambleton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>MOXI, The Wolf Museum of Exploration\u00a0+ Innovation has named three members to its Board of Directors: Heather Hambleton, Mark Korte-Nahabedian and C\u00e1itr\u00edn McKiernan.<\/p>\n<p>Leading the board will be Kelly Almeroth, who continues in her\u00a0second year as chair; Graham Bell, vice chair, Angela Krablin, treasurer; and\u00a0Casey Summar, secretary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese new board members join us at an exciting moment for MOXI,\u201d said Robin Gose, MOXI\u00a0president\/CEO.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir diverse perspectives, expertise, and shared belief in the power of\u00a0museums will help guide our work as we advance our mission, deepen impact, and continue\u00a0to serve our community with excellence,\u201d Gose said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"330\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noozhawk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/02022-MNahabedian-225.gif?resize=225%2C330&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Mark Korte-Nahabedian\" class=\"wp-image-785014\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> Mark Korte-Nahabedian <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Hambleton, a Santa Barbara resident for some 20 years, said she is grateful for\u00a0the opportunity to serve the community.<\/p>\n<p>She has been on the the Junior League\u00a0of Santa Barbara Board, currently serves as chair of Cottage Hospital\u2019s Tiara Ball, and is on the\u00a0advisory committee for Hope Refuge and the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.<\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0parent of three young children who enjoy exploring and learning at MOXI, Hambleton said she looks forward to helping inspire the next generation of curious thinkers, problem-solvers, and\u00a0creators, with the goal of igniting a lifelong love of science, technology, engineering, art and\u00a0math.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"309\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.noozhawk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/020226-McKiernan-225.gif?resize=225%2C309&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"C\u00e1itr\u00edn McKiernan\" class=\"wp-image-785015\" style=\"width:225px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">C\u00e1itr\u00edn McKiernan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Korte-Nahabedian is Chevron\u2019s corporate affairs advisor for the West Coast\u00a0Decommissioning Program. He has worked in diverse roles at Chevron, including as an energy\u00a0transition advisor, and geologist.<\/p>\n<p>Before Chevron, he worked as an\u00a0exploration and development geologist specializing in subsurface resources across California.<\/p>\n<p>Hambleton serves on the board of directors for the Santa\u00a0Barbara South Coast Chamber of Commerce, United Boys and Girls Club of Santa Barbara\u00a0County, and Goleta Education Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>He is a member of the Sanctuary Advisory\u00a0Council for the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary. He and his family live in Santa Barbara.<\/p>\n<aside>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<\/p>\n<p>McKiernan is a partner at the international law firm Steptoe LLP, where she advises\u00a0multinational companies on anti-corruption compliance and internal investigations.<\/p>\n<p>A former\u00a0Fulbright scholar to China and Rotary ambassadorial scholar to Taiwan, C\u00e1itr\u00edn received her\u00a0B.A., with highest honors in Chinese history, from Stanford University.<br \/>She earned a J.D. from\u00a0UC Berkeley, School of Law, with a certificate of specialization in\u00a0international law.<\/p>\n<p>C\u00e1itr\u00edn grew up in Santa Barbara and attended the Midland School in Los\u00a0Olivos.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond her law practice, she is dedicated to fostering dialogue and building bridges.<\/p>\n<p>She\u00a0founded and hosts The Steptoe Coffee Club for Women in Law, a monthly gathering that\u00a0facilitates discussions among legal experts in a fireside chat setting before a select audience of\u00a0in-house counsel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMOXI provides magical, innovative STEAM-based experiences for kids across Santa Barbara\u00a0County. I\u2019m thrilled and honored to join MOXI\u2019s board and to support its important mission,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Located at 125 State St. in Santa Barbara, MOXI is LEED-certified Gold and serves curious minds of all\u00a0ages through its hands-on exhibits and education programs.<\/p>\n<p>MOXI is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit supported by its daily guests, members, facility rentals, and donations\u00a0from individuals, foundations, and corporate partners.<\/p>\n<p>For more, visit <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/moxi.org\">moxi.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.noozhawk.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heather Hambleton MOXI, The Wolf Museum of Exploration\u00a0+ Innovation has named three members to its Board of Directors: Heather Hambleton, Mark Korte-Nahabedian and C\u00e1itr\u00edn McKiernan. Leading the board will be Kelly Almeroth, who continues in her\u00a0second year as chair; Graham Bell, vice chair, Angela Krablin, treasurer; and\u00a0Casey Summar, secretary. \u201cThese new board members join us [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2264069,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[22442],"class_list":["post-2264068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-arts-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MOXI-Adds-Three-Board-Members-Names-2026-Leadership-Team.gif","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2264068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2264068"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2264068\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2264070,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2264068\/revisions\/2264070"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2264069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2264068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2264068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2264068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}