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Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library , Winterthur, Delaware (1980–Present)

Director, Library, Collections Management and Academic Programs (December 2004–present)
Oversee all operations relating to the Academic areas of Winterthur, including the two graduate programs, Research fellowship program, as well as the Registrar’s office. Faculty Member, Winterthur Program in Early American Culture (WPEAC).

Deputy Director, Public Programs (October 2000–January 2004)
Oversee all areas of the visitor experience at Winterthur. Areas of responsibility include: Visitor Services; Research and Interpretation; School and Family Services; Adult Continuing Education; Changing Exhibition program; Major and Corporate Events. Manage 140 full- and part-time employees with 6 direct reports. Prepare and oversee $4.1 million budget. Responsible for the generation of $2.7 million in operating revenue per year. Lead divisional Strategic Planning initiative. Conduct cost/benefit analyses of all major programs. Report regularly to Board of Trustees on attendance, revenue, and programming initiatives. Member of Board/Staff Financial Planning task force.

Additional activities include:

• Curator, Life at Winterthur: Henry Francis du Pont’s American Country Estate. Selected to curate Winterthur’s 50 th anniversary exhibition (on view September 2001 to May 2002). In conjunction with exhibition, developed and conducted training on Winterthur’s history for staff and Board of Trustees. Also curator of subsequent exhibition, The Winterthur Story (currently on view), based on this popular display.
• Adjunct Faculty member, University of Delaware, Winterthur Program in Early American Culture Master’s Degree Program (WPEAC). Duties include serving on the WPEAC Executive Committee (since 1991), Instructor (since 1991), EAC 802: “Introduction to American Decorative Arts.” Instructor (spring 2004, 2005, 2006), Museum Studies 808, “Museum Education.” Supervise interns and serve as thesis advisor to students.
• Head of Visitor Research Team: Publish and present at conferences and research seminars on results.
• Principal author on major Winterthur publications, review and write labels for the exhibition program; review and revise manuscripts for Publications Department.
• Promote Winterthur in the press and electronic media; lecture nationally on various topics related to Winterthur.

Director, Education, Public Programs & Visitor Service (May 1993–September 2000)
Provided oversight of the visitor experience at Winterthur, including tour and program development and implementation, ticket sales, and reception. Managed the preparation and administration of $2.2 million budget. Supervised 125 full- and part-time staff.

Additional activities included:

• Founded the Education Research Team, devoted to studying how visitors learn in museum settings.
• Chair of 1993 Winterthur Conference, “Perspectives on a Past”
• Developed major programming initiatives, including Connoisseurship Series, summer children’s series, and various lecture series.

Associate Curator of Education (1990–1993)
Curator in charge of training, including college and continuing education programs, Winter Institute and Summer Institute, and all guide training.

Additional activities included:

• Director, $350,000 National Endowment for the Humanities grants to research and write A Handbook for Winterthur Interpreters
• Education Curator assigned to the National Endowment for the Humanities planning and implementation grants for the Perspectives on the Decorative Arts in Early America exhibition, Winterthur’s first permanent exhibition
• Chair, Staff Representative Committee
• Chair, Winterthur’s first Multicultural Committee

Assistant Curator of Education (1986–1990)
Curator in charge of training, including college and continuing education programs, Winter Institute and Summer Institute, and all guide training.

Additional responsibilities included:

• Co-Curator of exhibitions: Winterthur in Spring (1987 and 1988), Yuletide at Winterthur (1988 and 1989), Visitor’s Choice (1988)
• Curator in Charge of New Tours: developed, implemented, and evaluated first major change in Winterthur Museum’s tour structure, resulting in 50 percent increase in tour capacities
• Wrote portions of and edited major training manuals for Yuletide 1988, Yuletide 1989, Diverse Nation Tour, Craftsmanship Tour, and American Interiors Tour
• Editor of GuideLines, the Education Division Newsletter
• Member of Staff Representative Committee

Program Assistant (1984–1986)

