Director of Education
National Museum of the United States Navy
Total years of experience :23 years, 4 Months
Oversee all audience and program development and outreach for this major military history museum. This is the flagship museum of 14 Navy museums throughout the United States.
- supervise a staff of 3 museum educators
- oversee budget and grants acquisition
- develop and implement public programs for adults, families, teachers, students and other youth
- oversee and manage volunteers including docents and interns
- oversee external collaborations and partnerships
- attend and present at education related conferences
Oversee all audience and program development for the institution; guide programming objectives designed to explore themes and promote dialogues relevant to the historical southeast Washington community of Anacostia, and which expand on the broader definitions of urban communities regionally, nationally and internationally.
Supervise 3 education staff, education department adult volunteers, docents and interns.
Oversee museum/school partnership Museum Academy program—the only Smithsonian after-school program that runs continuously year-round with the same school; Co-PI on two federally-funded educational outreach programs totaling $300, 000.
Manage department budget of $200, 000 plus $300, 000 multi-year federal grant-funded outreach programs; author grant proposals and help Development Officer identify potential grant sources.
Manage program contractors, write contracts, track payments; draft Statements of Work; write MOUs.
Responsible for cultivating strategic collaborations and partnerships for educational programs.
Oversee the museum’s teen leadership program Youth Advisory Council (YAC).
Developed current education department strategic planning goals up through FY2017.
Report to the Museum Deputy Director.
Plan, develop, and execute outreach programs for the Division of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), the community outreach arm of the Saudi Aramco Corporation. Work involved extensive copy editing of English language text prepared by Saudi nationals, writing proposals for outreach programs targeting various audiences, and drafting various correspondence for upper management review; Project Manager for CSR's 5-year outreach partnership with SciTech, the science center of King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals.
Assisted educational programming team of the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture.
Oversaw the exhibits, education and outreach divisions for the museum; managed 12 staff. AhTahThiKi is the largest museum in the United States dedicated to collecting and preserving the history and culture of the Seminole sovereign nation through diverse exhibitions and programs. With a multi-million dollar operating budget the museum is a Smithsonian Affiliate, and was the first Tribal museum in the United States accredited by the American Association of Museums (AAM).
Oversaw all audience and program development and outreach for the museum.
Oversaw all audience and program development and outreach for the museum.
Oversaw all teacher, student, and family programs for the museum.
Interpreter for the Japan prototype exhibit "Tatami Room"