Experience

Waukesha County Historical Society & Museum

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Director

  • Nov 2018 - Present

  Lead the organization in strategic and organizational planning, fundraising, board management, staff management, community engagement, and capacity building.Implemented new programs and engagement opportunities with youth and adult audiences, including Speaker Series / History Tots / Hands-on-History. Resumed daily operations & visitation in renovated facility, building volunteer corps and hours of service month over month during first 18 months of resumed daily operation. Expanded hours of operation for onsite Research Center. Engaged with media outlets including Milwaukee PBS Arts Page, CBS 58, Fox 6, WTMJ Radio, & Ellenbecker Investment Radio program.Serve as Southeast Regional representative to Wisconsin Historical Society's Local History CouncilExpanded planned giving calendar and worked with board committees to execute new initiatives including web-based video direct appeals. Chaired Event Committee for inaugural Step Back in Time fundraising event.Secured new sponsors and donors, and renewed relationship with lapsed donors.Partnered with the Parks & Rec Department in the City of Waukesha for the History Club program - recipient of the statewide Silver Star award.



Waukesha County Museum

• Public Relations and Communications Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Curator of Collections and Exhibits

  • Jun 2015 - Nov 2018

  Advise Board and Executive Director of professional standards and best practices. Create a collections & exhibit temporary storage and move plan for building renovation project.Implement archival and object collection processing plans.Oversee intern and volunteer programs.Registrar duties for artifact and archival collection.Design and execute conservation plans for artifact and archival collections.Write grants and cultivate donor relations to support ongoing curatorial, educational, and general museum operations.Oversee public access Research Center. Main point of contact for appointment scheduling, reproduction rights and fee schedules, and other patron inquiries.Guide online presence including website and social media outlets. Create new partnerships with area businesses and organizations to expand the reach of operations.Member of the Strategic Plan Committee Fall 2015. Responsible for synthesizing edits to the plan for the production of the final product.Routine department oversight including budgeting, work prioritization, and collections goals.



Discovery World at Pier Wisconsin

• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Scouts Educator

  • Mar 2015 - Jun 2015

  Present programs to Girl Scout, Boy Scout, and school groups covering a variety of science and technology disciplines. Develop curriculum for summer camp. Present programs to Girl Scout, Boy Scout, and school groups covering a variety of science and technology disciplines. Develop curriculum for summer camp.



University at Albany

• United States

• Graduate Student

  • Aug 2013 - Dec 2014

  MA in Public History. Research focus on American brewing industry, from the rise of the United States Brewers Association to the passing of the Volstead Act. This period offers a multitude of influences which altered the scope of brewing: the confluence of ale and lager brewing techniques, production and volatility of American hops markets, and the adoption of refrigeration and transport technologies.Additional areas of research interest include 19th and early 20th century American social and domestic history, inter-laid in the globalizing processes which reshaped state and industrial landscapes.

• Education Department Intern

  • Jun 2014 - Aug 2014

  Research and develop new onsite and outreach programs, including: Breweries and Taverns of Waukesha County and Prairie Home Cemetery Aesthetic Tour. Lead onsite tours for school and adult groups in a range of local history topics spanning the 18th through 20th centuries. Councelor during 3-week Museum Explorers Camp, helping to oversee 25 youth daily. Also cultivated new volunteer recruitment relationship with local Senior Services organization. Research and develop new onsite and outreach programs, including: Breweries and Taverns of Waukesha County and Prairie Home Cemetery Aesthetic Tour. Lead onsite tours for school and adult groups in a range of local history topics spanning the 18th through 20th centuries. Councelor during 3-week Museum Explorers Camp, helping to oversee 25 youth daily. Also cultivated new volunteer recruitment relationship with local Senior Services organization.



Community Legal Aid Services, Inc.

• Administrative Assistant

  • Nov 2011 - Jul 2013

  Provide support to the Executive, Associates, and Development/Communications Directors. Particular emphasis on providing support to the development and communication department. Experience with donor database software (Giftworks), donor campaigns, grant management, and community education outreach. Provide support to the Executive, Associates, and Development/Communications Directors. Particular emphasis on providing support to the development and communication department. Experience with donor database software (Giftworks), donor campaigns, grant management, and community education outreach.



Western Reserve Historical Society

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Foodways Associate

  • Feb 2011 - Nov 2011

  Integrated historic agriculture and foodways into the visitor programs and experience. Oversee the daily operation of the on-site cafe, develop products for retail operations, continue and expand programs centered around historic food preservation and education. Integrated historic agriculture and foodways into the visitor programs and experience. Oversee the daily operation of the on-site cafe, develop products for retail operations, continue and expand programs centered around historic food preservation and education.



Hale Farm & Village

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Program Assistant

  • Jun 2007 - Jan 2011

  Onsite first and third person interpretation in a variety of nineteenth century topics and themes. Research and prepare new programs for public offerings; train new volunteers, interns, and staff in duties and historic materials. Onsite first and third person interpretation in a variety of nineteenth century topics and themes. Research and prepare new programs for public offerings; train new volunteers, interns, and staff in duties and historic materials.