Ira Michael Heyman,
University of California, Berkeley

Ira Michael Heyman is head of the Advisory and Storyline Committees for The Mint Project. He is Professor Emeritus of Law at the University of California, Berkeley, served as Chancellor of UC Berkeley from 1980 to 1990, and Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution from 1994 to 1999.
"San Francisco and the Bay Area need a first rate visual and experiential presentation of their colorful and important histories. This Museum will fill that need in a spectacular way in a building, which itself is of significant historical importance."