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NEMA Board of Directors

Colleagues are elected by the membership to serve on the NEMA Board. NEMA members know that these colleagues are just an email or phone call away. They are committed to serving the museum community in the New England region.

Anyone wishing to stand for election or wishing to recommend a colleague, we'd love to hear from you.

Please note that the following information is not intended for solicitation purposes. All solicitations will be viewed upon unfavorably. If you are interested in contacting the NEMA membership please call the NEMA office at 781-641-0013.

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President
2006-2008
Kent dur Russell
CEO & Curator
Museum of Russian Icons
203 Union Street
Clinton, MA 01510
Tel: 978-598-5005
Email: kentrussell (at) rusiconusa.org

First Vice President
2006-2008
Gail Nessell Colglazier
Executive Director
American Independence Museum
One Governors Lane
Exeter, NH 03833
Tel: 603-772-2622
Email: gcolglazier (at) independencemuseum.org
Vice President
2006-2008
Joshua Basseches
Chief Operating Officer
Peabody Essex Museum
East India Square
Salem, MA 01970
Telephone: 978-745-9500 x3032
Email: Josh_Basseches (at) pem.org

Vice President
2006-2008
Susan L. Leidy
Deputy Director
Currier Museum of Art
201 Myrtle Way
Manchester, NH 03104
Tel: 603-669-6144 x106
Email: leidy (at) currier.org


Treasurer
2006-2008
Neil Gordon
Executive Vice President
Boston Children's Museum
300 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02210
Tel: 617-426-6500
Email: gordon (at) bostonkids.org
Secretary
2006-2008
Susan Funk
Vice President for Education and Public Programs
Mystic Seaport
Box 6000
Mystic, CT 06355-0990
Tel: 860-572-5333
Email: susan.funk (at) mysticseaport.org


Professional Affinity Group Representatives
Registrars; Conservators; College & University Museums
2005-2008
Emmie Donadio
Chief Curator
Middlebury College Museum of Art
Middlebury College
Middlebury, VT 05753-6177
Telephone: 802-443-2240
Email: donadio (at) middlebury.edu


Curators; Exhibits; Independent Museum Professionals; Library and Archives
2007-2010
Ron Potvin
Assistant Director and Curator
John Nicholas Brown Center
Box 1880 Brown University
Providence RI 02912
Telephone: 401-863-1177
Email: ronald_potvin (at) brown.edu

Children's Museums; Education; HR and Volunteer Management
2007-20010
Kay Simpson
Director of Education & Institutional Advancement
Springfield Museums
220 State Street
Springfield, MA 01103
Telephone: 413-263-6800 x376
Email: ksimpson (at) springfieldmuseums.org
Administration, Facilities and Services; Historic Site Management; Membership, Devel., PR & Marketing
2006-2009
Scott Stevens
Executive Director
Old York Historical Society
PO Box 312
York, ME 03909
Tel: 207-363-4974
Email: director (at) oldyork.org

At-Large Representatives
2007-2010
Michelle Stahl
Executive Director
Peterborough Historical Society
PO Box 58, 19 Grove Street
Peterborough, NH 03458
Tel: 603-924-3235
Email: director (at) peterboroughhistory.org


2006-2009
Diane Kopec
Independent Museum Professional
Bar Harbor, ME
Tel: 207-288-9631
Email: drkopec (at) localnet.com
2007-2008
Anne von Stuelpnagel
Director of Exhibitions
Bruce Museum
1 Museum Drive
Greenwich, CT 06830
Tel: 203-869-6786 x335
Email: annevs (at) brucemuseum.org

 

State Representatives
Connecticut
2007-2009
Trudie Lamb Richmond
Director of Public Programs
Mashantucket Pequot Museum
110 Pequot Trail
PO Box 3180
Mashantucket, CT 06339-3180
Tel: 860-396-6862
Email: trichmond (at) mptn.org


New Hampshire
2007-2009
Funi Burdick
Executive Director
Canterbury Shaker Village, Inc.
288 Shaker Road
Canterbury, NH 03224
Telephone: 603-783-9511
Email: fburdick (at) shakers.org


Maine
2006-2009
Robert Wolterstorff
Director
Victoria Mansion
109 Danforth Street
Portland, ME 04101
Tel: 207-772-4841
Email: rwolterstorff (at) victoriamansion.org


Rhode Island
2006-2009
Pieter Roos
Executive Director
Newport Restoration Foundation
51 Touro Street
Newport, RI 02840
Tel: 401-849-7300
Email: pieter (at) newportrestoration.org
Massachusetts
2005-2008
Ellie Donovan
Associate Director, Retail
Plimoth Plantation
PO Box 1620
Plymouth, MA 02362-1620
Tel: 508-746-1622 x 8362
Email: edonovan (at) plimoth.org
Vermont
2007-20010
Phelan Reed Fretz
Executive Director
ECHO at the Leahy Center for Lake Champlain
1 College Street
Burlington, VT 05401
Tel: 802-864-1848 x126
Email: pfretz (at) echovermont.org


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