Assistant Editor, GuideLines
Edited Winterthur in Spring and Two Centuries Tour manuals

Guide (1980–1984)

• Interpreted Winterthur’s collection for visitors
• Graduate of Winterthur’s Summer Institute, 1981
• Completed special-subject tour training on federal furniture, 1984

Business Environment Risk Index, Newark , Delaware (1977–1979)

Research Associate

• Researched and wrote in-depth economic reports for corporate clients.
• Supervised four research assistants
• Interviewed international corporate personnel, embassy officials, and members of United States Departments of Commerce and State
• Coordinated and administered international seminars and conferences

Suffolk University , Boston, Massachusetts (1968–1969)

Instructor in Western Civilization, I and II

Yale University , New Haven, Connecticut

• Masters of Philosophy in history, 1968
• Passed oral and written exams for Ph.D.
• Thesis topic: The Prerogative of Mercy, 1475–1509
• Gilbert Kinney Memorial Fellow, University Scholar

University of California , Berkeley

• Masters of Art in history, 1965
• Thesis: Thomas Cromwell and the Council of Henry VIII, 1528–1532
• Tuition remission scholarship

University Of Wisconsin , Madison, Wisconsin

• Bachelor of Science, 1964
• Major in history; minors in art history and English

Continuing Education

• Museum Management Institute (now Getty Leadership Institute), 1996
• Management of Museums, Museum Studies 801, 1981

American Association of Museums

• Chair (2006-7) and Board Member (since 2003), Standing Professional Committee on Museum Professional Training
• Member, Education Committee

Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums

IMLS – grant reviewer

Editorial Board, Collections (New publication of American Association of State and Local History)

 Guide to Winterthur , Winterthur, Del.: Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, (2005)

The Winterthur Guide to Recognizing Styles in Your Collection , Winterthur Decorative Arts Series. Winterthur, Del.: Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, 2001.

With Rosemary Krill, Early American Decorative Arts, 1620–1860: A Handbook for Historic House Interpreters. Walnut Creek, Calif.: Alta Mira Press with Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library, 2001

With Tracey Beck and Kimberly Meisten, KiDS! 200 Years of Childhood. Winterthur, Del.: Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, 1999.

Discover the Winterthur Period Rooms. Winterthur, Del.: Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, 1998

With Kathryn Head, Discover the Winterthur Estate. Winterthur, Del.: Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, 1998

With Tracey Beck, Rosemary Krill, Edwina Michael, Beth Twiss-Garrity, “Material Culture as Text: Review and Reform of the Literacy Model for Interpretation,” in American Material Culture: The Shape of the Field Winterthur, Del.: Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, 1997.

“Seeking Style: Historic Houses and the American Public,” Whitehall Lectures, Henry Morrison Flagler Museum, 1996

A Handbook for Winterthur Interpreters: A Multidisciplinary Analysis of the Winterthur Collection. Winterthur , Del.: Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, 1992. Funded by a National Endowment for the Humanities grant.

Winterthur : A Portrait. Winterthur , Del.: Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, 1991.

Professional Presentations:

