2024 Museum GPS Level 3B


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8/29/2022 9:00:00 AM

2024 Museum GPS Level 3B

2024


Teri Abstein

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Panelists (5)

Canon, Sara

  • County: Hillsborough County

Bio:

County: Hillsborough

Bio

  • Executive Director, Museum of Photographic Arts, Tampa, Florida
  • Previous, cofounder and Director of Gallery Art Factory, Prague, Czech Republic; and Founder and Director; Open Concept Gallery, Grand Rapids Michigan
  • Ph.D., Education, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic 

Robinson, Grace

  • County: Gadsden County

Bio:

County: Gadsden

Bio

  • Executive Director, Gadsden Arts, Quincy, Florida
  • Previously, Education Director, Vero Beach Museum of Art
  • 2014 Mid-Career Museum Professional, Florida Association of Museum
  • M.A., Art Education, University of Kentucky; B.F.A., Studio Art, Miami University

Affan, Howayda

  • County: Pinellas County

Bio:

County: Pinellas

Bio

  • Executive Director, Morean Art Center, St. Petersburg, Florida
  • Previously, Director of Development, Museum of Science & History; Assistant Director and Collections Manager & Assistant Curator, The Armenian Museum of America
  • M.A., Museum Studies, Harvard University

Matus, Julie

  • County: Pinellas County

Bio:

County: Pinellas

Bio

  • Director of Education & Public Programs, The James Museum of Western & Wildlife Art, St. Petersburg, Florida
  • Curator, Art Collection, St. Petersburg College Foundation; Director of Education, Tampa Bay History Center; Program Coordinator, Florida Humanities; and Education Program Coordinator, Florida Museum of Natural History
  • M.A., Museum Studies/Education and B.A., Anthropology, University of Florida

Kendrick, Melissa

  • County: Monroe County

Bio:

County: Monroe

Bio

  • President/CEO of the Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Society in Key West Florida, where she has been employed since 1991 and has served as special projects manager, CFO, COO, and interim director
  • Previously employed at Citibank as a bank officer in credit & finance
  • Immediate Past President of the Florida Association of Museums (FAM) and is a FAM representative to the IMLS funded Connecting to Collections Steering Committee and the IMLS funded Museums United 2 Steering Committee,  was Twice President of the KW Chamber of Commerce, 9 years on Key West Tourist Development Council (5 years as chairman), currently serves as the board chairman for Historic Florida Keys Foundation, and is a Steering Committee member for the National Association of State Museum Associations (NASMA).
  • B.S., Finance, New York University