Experience

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  Speed Art Museum

  • Manager of Individual Giving

    • May 2005 - Jul 2007

    • Working with executive staff, managed individual solicitations, correspondence and database record keeping.• Assisted with planning and execution of donor cultivation events.• Identified potential donors for future exhibition and programming needs.• Co-organized and oversaw museum's volunteer organization's "Big Top Tent Sale" of donated objects and furnishings.

  • Volunteer Coordinator

    • Jun 2002 - May 2005

    • Provided broad administrative support to museum's volunteers and member committees, acted as liaison between staff and volunteer members and processed accounts receivable for associated activities.• Co-organized and executed yearly planning of organization's premiere event, the Speed Art Museum Ball.• Compiled, designed and edited annual membership directory, newsletters, calendars and other mailings.

  • Database Coordinator, Kentucky Heritage Initiative

    • Sep 2004 - Apr 2005

    • Evaluated software vendors for seed project (now Kentucky Online Arts Resource) focusing on Kentucky fine and decorative arts, folk arts and design.• Developed initial standards manual and copyright outline for project's digital imaging procedures.• Researched comparison data for similar projects and developed list of potential digitization partners.

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  National Gallery of Art

  • Washington D.C. Metro Area

  • Museum Specialist, Slide Library

    • Aug 1995 - May 2002
    • Washington D.C. Metro Area

    • Created in-depth catalog entries for art and architecture images into proprietary database.• Prepared, labeled and organized images into library holdings.• Managed public inter-library loan program and provided annual reports on image lending statistics.• Co-authored and designed Slide Library Cataloguing Manual (1996-2001) editions.• Provided reference and technical services to public and in-house patrons.• Assisted with training of library volunteers and interns.

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  Self-Employed

  • Image Resources Coordinator

    • 1995 - 1996

    • Procured visual materials and copyright licensing from international museums and private collections for images published in Mood Disorders and the Spiritual in Twentieth-Century Art.

  • Researcher

    • 1994 - 1995

    • Conducted archival research for project documenting the Art in Architecture Program of the General Services Administration.

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  Baumgartner Gallery

  • Washington D.C.

  • Gallery Assistant

    • May 1995 - Aug 1995
    • Washington D.C.

    • Updated in-house procedure manual, provided client and artist services, processed invoices, coordinated art shipments and managed office operations.