Bellarmine Museum, Thomas J. Walsh Art Gallery, CT

Linda Wolk-Simon, Ph.D appointed director and university curator.

Boston Children's Museum, MA

Alexander Goldowsky appointed senior vice president of exhibits & programs.

ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center, Leahy Center for Lake Champlain

Ryan Daudelin appointed development associate; Jessie Forand appointed communications coordinator; Shannon Kane appointed environmental exhibit specialist; Noella Krakowski  appointed science education specialist after serving as a lead camp teacher and part-time science education specialist; Karen LaBelle appointed accounting associate and Chris Whitaker appointed facilities and exhibits specialist.

Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, MA

Ellen Keiter appointed chief curator.

Harvard Art Museums, MA

Tom Lentz has announced he will be stepping down as director on July 1. The announcement comes after last fall’s launch of the new museum, designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop.

Harvard Art Museums, MA

Narayan Khandekar appointed director of the Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies at the Harvard Art Museums. Khandekar has been senior conservation scientist in the Straus Center’s analytical laboratory since 2001.

Historic Deerfield, Inc., MA

Christine Ritok appointed associate curator.

Historic Newton, MA

Lisa Dady appointed executive director.

Hull Lifesaving Museum, MA

Peter Wild appointed executive director.

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, MA

Anne Hawley has announced that she will be step down as the museum's director at the end of the year. She has been with the museum for 25 years.

Maine Historical Society

Kate McBrien appointed chief curator. Kate is currently a NEMA Board Member

Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Co. & Museum, ME

Executive director, Donnell Carroll, was recently honored by his hometown of Gray with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the town’s annual appreciation dinner in December.

Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center, CT

Jason Mancini appointed executive director.

Mystic Arts Center, CT

Executive Director, Karen N. Barthelson, has announced she will be retiring in early in 2015. Barthelson has been MAC Executive Director for the past eight years. She has been with MAC for the past seventeen years beginning in May of 1998 and served in various positions including Director of Exhibitions and Collections before accepting the position as Executive Director in 2006.

Mystic Seaport, CT

Elysa Engelman promoted to director of exhibits.

New England Foundation for the Arts

Cathy Edwards appointed executive director. 

New England Museum Association

Meg Winikates appointed membership and advocacy manager.

New London County Historical Society, CT

Edward Baker has retired as executive director and Steve Manuel has been appointed executive director. Kayla Correll appointed associate director.

Newport Restoration Foundation, RI

Margot McIlwain Nishimura, Ph.D., appointed deputy director collections, programming and public engagement, a newly created position for the Foundation.

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, CT

Susan L. Talbott has announced she will be retiring as director this fall, after the completion of a $33 million renovation that she has overseen.