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Tony Oum is Executive Vice President at FirstBank, now part of PNC. He began his banking career in 2008 after graduating from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He has a passion to help our diverse communities start a banking relationship, purchase their first home, and help them become financially independent. He is committed to growing and maintaining a diverse team at FirstBank as he believes this creates a high performing team as we embrace different culture, thoughts and perspectives.

Tony was born and raised in Longmont, Colorado. His parents were refugees from Cambodia who survived the horrors of the Killing Fields. They came to the United States with nothing but the clothes on their back. They taught him the importance of hard work and giving back to the community. Tony serves on the boards of Asian Chamber Leadership Foundation, Emily Griffith Foundation, Jeffco Housing Corporation, and SouthWest Improvement Council. When he is not busy volunteering, he enjoys spending time with his family, cooking, running, traveling and checking out new and classic cars.

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In 1989 Ratha Sok was born in Denver, Colorado and is a first-generation Cambodian American contemporary artist. With over a decade of creating fine arts media such as paintings and murals for both public and commercial (streetwear, merchandise, government municipalities and cooperate) clientele.

His use of multimedia includes spray paints, acrylics and digital arts. He is known for his storytelling and community centered works across the Denver metro area but has works throughout the states of Colorado, Texas, Oregon and California.

His aesthetic includes, graffiti roots, vibrant sweeps of bold colors, showcasing signature community elements and highlighting histories in high detail.

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Renée Albiston, Head of Provenance Research Department

Renée Albiston served as a contracted provenance researcher with the Denver Art Museum since 2017 and joined the DAM’s provenance department in 2023. Prior to her position at the DAM, Renée was the Associate Museum Director at the Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art in Denver, where she served other key curatorial and administrative roles since 2011. She has been a frequent lecturer, participant, and organizer of provenance seminars, conferences, panels, and training courses. Her research has appeared in various publications including the Denver Art Museum’s reprint for the Nature as Muse catalog, as well as an early Clyfford Still visual catalogue raisonné. She received her Bachelor of Arts in art history & history and a Master of Humanities in visual studies, both from the University of Colorado Denver. Renee’s expertise includes best practice standards for provenance research, art law & policy related to repatriation issues, and the geopolitical impacts of wartime and colonial-era looted art.

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MacKenzie Coyle, Provenance Research Fellow

MacKenzie Coyle has joined the Provenance Research Department as its first Provenance Research Fellow. The position is funded through the Museum’s Fellowship Endowment and supports the Museum’s on-going provenance research efforts and outreach. MacKenzie holds a B.A. in Japanese and International Studies, as well as a master’s degree in Asian Studies from the University of Oregon. He formerly served as a Laurel Intern and Asian Art Curatorial Fellow at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art in Eugene, Oregon. His prior provenance, exhibition and publication contributions have focused on topics in Japanese and Korean art, ranging from woodblock prints to indigenous Ainu art and culture. MacKenzie’s provenance research will span the Museum’s multiple curatorial and collecting areas with some of his research resulting in case studies, blogs, and lectures that will elevate the presence and on-going commitment for DAM as a center for provenance research.