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Our group of associates offers a range of skills to support all areas of your museum’s work. With over 80 years of combined experience, our museum professionals can extend the capacity of your organization and offer talent when and where it will prove to be most beneficial in pursuing your mission and engaging your patrons. As museum professionals, we understand the motivation for working in this sector and sincerely want to help you achieve your goals.

The World Myth Museum is envisioned as the premier institution that explores, collects, and shares cryptozoology, cultural legends, unexplained phenomena, and all things rumored to be a part of our world, but yet to be proven to exist; this museum will allow visitors to walk through engaging and interactive exhibits presenting life-like sculptures that combine art, history, and science to interpret those stories that have defined cultures and explained our world; As a Co-Founder, I am contributing to the design and development of the facility, development of exhibits and educational programming, establishing collections management practices and procedures, developing funding strategies, and creating strategic and operating plans

Mt. Vernon, Illinois, Us

Directed operations of AAM accredited not-for-profit arts museum, best known for its significant collection of late 19th and early 20th century American paintings, exhibitions featuring regional and international artists, a 90 acre sculpture park featuring over 60 works of art, extensive art and cultural education opportunities for all ages, and annual art and craft fair; Provided leadership and personnel oversight to team of seven directors, an historian, five executive assistants, and three operations staff members; Partnered with a seven member board of trustees and a twenty-five member volunteer support organization; Developed and oversaw a $1.7 million annual budget; Consulted with directors regarding exhibitions, programming, collections, operations, and facilities and grounds maintenance; Responsible for implementing, reviewing, and developing strategic plan goals; Worked with development director to diversify funding sources; Developed regional outreach initiatives to connect with new audiences in rural community; Developed immediate and long-range plans for capital and grounds improvements including solar power; Partnered and participated with civic groups and government leaders; Represented museum with supporters, donors, and public; Investigating scope of renovation and interpretation of historic home of museum founders

Directed operations of AAM accredited Museum entrusted with over 50,000 objects in its permanent collection, an active exhibit and outreach program focused on interactive and family friendly experiences, a 10 member staff, and 22 volunteers; Managed $650,000 annual budget as department of City of Rogers; Oversaw all aspects of Museum's $5.5 million expansion (including development of facilities designs, exhibit designs, program development, coordination with project architects, construction manager, and City administration and completion of $3.6 million private capital campaign phase with Museum Foundation); Represented Museum with Museum Commission, City administration, Council, Museum Foundation Board, and Friends of the Rogers Historical Museum Board, Wrote and administered grants from public and private foundations; Develop, implement, and monitor strategic plan; Presented public programs and outreach for civic groups, field trips, and special events; Collaborated with volunteers to present costumed interpretive programs; Developed marketing tools and plans; Coordinated community exhibit content, production, graphic design, and installation; Produced oral history video series shared through social media; Answered research requests; Guided tours of historic house; Assisted with collections acquisitions and donors; Worked with volunteers on special projects

Curated in-house and community exhibits including content research, text writing, graphic design, budgeting, construction, and installation; Managed traveling exhibits including their scheduling and shipment; Supervised research and assisted patrons with research requests; Managed digitization of oral history collection; Collaborated with area museum on oral history project; Maintained Museum website and social media content; Wrote "Photo of the Month" and local history articles; Presented programs to community groups and classes; Assisted in the administration of the Museum, operating budgets, marketing, social media, and facility maintenance; Liaison to Friends of the Rogers Historical Museum Board; Developed interpretive plan for Museum expansion; Supervised maintenance staff and volunteers

Responsible for managing membership renewals and new member recruitment; Developed and produced newsletter

Responsible for researching prospective sponsors; Wrote grant proposals; Participated in educational outreach programs; Helped with renovation of facility as volunteer 2003 - 2007

Saint Louis, Mo, Us

Conducted evaluation of visitor experiences in "Chicano Visions: American Painters on the Verge, Chicano Now: American Expressions" and "Sports Works" special exhibitions as well as Center Stage venue programming; Assisted in developing survey and tracking instruments; Collected visitor data in exhibits through surveys, interviews, observations, and tracking studies; Responsible for compiling visitor experience data in Access databases and SPSS data files; Trained staff and interns regarding data collection tools; Completed statistical analysis of data and presented findings in written and oral reports to institutional leaders and teams; Participated with organizational teams in the development of policy and program delivery; Prepared monthly program evaluation reports and worked with program staff to collect and compile data; Responsible for maintaining digital and physical research archive files using Citation database system; Collaborated with volunteers and staff members to present and engage visitors in special paper airplane demonstration and activity during peak visitation periods

Managed edged weapons, Indian Peace Medals, and Native American stone pipe collections; Responsible for conducting research through various sources to authenticate pieces for accessioning or disposal; Created inventories, physical condition descriptions, and digital photographic records for accessioning and documentation purposes; Trained in object handling, stored objects, and assisted in packing objects for transportation to gallery for display; Under direction of paleontologist/paleosculpter, led team of students in building models of a dimetrodon and Hypsibema missouriense and in designing and installing a fossil exhibit, "Illinois Prehistory: More than Dinosaurs", for display during the 2005 Lincoln Laureate Convocation; Participated in developing layout, labels, and installation of "Shells! Shells as Object and Artifact"; Assisted new graduate assistants learn procedures for working with the collections and handling objects

Graduate Certificate, Museum Studies

Mpa, Public Administration And Policy Analysis

Ba, History

Aa, Baccalaureate Oriented

Aas, Drafting Technology