Board of Directors and Board of Trustees

The Academy of Magical Arts, Inc. is governed by a Board of Directors and a Board of Trustees each of which have seven members. It is these two Boards that actually guides the society for the members.

The Directors are elected from a slate of Magician and Associate Members for 2-year terms. Former presidents of the Board are Bill Larsen, Jr. (the “Prez”), Ron Wilson, Irene Larsen and Mark Wilson.

The members of the Board of Directors address the business aspects of the club and are:

Academy of Magical Arts Board of Directors
 Robert Lamoureux  President
 Whit Haydn  Vice-President
 Brian Tolman  Secretary
 Jean Boyle  Treasurer
 Gay Blackstone  Director
 Neil Patrick Harris  Director
 Danny Robinson  Director

The members of the Board of Trustees are address the magic portion of the club and are:

Academy of Magical Arts Trustees
 Mark Nelson  Trustees Chairman
 Irene Larsen  Trustee
 Max Maven  Trustee
 Jon Armstrong  Secretary
 David Regal  Trustee
 Mark Wilson  Trustee
 Ron Wilson  Trustee

The goal of The Academy of Magical Arts, Inc. and The Magic Castle is to maintain a prestigious place in the world of magic as an organization and private club. This is achieved, for example, by their annual choice of magicians to receive the Academy of Magical Arts, Inc. Awards, which are presented to performers, writers and creators throughout the world as a recognition of excellence in advancing the art of magic. The Academy also sponsors select talented individuals to the annual worldwide magic competition at FISM (the Federacion Internationale Societes de Magic) and maintains one of the world's finest libraries on the conjuring arts containing countless secrets of master magicians set down through the ages in books and on video.