Reggie Lynch Email & Phone Number

Winterthur, Delaware

Set and manage all strategy for visitor engagement through general visitation, tours, programs, school visits, and family experiencesOversee budget of 2+ million dollarsSupervise a team of 70-80 full and part time employees in public programs, museum and garden tours, school visits, family programs, and visitor servicesForge and maintain partnerships with individuals and organizations throughout the regionWork cross departmentally for fundraising, marketing, and facilities projects Curate exhibits in the historic house

Wilmington, Delaware, United States

• Oversee Community Engagement Department • Manage all initiatives and programs related to community relationships • Coordinate with artists for commissions, exhibitions, community centered programming, lectures, and workshops• Plan and execute monthly small-scale programming, as well as quarterly large-scale events for broad audiences• Collaborate with partner with community groups, social services agencies, and governmental offices for programming and exhibitions • Act as primary contact and support for any outside organization or individual seeking to partner with the museum on exhibitions or programs• Collaborates with Curatorial department on audience engagement and interpretation strategies • Serve as staff representative to the museum’s Community Advisory Board• Create in-gallery and digital interpretive materials for exhibitions and permanent collection including wall text and the museum's podcast, blog, and social media posts • Contribute to local and national grants• Manage and set departmental budget

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

• Coordinated city-wide program to bring all 4th grade students in Akron Public Schools to the museum for a field trip• Oversaw a team of paid and volunteer gallery teachers• Regularly met with an external foundation and public school district to assess the 4th grade field trip program

Dover, De

• Manage, execute, and coordinate all educational programming for adults, schools, families, and docents• Develop and coordinate 2-3 workshops, lectures, and programs per month to support current exhibitions, includes management of all logistics• Create online and in gallery content to engage with visitors including videos, audio guides, lesson plans, marketing materials, and an online collection timeline• Train visitor services staff and volunteers on customer service, permanent collection, and changing exhibits• Partner with over 20 local historic and community groups for programming• Produce library of collection based, standards aligned lesson plans/tours for K-12 groups• Create self-guided, drop-in activities for youth and families of all ages• Curate and install student art shows throughout the year• Grant writing for education programs• Represent museum at local and national conferences, in print, and on television• Develop and execute evaluation strategies for all content and programs based on goals laid out in museum’s mission and strategic plan

Dover, Delaware Area

San Marino, Ca

• Coordinate the execution of educational activity stations throughout the gardens through the Discovery Cart Program (http://www.huntington.org/WebAssets/Templates/content.aspx?id=9610)• Recruit, train, and manage over thirty high school volunteers who carry out the Discovery Cart activities• Assess execution of program through the creation and implementation of surveys• Develop new educational materials and activities for the Discovery Carts • Design training manual and strategy• Write copy describing the program for use on the website• Schedule and assign daily tasks to volunteers

• Sourced, scheduled, and coordinated over twenty lecturers and musicians for events at the museum• Managed logistics for a major conference including issuing contracts, catering, housing, participant registration, and travel arrangements• Composed essays on on-going projects and events for promotional use on the museum’s blog• Acted as liaison between Programs department and curatorial, financial, marketing, and development departments to execute events and tours• Scheduled internal volunteers to assist with conferences and events • Researched and corresponded with universities and museums to promote conferences and scholarships • Assisted with the management of a budget for scholarship fund• Developed and provided tours to the general public and school groups • Systematized computer based filing system for program planning • Basic art handling

M.A., Art History

Activities and Societies: Vice President - Graduate Art History Organization

Bachelor Of Arts, Art History, Theatre Arts

Activities and Societies: President of the GoGreen Coalition, Secretary of Alpha Chi Honors Society, Member of Omicron Delta Kappa Honors.

Education record