People: Comings and Goings
New Jobs & Positions
Last updated February 2020
Alabama
Danny Owen, Director of Communications, Huntsville Museum of Art
Arizona
Jillian Nakornthap, Exhibits Curator, Chandler Museum
California
Emily M. Talbot, Chief Curator, Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena
Kelly McKinley, CEO, Bay AreaChief Curator Discovery Museum, Sausalito
Colorado
Heather Nielsen, Chief Learning and Engagement Officer, Denver Art Museum
Melora McDermott, Chief of Audience Engagement Strategy, Denver Art Museum
Florida
Vanessa Scott, Museum Specialist, Appleton Museum of Art, College of Central Florida, Ocala
Hawaii
E. Tory Laitila, Curator of Textiles and Fashion, Honolulu Museum of Art
Iowa
Jim Miller, Vice President of Development & Marketing, National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library, Cedar Rapids
Meredith Hines-Dochterman, Director of Marketing & Communications, National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library, Cedar Rapids
Kansas
Crystal Bauer, Manager, Center for the History of Family Medicine, Leawood
Massachusetts
Brian J. Howard, Executive Director, North Andover Historical Society
Mike Travis, Vice President of Development, Boston Children’s Museum
Sarah Laursen, Alan J. Dworsky Associate Curator of Chinese Art, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge
Maine
Christopher Newell, Executive Director & Senior Partner with Wabanaki Nations, Abbe Museum, Bar Harbor
New York
Peter Bagrov, Curator in Charge of the Moving Image Department, George Eastman Museum, Rochester
North Carolina
Beth Warren, Retail Manager, Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Winston-Salem
Pennsylvania
Sam Moore, Director of Guest Operations, National Aviary, Pittsburgh
Stacie Brennan, Curator of Education, Lehigh University Art Galleries, Bethlehem
Tennessee
Warren Denney, Vice President of Creative Services, Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, Nashville
Texas
Scott Winterrowd, Director, Sid Richardson Museum, Fort Worth
Virginia
Christy Coleman, Executive Director, Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, Williamsburg
Annie Pardo, Director, National Museum of the Marine Corps, Triangle
Washington, D.C.
Dr. Benjamin Filene, Associate Director of Curatorial Affairs, Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History
Tricia Edwards, Deputy Director, Smithsonian Affiliations
British Columbia
Carla Bitter, Vice President of Learning & Programming, Science World, British Columbia, Vancouver
Puerto Rico
Marina Reyes Franco, Curator, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Puerto Rico, San Juan
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