Experience

The Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art
• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee
• President and CEO

  • May 2023 - Present


Newfields

• United Kingdom
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Operating Officer and Interim Director of IMA

  • Feb 2021 - May 2023

  During the last 21 months I have had the opportunity to lead the curatorial, interpretation, design, media and library and archives departments at the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields. This work in addition to my role as Chief Operating Officer has allowed me to return to the reason that I began working in museums in the 1990s, my love of the art. I have been able to make several strategic new acquisitions for the permanent collection. I have worked with the Visioning team to research and install test installations in the galleries in preparation for a museum-wide reinstallation project. We recently completed a four year renovation and reinstallation of the Clowes Pavilion pairing works in conversation with one another using a thematic approach. The level of engagement and response has been phenomenal. I feel very fortunate to have this opportunity during a period of leadership transition and am grateful for my colleagues on the executive team as well as our Board of Trustees who have supported these initiatives. Show less



Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields

• Chief Operating Officer

  • May 2017 - May 2023

  In this critical role I am one of six members of the Executive Team at Newfields. In addition to managing collections, exhibitions and facilities operations the Chief Operating Officer is responsible for events, hospitality and the relatively new culinary arts program. In this role I also had the opportunity to create and begin implementation of the 30-year master plan focused on leveraging our assets to create an intuitive and seamless guest experience campus-wide. Newfields is fortunate to have 152-acres including a world class art museum, historic garden and the amazing Fairbanks Art and Nature Park. It is my role to work with my colleagues to develop programming and infrastructure that integrates curated food and beverage experiences with art and nature like nowhere else. I lead the institution's sustainability efforts creating a new board approved sustainability policy along with an action plan and dashboard to hold the institution accountable as we welcome more people than ever before. Show less



Indianapolis Museum of Art

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

• Deputy Director for Collections, Exhibitions and Facilities Management

  • 2010 - May 2017

  In this key role I managed all fine art exhibitions and collections related activities including collections management processes and procedures, exhibitions administration, contract negotiation, risk management, touring exhibitions and related project budgets. I was also responsible for managing Historic Preservation, Security and Facilities operations of the 152-acre campus including the Lilly House and accompanying structures, the Miller House and Garden in Columbus, Indiana and Westerley, the residence of the Director and CEO. In this role I am responsible for Facilities Maintenance, the Safety program as well as Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response and Stabilization initiatives. I directly managed the Collections Support, Conservation, Conservation Science, Facilities, Exhibitions Administration, Historic Properties, Registration, Rights and Reproductions, and Security Departments totaling more than 170 employees. As a member of the senior leadership team I worked on museum-wide initiatives such as strategic planning and master planning in tandem with the Director and CEO, senior leaders and the Board of Governors. I served as the liaison to the Collections Committee and administered the collections management policy, acquisitions, loans from the permanent collection, art purchase funds as well as the fine arts insurance policy. I was also co-liaison to the Building and Grounds Committee along with the CFO. Through this committee we managed capital projects, deferred maintenance and infrastructure needs for the organization. Show less

• Chief Registrar

  • 2007 - Dec 2010

  As the first Chief Registrar of the IMA I supervised Registration, Storage and Packing, Photography, and the Print Room departments as well as the Associate Curator for Research. As Chief Registrar, I implemented a new deaccessioning program resulting in the first on-line deaccession database available on a museum web site. I also automated management of the Events, Funds, and Conservation modules in the collections management system KE-EMu. I was responsible for administering the fine arts insurance policy and related collections management policies as well as special projects such as the acquisition and processing of the Miller House and Garden historic house collection. Show less



Cincinnati Art Museum

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Chief Registrar

  • 1994 - 2007

  At the Cincinnati Art Museum I supervised the Registration and Photography Departments. I chaired the Collections Management Committee and the Provenance Research Task Force. In this position, I undertook the revision of the the collections management policy and related procedures. I worked with other Ohio institutions to pass the Museum Property Act in the State of Ohio in 2003 to address abandoned cultural property. I applied for and completed several grant funded rehousing projects resulting in improved storage for the permanent collection. In addition, I toured many traveling exhibitions and was granted federal indemnity for the European Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Victoria exhibition. I was also the organizing registrar for the Petra: Lost City of Stone exhibition which I toured to five venues in North America working closely with the Department of Antiquities in Jordan and our partner the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Show less