Professional Experience
Executive Director, Long Beach Museum of Art, February 2008 to present.
Interim Executive Director, Long Beach Museum of Art, November 2006 to February 2008.
Director of Development, Long Beach Museum of Art, July 2005 to November 2006.
Curator of important Southern Californian private collection. Collection focus: works by early
Southern Californian artists. Collection also includes sculpture, ceramics, decorative arts, antiques and furnishings.
Torrance Art Museum, Juror Annual Invitational Art Exhibition, August, 2009
Co-curator About Face: Portraiture Now, Long Beach Museum of Art, October 26, 2007
Curator, Art Auction X, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California, May 2003
Curator, Art Auction XI, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California, May 2005
Curator, Art Auction XII, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California, Sept. 2007
Juror, The 23 Annual Norman Gottlieb Art Show and Competition, Long Beach, California, January
2006
Director of Development and Exhibition Design, Exhibit Q Exhibitions “Glow: Bioluminescence”,
“CSI: Crime Scene Insects”, 2003-2005
Owner of a successful Southern California gallery, custom framing and design business for 12 years.

Education
Bachelor of Arts, Fine Art Major, Art History Minor, 1975, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma,
Washington

Related Professional/Community Activities
Moderator, California Association of Museum Annual Conference, Marketing to Diverse Audiences, Long Beach, 2006
Los Angeles County Arts Commission, Large institution grants panel, Los Angeles, CA, December 2007

Professional Memberships
American Association of Museums
California Association of Museums
Association of Fundraising Professionals (APF)
Art Museum Development Association