Experience

• Employment History

The Stillwater History Museum at the Sheerar, Stillwater, Oklahoma, Executive Director, September 2019 through December 2024
Har-Ber Village Museum, Grove, Oklahoma, Executive Director, January 2012 through August 2019
19th Century Willowbrook Village, Newfield, Maine, Director, 2003-2011
Southern Oregon Historical Society, Medford, Oregon, Programs Director 1990-2003

• Professional Experience/Knowledge/Skills

Proper care and preservation of historic buildings, documents, photographs, textiles, and other artifacts
Development and implementation of strategic plans
Oversight of staff, college interns, and volunteers
Procedure manual and policies development
Budget development and management
Successful grant writer
Exhibit development
Collections management, including data entry in PastPerfect and Excel

• Professional Memberships

• Professional Development and Accomplishments

30+ years of experience in museum education and programming; 28 years in senior management.
Grove Tourism Bureau board member 2015-2019
Green Country (OK) Marketing Association board member 2013-2016
Newfield (ME) Historical Society board member 2004-2011
Maine Archives and Museums board member 2005-2010
Past IMLS grant peer reviewer
Collections care and educational program consultant to Maine volunteer-run historical societies
I attend professional museum conferences at the state and national levels when I can, and have presented at state conferences

• Other

Passion for authentic history, helping others to make personal connections with the past
Creative, energetic, curious, quick learner
Sense of humor, an optimist, a self-starter, a hands-on multitasker, flexible
Strong planning and organizational skills
Know when to take charge and when to delegate
Interest in and working knowledge of 19th-century domestic arts, including crafts, food, sewing, period clothing, heirloom vegetables
Extensive reader
Fascination with discovering how things work

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