Addison Gallery of Art, MA

Gordon Wilkins appointed Robert M. Walker Associate Curator of American Art.

American Alliance of Museums

Rebekah Beaulieu appointed a new AAM Accreditation Commissioner.

Bangor Historical Society, ME

Michael Melochick appointed executive director, replacing Melissa Gerety, who resigned last fall.

Berkshire Museum, MA

Jeff Rodgers appointed executive director, starting in his new role April 1. David Ellis, who has served as interim executive director, will work with Rodgers through a transition period. Van Shields announced his retirement from the museum last June.

Buttonwoods Museum, MA

Melissa Drake appointed program coordinator.

Canterbury Shaker Village, NH

Maggie Stier appointed interim director, replacing Susan Bennett. Stier served as director of marketing and development previously.

Cape Ann Museum, MA

Oliver Barker appointed director. Barker, who begins on April 1, will take the reins from Ronda Faloon, who announced her retirement after serving as executive director since 2006.

Connecticut Historical Society

Robert Kret, former director of the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe, NM, appointed CEO.

Fairfield University Art Museum, CT

Carey Mack Weber appointed the Frank and Clara Meditz Executive Director after serving as assistant director.

Gibson House Museum, MA

Curator Meghan Gelardi Holmes has been selected to participate in a working group on "Making Radical Repairs: How to Tell an Inclusive Story When Your Collections Are Stuck in the Past" at the National Council on Public History's annual conference to be held in Hartford. The group will develop a list of recommendations for fellow public historians.

Greenwich Historical Society, CT

Anonymous donors endowed a position to be named the Debra L. Mecky Executive Director and CEO, a position which Debra Mecky currently holds.

Harvard Art Museums, MA

Melanie Sheffield appointed chief development officer.

Heritage Museums & Gardens, MA

Anne Scott-Putney of Claremont, CA, appointed President & CEO.

Historic Deerfield, MA

Daniel S. Sousa appointed assistant curator.

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, MA

Michelle Grohe appointed Esther Stiles Eastman Curator of Education.

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, MA

Holly Salmon appointed the John L. and Susan K. Gardner Director of Conservation. She was previously the museum’s Senior Objects Conservator.

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, MA

Nathaniel Silver appointed William and Lisa Poorvu Curator of the Collection.

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

Makeeba McCreary appointed the first ever chief of learning and community engagement.

Mystic Museum of Art, CT

V. Susan Fisher appointed executive director.

New Art Center, MA

Emily O’Neil appointed executive director.

New England Air Museum, CT

Deborah Reed appointed executive director. She is the first female executive director in the museum’s six decades of operation.

New England Carousel Museum, CT

Morgan Urgo appointed director.

Old North Church & Historic Site, MA

Mary-Liz Murray appointed marketing manager.

Patton Homestead, MA

Kaleigh Paré appointed the first director.

Peabody Essex Museum, MA

Brian Kennedy appointed Eijk van Otterloo Executive Director and CEO, who will begin his new position on July 15, 2019. Kennedy takes over from Dan Monroe, who served in the position for 25 years.

Preservation Society of Newport, RI

Leslie B. Jones appointed director of museum affairs and chief curator.

RISD Museum, RI

Wai Yee Chiong appointed assistant curator of Asian and Islamic art.

RISD Museum, RI

Tayana Fincher appointed the Nancy Prophet Fellow.

RISD Museum, RI

Kimia Rahnavardi appointed the Henry Luce Foundation Curatorial Fellow.

RISD Museum, RI

Carson Evans appointed the digital media fellow.

Roger Williams University, RI

Ioannis (Yannis) Miaoulis appointed President of the university, effective August. Miaoulis transformed the Museum of Science in Boston into an institution of national and international prominence. He also served as the youngest-ever dean of the College of Engineering at Tufts University.

Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, MA

Ruth Estévez appointed senior curator-at-large.

Rotch-Jones-Duff House and Museum, MA

Jessica Brodeaur appointed membership and events coordinator.