Engagement & Collections Manager, Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs, State of Delaware

(August 2021-Present)

• Manage a team of curatorial, collections, and exhibit professionals 

• Oversee the proper management and engagement of historic, archeological, architectural, and artistic collections held by the state of Delaware

• Run day to day operations of the Center for Material Culture (curatorial facility)

• Oversee and run special projects related to the collections and engagement of the collections

• Chair of the Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion Strategic Planning Committee and the Stewardship Strategic Planning Committee

• Led on the Disaster Preparedness Committee and Race & Equity Committee

• Member of the Employee Recognition Committee, Newsletter Committee, and LT. Governor's LGBTQ+ Community Leaders Group

• Participate in grant writing and internal event planning

• Oversee financials related to the collections and exhibits

• Developed and currently manages “LGBTQ+ History of Delaware: We Have Always Been Here”, an online resource and ongoing oral history and research project to tell the history of an underrepresented community

• Supervise the "Nassau School Project," an oral history project focused on collecting and preserving the history of #198C

• Main contributor on the new John Dickinson Plantation Visitor Center exhibit including label writing, label editing, and layout and construction consultation

• Develop trainings for internal staff, external humanities partners, and the public

Program Coordinator, Museum Studies Program, University of Delaware

(October 2017-July 2021)

• Advise graduate and undergraduate students through the Museum Studies Program and the University of Delaware

• Coordinate and supervise internships for Museum Studies students, including training supervisors

• Manage outreach to the Mid-Atlantic museum community

• Teach the undergraduate Professional Development course

• Organize and run the annual Collections AID service project (Formerly Collections SWAT Team) including training students and small museum staff to use PastPerfect and collections best practices

• Run day to day operation of the program including supervising Graduate Assistants

• Manage the programs websites and social media platforms

Internship Coordinator, History Department, University of Delaware 

(October 2017-June 2021)  

• Develop relationships with organizations to hosts student interns, including training supervisors

• Coordinate internships for students, including overhauling and strengthening the Stewart Internship Program

• Work with History faculty and staff on funding strategies for student interns

Program Committee Chair, Delaware Museum Association                                         (June 2021-present)

• Help lead programming initiatives with the volunteer board members, community partners, and new staff person

Secretary, Delaware Museum Association                                                                     (May 2020-May 2021)

• Maintain organizational minutes

• Coordinate memberships

• Help coordinate events and annual meetings

• Develop, design, and organize social media marketing and website maintenance

Administrator, Delaware Museum Association                                                      (October 2017-December 2019)

• Coordinated an annual one-day conference (annual Meeting) and 6+ yearly workshops and networking events

• Coordinated mailings and marketing strategies

• Act as Secretary until a new Secretary is appointed. (September 2019- May 2020)

Greenbank Mills and Phillips Farm                                                            

(May 2019-February 2022)

• Secretary of the Board of Directors  (June 2019-February 2022)

  • Maintain organizational minutes, create/update organizational documents

• Focus on Collections Management, Development, Historic Preservation, Strategic Planning, and Board Development

Museum Director, The 1890 House Museum                                                             (March 2016-September 2017)

• Chief Executive in charge of day-to-day operations, grant writing and fundraising, educational programming, events, collections management, visitor experience, exhibitions, preservation

• Managed assistant staff members, volunteers, and internship participants

• Cultivated community involvement and acting as the face of the Museum

• Maintained the annual budget

• Helped with board development and created board reporting system

• Created a new Collections Policy and Internship Program for the institution​

Small Museum Association

• Speaker and Accessibility Coordinator on the 2018 Conference Committee.

• Presenting on Mental Health in Museums in February 2023

• Presented on Diversity in Small Museums in February 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2023

• Presented on Developing Internship Programs in Small Museums in February 2020

Intern, Upper Bay Museum                                                                                         (Summer 2014–August 2015)

• Collections and educational programming intern at local waterman’s museum.

• Created a traveling trunk and other educational programming.

• Managed data-entry for collections items into PastPerfect4