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Abbe Museum, ME

Betsy Richards appointed Executive Director and Senior Partner with Wabanaki Nations.

Berkshire Museum, MA

Kimberley Bush Tomio appointed executive director.

Bruce Museum, CT

Carolyn Hamrak appointed chief financial officer.

Clark Art Institute, MA

Esther Bell, who currently serves as the Robert and Martha Berman Lipp Chief Curator, has been promoted to Deputy Director.

Clark Art Institute, MA

Andrea Puccio appointed director of the Clark Art Institute’s library.

Colby College Museum of Art, ME

Erica Wall appointed director of the Lunder Institute for American Art.

Concord Museum, MA

Lisa Krassner appointed Edward W. Kane Executive Director.

The Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate, MA

Adam G. Hinds appointed chief executive officer and executive director.

Fleming Museum of Art, VT

Director Janie Cohen will retire at the end of September after 31 years. Janie was a former board president of NEMA.

Hancock Shaker Village, MA

Nathaniel Silver appointed Executive Director and CEO.

Harvard Art Museums, MA

Ayşin Yoltar-Yıldırım appointed Norma Jean Calderwood Curator of Islamic and Later Indian Art, effective October 3, 2022.

Housatonic Museum of Art, CT

Jennifer Reynolds-Kaye, Ph. D. appointed director.

Gibson House Museum, MA

Meghan Gelardi Holmes, Curator was selected to attend AASLH's History Leadership Institute in June of 2022, with a cohort of history museum professionals from around the country.

Gunn Historical Museum, CT

Amy Campanaro appointed curator.

Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site, MA

Archivist Kate Hanson Plass has been named the winner of the 2021 National Park Service Appleman-Judd-Lewis Award for Cultural Resource Specialist. The Appleman-Judd-Lewis Awards recognize expertise and outstanding contributions to cultural resource stewardship and management by employees of the National Park Service. It's a big honor, and Kate's the sole Cultural Resource Specialist recipient this year across the entire National Park Service. 

Maine Maritime Museum

Chris Timm appointed executive director.

Mead Art Museum at Amherst College, MA

Siddhartha V. Shah appointed director starting November 15.

Museums on the Green, Falmouth Historical Society, MA

Rachel L. Lovett appointed executive director.

Moffatt-Ladd House & Garden, NH

Erica McAvoy appointed executive director.

Museum of Russian Icons, MA

Simon Morsink appointed executive director.

Museum of Russian Icons, MA

Founding Director Kent dur Russell and former NEMA President, retired in May of 2022 after more than sixteen years at the museum.

Pilgrim Hall Museum, MA

Denise A. LeBlanc appointed major gifts and grants officer.

Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA)

Lynne McCormack appointed executive director.

Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library, MA

Stacey Fraser appointed Assistant Curator of Collections and Exhibitions.

Strawbery Banke Museum, NH

President and CEO Lawrence J. Yerdon has announced his plans to retire from the museum in January 2023. He is also a former board president of NEMA.

Taft Museum of Art, OH

Rebekah "Becky" Beaulieu (current NEMA board member) appointed president and CEO. Beaulieu was most recently the director of the Florence Griswold Museum.

The Trustees, MA

Pilar Garro (former NEMA board member) appointed director of deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum.

Whistler House Museum of Art, MA

David Gain appointed Curatorial and Programs Manager.