Direct all daily operations of art center, oversee all external and internal communications, and foster lasting relationships with donors and membersWork alongside the Latrobe Art Center Board of Directors to ensure the implementation of the art center's mission and visionCurate and install temporary exhibitions and oversee bi-monthly gallery changesCoordinate educational programs for all ages including art classes, special events, and workshopsCreate and oversee marketing, fundraising, and special event budgets and co-manage a general operating budget of approximately $250,000.00Coordinate special fundraising events supporting the mission, vision, and operations of the Art CenterSupervise the site's website development, marketing, and advertising

Directed operations of museum and visitor center and supervised recruitment, training, and roles of over 150 volunteersWorked alongside the Bushy Run Battlefield Heritage Society Board of Directors to ensure the implementation of the site's mission and visionCurated and installed temporary museum exhibits and displays Acted as primary spokesperson for the site and oversaw the site's internal and external communicationsCoordinated educational programs for all ages including lectures, special events, workshops, and an annual battle reenactmentDeveloped and oversaw the implementation of the site's Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Access policy and actionable goalsFostered lasting relationships with donors, members and community partnersCreated and oversaw marketing, fundraising, and special event budgets and co-managed a general operating budget of approximately $100,000.00.Supervised the site's website development, marketing, and advertisingWrote grant proposals and organized fundraisers raising over $80,000.00

Worked with team of art handlers and curatorial staff to construct and install temporary exhibitionsExhibitions: The Frick Collects: From Rubens to Monet, Elise Adibi: Respiration Paintings, Irving Penn: Beyond Beauty, Undressed: A History of Fashion in Underwear, Revive, Remix, Respond: Contemporary Ceramic Artists and The Frick Pittsburgh, Van Gogh, Monet, Degas: The Mellon Collection of French Art from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

• Scheduled all tours and Frick program reservations and cheerfully answered main phone line providing site-specific information and directing calls to appropriate departments or staff members• Directed patrons to key parts of the site upon arrival and actively promoted and sold memberships• Worked as a museum store clerk and efficiently managed store transactions and inventory• ***As a Visitor Services Lead (05/2017-08/2017), I assisted the Visitor Services Manager with a variety of store and admissions duties in addition to the regular MEA responsibilities and supervised visitor services staff as requested. These included receiving and posting store shipments, managing the online store, researching exhibition merchandise, and training new Museum Experience Associates.

Constructed and installed exhibits in the bank's Heritage Center and wrote Pittsburgh history and immigration related articles for the Heritage Center's webpage and employee newsletterIdentified over 400 Italian immigrant depositors between 1855 and 1930 and conducted genealogical research on prominent individuals and familiesOrganized materials and records pertaining to the bank's Lions Restoration Project and created a filing system specific to the project

• Trained to use handheld/portable X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometer (XRF) on lithics, paintings, and bronze sculptures• Used ARTAX: Bayesian Deconvolution software to interpret and analyze XRF spectra• Conducted elemental analysis on two Albert Bierstadt paintings and several Proctor bronze sculptures• Cleaned and removed Ichthyosaur bones from plaster and stone matrices • Performed treatments and repairs on a Native American feather bonnet and lance case, a painted bronze sculpture, damaged books, an outdoor bronze sculpture, a silver dollar coin, two Proctor sketches, a soap stone sculpture, and an oversized painting• Conducted a comparative study of microscopic hair samples to identify the physical make-up of an artifact• Aided the natural history curator with the preparation of wolf skull specimens

• Assisted in library services by checking in and out books and provided outstanding customer service to patrons through effective communication and knowledge of the position• Selected to serve as member of Faculty Library Advisory Committee

• Studied object conservation and preservation with emphasis on preventive conservation • Performed conservation treatment on human bones by removing adhesive residue and learned how to properly dust paintings to conservation standards• Built secure enclosure to house museum’s ancient spear collection and photographed ancient pottery

• Exposed to book and document preservation, proper handling, and storage• Made enclosures (2 types) for damaged books and gained exposure to the process of book repair • Prepared old newspapers to be microfilmed

• Introduced to basic book conservation and preservation principles; Dry-cleaned books • Wrote preservation report for 1370 Illuminated Manuscript and created a teaching module