The Rose Art Museum

In 2010, I was invited to campus to survey the condition of the world renowned collection of post-war art at The Rose Art Museum, during a time when the majority of staff had been laid off and under threat of closure.  I was offered the role of collection manager and accepted the challenge, knowing the institution was in crisis. My immediate goal was to secure the facility and later to oversee a museum renovation. Concurrently, I received a Museum Assessment Grant, inviting outside museum leaders to evaluate the status of the museum's operations.  Later, I established the first collection management database for the collection, establishing critical intellectual control. I ascended to Deputy Director, then Interim Director, growing the staff from 3 people to 10, and improved all areas of operations, including increased income (over $100,000) and deeper integration with faculty and students at Brandeis University. In 2016, the Rose team received the ultimate nod from the art world by being awarded the commission to represent the United States at the 2017 Venice Biennale. My eight years at the Rose provided an incomparable learning experience.