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Dynamic leader with more than 35 years of experience in the international cultural arena. I advise premier arts organizations to improve their management structures, develop growth strategies, and explore partnership opportunities with other organizations. Touring Collection Exhibitions a specialty.

In charge of a variety of earned income revenue streams including traveling exhibitions, licensing, retail development and publishing and digital media. Broker business relationships with for-profit and other non-profit entities including co-branded programs and products, programming agreements and traveling exhibitions. Conceptualize projects, create proposals, analyze costs and ROI, draft and negotiate contracts, create budgets, manage projects from concept to completion.

In charge of Guggenheim exhibition programs and collection management, staff of 72 in nine departments. Partnered with world-class architects, designers, curators and artists. Established first global graphic identity program for the Guggenheim worldwide network of museums. Supported feasibility studies for new Guggenheim Museums in international locations.

Design and manage the production for large and small scale exhibitions. Compile and manage production budget, oversee crews, interface with curators and artists to realize their vision.

Conservation, restoration, treatments of medieval textiles in the museum's collection under the direction of Head Textile Conservator, Noboko Kajitani. Cataloging of and creation of new storage area for the entire medieval tapestry collection. Mounting of objects for exhibition.

Archivist for 50,000 objects in the Costume Institute's collection. Worked with fashion and costume designers and textile scholars who used the collection for study purposes. Mounted objects and created decorative elements for the annual exhibitions.