Experience

MINNESOTA MARINE ART MUSEUM

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

• Executive Director

  • Jan 2022 - Present



Environment & Culture Partners (previously Sustainable Museums)

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos

• Board Chair

  • Jun 2021 - Present



American Craft Council

• United States
• Arts & Crafts
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Director of Public Programs and Engagement

  • Dec 2018 - Apr 2021

  Recruited to the leadership team to drive increased engagement, expand and diversify audiences, and develop an inclusive portfolio of programs for the national nonprofit organization of the craft sector. Recruited to the leadership team to drive increased engagement, expand and diversify audiences, and develop an inclusive portfolio of programs for the national nonprofit organization of the craft sector.



The American Swedish Institute

• Director of Museum Experience

  • Oct 2012 - Nov 2018

  Assigned to the leadership team to design, build and implement an innovative portfolio of exhibition, collection, interpretive and visitor service programs to achieve broader engagement and increased visibility of the organization’s expanded mission and vision. Assigned to the leadership team to design, build and implement an innovative portfolio of exhibition, collection, interpretive and visitor service programs to achieve broader engagement and increased visibility of the organization’s expanded mission and vision.



Art Gallery of Ontario

• Canada
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Education Specialist, Lead Audience Research

  • 2011 - 2012

  Hired to design and implement audience research to inform exhibition, education, marketing and development strategy for Canada’s largest public art museum. Hired to design and implement audience research to inform exhibition, education, marketing and development strategy for Canada’s largest public art museum.



ICOM - International Council of Museums

• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos

• Information Specialist

  • 2010 - 2012

  Assistant to the director of ICOM’s International Committee For The Training of Museum Personnel. Assistant to the director of ICOM’s International Committee For The Training of Museum Personnel.



Royal Ontario Museum

• Canada
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Project Management Intern

  • 2010 - 2012

  Internship in the project management department, driving integration across education, exhibitions, collections, marketing and new media departments. Internship in the project management department, driving integration across education, exhibitions, collections, marketing and new media departments.



North House Folk School

• United States
• Retail Art Supplies
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Program Director and Communications Coordinator

  • 2002 - 2010

  Recruited to develop program design and communication strategies in an effort to grow engagement for the fledgling educational nonprofit. Recruited to develop program design and communication strategies in an effort to grow engagement for the fledgling educational nonprofit.



U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)

• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Interpretive Specialist

  • 1998 - 2000

  Initiated cross-cultural environmental public programming and field research based on Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK), broadening the USFWS’s involvement in cultural conservation and community relations on the Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge. Initiated cross-cultural environmental public programming and field research based on Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK), broadening the USFWS’s involvement in cultural conservation and community relations on the Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge.