High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Vanda Vitali is a Canadian museum executive. She was Director and Chief Executive at the Auckland War Memorial Museum in Auckland, New Zealand, the first woman ever appointed to that role - her resignation was announced on 16 March 2010 after a series of controversies. Prior to this, she was Vice President, Public Programs and Director, Content Development at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, in Los Angeles, California from 2002 to 2007.