“What to Expect When Expecting Museum Training,” Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums Annual Meeting, October, 2005
“Museum Leadership: The Next Generation,” Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums Annual Meeting, October, 2005
“Excellence in Interpretation” Keynote address, Southeast Docent Conference, Laurel, Mississippi, October, 2004
“Building Teams in a Nonprofit World,” Staff training, The Hartford Foundation, Hartford, Connecticut, May, 2004
“Learning to Look: The Federal style in America,” Park House Guide Training, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2000
Chair, Program Session, “What we do with what we learn,” American Association of Museums Annual Meeting, Cleveland, Ohio, 1999
“Excellence in Interpretation,” The Frederick Historic Sites Consortium, Fredericksburg, Maryland, 1999
Presenter, “Learning how Visitors Learn” Research Forum, The Educational Impact of Museums on Visitors and its implications for Interpretive Methods, American Association of Museums Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, California, 1998
Co-Moderator, “Excellence and Equity and the Visitor Experience,” Philadelphia Museum Council, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1997
“Learning about Learning,” Docent training, The Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas, 1997
Chair, Program Session, “The Ghosts of Founder’s Past,” American Association of Museums Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1996
Panelist, Museum Educator’s Roundtable, “Learning How Visitors Learn at Winterthur,” Washington, D.C. 1996
Chair, Program Session, “Learning How Visitors Learn”, American Association of Museums, Annual Meeting, 1995, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
“Excellence in Interpretation,” Guide Training for Historic Annapolis and Londontown Restoration (with Winterthur Educators), Annapolis, Maryland, 1995
“Excellence in Interpretation,” (with Winterthur educators), Mid Atlantic Association of Museums Annual Meeting, Annapolis, Maryland, 1994
“Can You Really Read an Object?” New York State Council on the Arts, Research Forum, New York, New York, 1993
Chair, Program Session “Can You Really Read an Object,” Mid Atlantic Association of Museums, Annual Meeting, Wilmington, Delaware,1992
“Creating Historically Accurate Holiday Tours,” Historic Charleston Foundation Conference, Charleston, South Carolina, 1992

Lectures:
“Evidence of Early-American Home Life: Henry Francis du Pont and the Winterthur Period Rooms,” The Museum and the American Period Rooms Conference, Philadelphia Museum of Art, September, 2005
“Henry Francis du Pont: Building the Winterthur Collection,” Houston Museum of Fine Arts (Bayou Bend), Houston, Texas, 2003
“Life at Winterthur: Henry Francis du Pont’s American Country Estate,” Denver Antiques Show, Denver, Colorado, 2003
“Life at Winterthur: Henry Francis du Pont’s American Country Estate,” Palm Beach Woman’s Club, Palm Beach Florida, 2003
“H.F. du Pont as Decorator,” Winterthur’s Decorative Arts series, Winterthur, Delaware, 2002
“Furnishing Chestertown House” Sotheby’s Celebrates Winterthur Lecture Series, New York, NY, 2001
“Furnishing Chestertown House,” Winterthur Lecture Series, October, Winterthur, Delaware, 2001
“Life at Winterthur: Henry Francis du Pont’s American Country Estate, 1901-1951,” Board of Trustee meeting, Winterthur, Delaware, 2001
“Creating Winterthur,” Winterthur’s Collector’s Circle Weekend, Winterthur, Delaware, 2000
“If Objects Could Talk,” Northern Indiana Center for History, South Bend, Indiana, 2000
“KiDS! 200 years of Childhood,” The Frederick Historic Site Consortium, Fredericktown, Maryland Foundation, 1999
“Introduction to Winterthur’s History and Collections,” Christie’s American Art course, Wilmington, Delaware, 1999
“Chestertown: H. F. du Pont’s Other Museum, “ Winterthur’s Collector’s Circle Weekend, Winterthur, Delaware, 1999
“Style in the Eighteenth-Century,” The American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1998
“Seeking Style: Historic Houses and the American Public” Winterthur Guild Seminar, Winterthur, Delaware, 1997
“Seeking Style: Historic Houses and the American Public” Whitehall Lecture Series, Flagler Museum, Palm Beach, Florida, 1996
“The Meaning in Objects, The Meaning of Objects,” The Wayside Inn, Sudbury, Massachusetts, 1996
“ Winterthur: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow” Palo Alto Garden Club, Palo Alto, California, 1994
“Period Rooms in Perspective,” Decorative Arts Trust Annual Meeting, Winterthur, Delaware, 1993
“Introducing Style” Delaware Technical and Community College, Georgetown, Delaware, 1992
“Yuletide at Winterthur,” J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky, 1991
“Yuletide at Winterthur” Minneapolis Museum of Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1990

Read-Aloud Delaware (1986–1992)
President (1987 and 1989–1991). Organization devoted to preventing illiteracy through reading aloud to preschool children.

Project Blueprint (1991)
Founding member of United Way organization designed to recruit, train, and place minority volunteers on boards; served on program subcommittee.