Gretchen Halverson Email & Phone Number

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Minneapolis, Mn

● Lead content planning for one of the largest encyclopedic art museums in the US● Lead all aspects of web development, design, and maintenance for three sites withyearly traffic exceeding six million pageviews● Create content that drives attendance including long-form blogs and in-galleryinstallations ● Oversee five person, cross-functional team that creates digital content forpermanent collection and special exhibitions | global mapping project, Arts of Asia,mobile tours for special exhibitions● Managed innovation projects for museum including a puzzle-room application thatearned significant media attention, and a preference-based wayfinding experiencethat won a national museum innovation award. | Riddle Mia This, Divining Rod● Serve as chair the accessibility team and as a member of the museum’s equityteam, ensuring the institution’s practices align with its diversity, equity, inclusion,and access goals

Minneapolis, Mn

As a part of the department of Digital Strategy Implementation, I contribute to initiatives across the museum that leverage technology as a means to illuminate, contextualize, and enliven Mia's collection.

Minneapolis, Mn

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Support the development of digital curatorial initiatives including ArtStories, an online platform that allows visitors to explore the collection’s highlightsAssist in the planning and execution of curatorial content related to Living Rooms: The Period Room Initiative, a multi-year plan supported by NEA and Art Works, aimed at reinvigorating Mia’s period rooms for today’s visitors Aiding in the summative evaluation of various projects through the development of logic models and execution of visitor interviews

Amherst, Ma

Led over 40 students in weekly discussion sections aimed at reinforcing lecture material through interactive, team-based learningFacilitated museum visits which focused on museum literacy and skills for critical thinkingSupported faculty members with grading and curriculum development

Amherst, Ma

Co-Curated Eyes are for Asking: Narrative and Photography featuring the UMCA’s permanent collection of photographs and artist books Planned educational programming including a poetry reading featuring local poets, gallery talks, and course-specific visits geared toward developing visual analysis skills Responsible for grant writing, budgeting, concept development, exhibition essay, and marketing strategies

Amherst, Ma

Served as lead curator in the production of digital and video exhibitions during a five-week program focused on analog and digital curationLed a group of five undergraduate students through rigorous coursework emphasizing small group discussions of theoretical texts and research related to new digital technologies in museums

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Developed and managed communication plans for messages reaching over 300,000 employees to ensure awareness of key leadership messages, HR changes and resources, and company-wide news Assisted in the crafting of executive speeches and communications initiatives, which aimed to inspire trust, confidence and brand love to drive stakeholder behaviors and profitable growthCollaborated with team members and executive leadership to tell compelling stories through video and digital channels

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

I Advise and inform current students and graduates about law school education and assist in the application process including personal statement critiques. I work to convey helpful information through workshops that emphasize steps involved in law school preparation.Other tasks include working with law related organizations to plan and implement the Careers in Law Forum, which provides students with the opportunity to network with law schools as well as law professionals and learn about future career, internship and education options

I served as an assistant in an upper level interdepartmental studies course by serving as a resource for 25 students, providing assistance with assignments, including grading, and helping introduce new material through in-class presentations.Each class period, I presented various areas of law and local opportunities enabling students to gain a better understanding of law as a career.

I coordinated and collaborated with philanthropic organizations to create events to better the community including the implementation of a campus-wide blood drive and campus and park clean up.I also interacted with organizations including Coca-Cola and various student groups to establish effective marketing tactics and public relations in order to ensure successful events.

I help to streamline various new media outlets including Twitter and Facebook to ensure effective outreach to voters. Other tasks include drafting communication to voters through various media outlets as well as collaborating to create successful video advertisement.

Acted as a first point of contact for Learners calling in with inquiries and successfully directed phone calls Implemented a tallying system to determine the cause for increased call volume and assessed data in order to determine the cause of increased calls into operator queueWorked on several projects which involved organizing hard copy files and digitizing these files in order to streamline and index Learner informationRegistered over 4,000 Learners for classes using PeopleSoft and CRM

Assisted constituents with various issues and helped support the navigation of federal and state departments on behalf of Senator Herbert KohlDaily tasks included organizing constituent and state directory information that allowed the office to run efficientlyDrafted constituent correspondence that helped foster positive relationships between constituents and Senator Kohl. In order to efficiently address constituent questions and concerns, I monitored several legislative internet databases including THOMAS and CQ Weekly to stay educated on legislative news

Master’S Degree, Art History

Bachelor Of Arts, Political Science And Mass Communication

Activities and Societies: Pre-Law Society- Secretary

French Language And Culture