Experience

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  Baltimore Museum of Industry

  • Baltimore, Maryland

  • Executive Director

    • Jan 2015 - Present
    • Baltimore, Maryland

    The Baltimore Museum of Industry celebrates Maryland’s industrial legacy and shows howinnovation fuels ongoing progress. Our exhibitions, educational programs, and collections engage visitors in the stories of the people who built Baltimore and those who shape the region’s future.

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  Museum of Jewish Heritage

  • Deputy Director

    • Oct 2011 - Dec 2014

    Oversaw museum's programmatic areas (collections, exhibitions, education, public programs).Directed exhibition development.Worked with museum director on institutional management (including marketing, fundraising, government relations, and planning).Supervised staff.Exhibitions: "Against the Odds: American Jews and the Rescue of Europe’s Refugees." Project Director, Museum of Jewish Heritage, 2013. The mission of the Museum is to educate people of all ages and backgrounds about the broad tapestry of Jewish life in the 20th and 21st centuries—before, during, and after the Holocaust. Multiple perspectives on modern Jewish history, life, and culture are presented in the Museum’s Core Exhibition and award-winning special exhibitions. Acclaimed public programs, including discussions, films, plays, and concerts highlight the richness of Jewish culture and ideas.

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  Jewish Museum of Maryland

  • Associate Director

    • Feb 2000 - Oct 2011

    Shared with museum director responsibility for institutional management, including strategic planning, board relations, fundraising, budget, and staff supervision.Established alliance of downtown historic sites and managed government and community partnerships.Oversaw interpretive planning, curated exhibitions, wrote and edited publications.Managed renovation of historic building.Exhibitions: "The Synagogue Speaks: A History of the Lloyd Street Synagogue." Curator, 2010. "Voices of Lombard Street: A Century of Change in East Baltimore." Curator, 2007. "Lives Lost, Lives Found: Baltimore’s German Jewish Refugees, 1933-1945." Curator, 2004. Publications: “The Synagogue Speaks.” Author, 2011. Nancy Patz and Susan Roth. “18 Stones.” Editor, 2011. “Poor Man’s Boarding School: The Hebrew Orphan Asylum under Rabbi Samuel Freudenthal, 1886-1910” in Generations. Author, 2010. “Lights and Shadows: A Memoir of Arnold Fleischmann.” Co-author, 2010. “Voices of Lombard Street: A Century of Change in East Baltimore.” Co-editor, 2007. “Lives Lost, Lives Found: Baltimore’s German Jewish Refugees 1933-1945.” Co-editor, 2004. “Dispossession and Adaptation: The Weil Sisters Rebuild their Lives in America” in Generations. Author, 2003. “Maryland’s Treasure House: The Jewish Museum and its Collections” in Generations. Author, 2000.

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  Holocaust Museum Houston

  • Consultant

    • Oct 2004 - Nov 2005

    Co-authored retrospective book on occasion of museum's tenth anniversary.Publication: “Ten Years: Remembrance. Education. Hope.” Co-author, 2005.

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  United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

  • Associate Curator, Consultant

    • Apr 1988 - Jan 2000

    Consultant (June 1996-January 2000): Developed traveling exhibition and co-authored a major original publication.Publication: "Flight and Rescue." Co-author, 2001. Associate Curator (September 1990-January 1994): Served as associate curator of the museum's inaugural temporary exhibition.Exhibition: "Assignment: Rescue, The Story of Varian Fry and the Emergency Rescue Committee." Associate curator, 1994.Assistant Curator (April 1988-August 1990): As the museum's first assistant curator, identified and collected historical artifacts, both domestically and abroad, for the museum's permanent collection. Helped formulate museum collection policy and procedures.

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  Jewish Museum of Maryland

  • Baltimore, MD

  • Guest Co-Curator

    • Jul 1996 - Jul 1998
    • Baltimore, MD

    Co-curated the inaugural historical exhibition for the museum's rededication.Exhibition: "Bridges to Zion." Guest co-curator, 1998.

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  Baltimore City Life Museums

  • Baltimore, MD

  • Project Curator

    • Oct 1993 - Jun 1996
    • Baltimore, MD

    Co-curated and conducted research for exhibitions about local history and material culture.Exhibition: "What Makes Baltimore Bawlmer?" Co-curator, 1996.