Briana Gonzalez Email & Phone Number

Coordinate and establish permanent collection exhibitions and rotations, scheduling data (calendars, timelines, and spreadsheets), with Associate Director, as needed, archiving necessary files and info. Prepare schedule of deadlines for each permanent collection exhibition for use by curator and contributing departments and ensure deadlines are met via reminders. Coordinate meetings and other planning throughout all stages of exhibition projects; working with curatorial and contributing departments on a daily basis to manage projects. Organize, with Associate Director, quarterly meetings of Exhibitions Committee, and oversee the issuing of meeting notices to Trustees and staff, maintaining RSVP lists, preparing and assembling materials; recording and transcribing of Minutes and preparation of Exhibition Reports and Proposals for distribution. Maintain and control Project, Purchase Order, Invoice modules in AX for permanent collection exhibitions. Prepare and issue purchase orders and invoices. Assist with fiscal year budget process, recording figures, assembling and maintaining budget files and spreadsheets for quarterly review with attention to historical budget data and implications. Assist Senior Exhibitions Coordinator with travel arrangements (including int’l travel) and submit travel expense reports for Associate Director. Arrange travel accommodations for Exhibitions-related visitors.

Houston, Texas

Work as a team with the Assistant Director, Exhibitions, and Exhibitions Coordinator to budget, plan, schedule and coordinate all phases of exhibition development and installation.Assist with curatorial organization for various exhibitions by drafting correspondence, creating and maintaining checklists, assisting in creating installation and deinstallation schedules, coordinating meetings, data entry, and conducting curatorial research as needed.Provide intensive assistance with administration of major travelling exhibitions, including Paint the Revolution: Mexican Modernism, 1910 - 1950; and the MFAH-organized Peacock in the Desert: The Royal Arts of Jodhpur, India.Coordinate, proofread, and track all loan request letters pertaining to exhibitions, and serve as liaison between curatorial departments and the Director’s office. Create and circulate exhibition reports to lenders and lending institutions for major exhibitions.Maintain the Exhibitions Calendar and Table, exhibition information folder on internal network, and exhibitions-related reservations in the system-wide Event Management System (EMS) software. Process expenses through Microsoft Dynamics AX, and arrange travel accommodations for Exhibitions-related visitors and Assistant Director. Schedule and coordinate meetings with internal staff and external partners, including the Exhibitions Committee of the Board of Trustees.

Houston, Texas Area

Assist Exhibitions Coordinator with maintaining exhibition files, including typing correspondence, preparation of budget spreadsheets, annual report entries, and typing declined exhibition letters for the Assistant Director. Assist Exhibitions Coordinator with making travel arrangements for exhibition-related guests (individuals and groups), assist Exhibitions Coordinator with sending meeting notices and preparing materials for departmental meetings, maintain budget control for special exhibitions within the AX program, archive necessary exhibition files and information.

Sugar Land, Tx Branch

Serve as cashier in the box office. Greet customers and sell tickets for museum admission and upsell special exhibition tickets and memberships; provide customer service. Provide information pertaining to and sell annual memberships; renew existing memberships; input member data.

Communicated on behalf of the program with alumni, current and prospective students, and assisted with recruiting potential students. Provided technical and administrative assistance to professors.Developed the organizational foundation for the Arts Leadership Alumni & Student Association (ALASA).

Houston, Texas Area

Plan development of new Docent Training Program, create logistical documents including agreements, applications, and interview processes/questions, create and write curriculum for Docent Handbook, assist with Family Day at HCP.

Houston, Texas Area

Coordinated the Utilities & Life Safety and Space Planning Committee meetings.Created tracking processes for corrective action rounding and generated reports for the Director of Facilities Engineering; improved completion rate from 30% to 95%.Tracked capital project invoices and communication; maintained files pertaining to contractor access, safety training, and accreditation.Processed payroll for staff of 60 employees daily; scheduled team meetings and maintained shared Outlook calendars. Promoted from Administrative Assistant I to II within one year of employment.

Financial Services - Central Files

File financial records and contracts, distribute and collect mail, shred confidential documents, answer department calls, work with Outlook and Outlook Calendar.

Visual Resource Center

Provide technical assistance, scan and copy images for professors, organize and clean BU Resource Center materials, work with Photoshop.

Organize election material, organize election literature to be mailed, file ballot by mail applications, data entry for change of address forms.

Provide lunches to children in Program, maintain facility, complete daily, weekly, and monthly paperwork.

Provide lunches to children in Program, maintain facility, complete daily, weekly, and monthly paperwork.

Master’S Degree, Arts Leadership

The newly established Master of Arts program in Arts Leadership in the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences at the University.

Bachelor'S Degree, Art History, Criticism And Conservation, 3.81 Gpa, Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: The National Society of Collegiate Scholars Baylor University Golden Wave Marching Band Concert Band.

High School

Activities and Societies: Marching and Concert Band 2007-2011 National Honors Society 2009-2011 Band President 2010-2011 Art History.