In 1975, James Harithas (the former director of the Syracusan Everson Museum) hired Lombardi to be an assistant curator at the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston, Texas, where Harithas had become director.
År 1975 anlitade James Harithas (före detta chef för Everson Museum) Lombardi som assisterande kurator på Contemporary Arts Museum i Houston, Texas, där Harithas blivit direktör.