2021 Museum GPS Level 2


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8/29/2019 9:00:00 AM

2021 Museum GPS Level 2

2021


Hope McMath

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Panelists (7)

Luisi, Vinnie

  • County: Pinellas County

Bio:

County: Pinellas

Bio

  • Executive Director, Dunedin Museum, Dunedin, Florida
  • Previously, Supervisor of the Nassau County Museum System, Curator, Tampa Bay History Museum 
  • Member of County Preservation Task Force and currently committee member, Past- President of the Florida Association of Museums, member of the Dunedin Historic Preservation task committee, and member of the Arts and Cultural Committee of Dunedin and served as the City Historian for over 15 years. 
  • Published several books on the History of Pinellas County, History of  Dunedin, Railroad History of Pinellas County, Baseball in Tampa Bay, and the New York Yankees the first 25 years.
  • M.A., Museum Studies, University of Denver and B.A., State University in Oneonta and Cooperstown, New York

    Wolfe Bell, Erin

    • County: Collier County

    Bio:

    County: Collier

    Bio

    • Director of Exhibitions, Naples Botanical Gardens, Naples, Florida
    • Previously, Director of Development Operations, Naples Botanical Gardens; Development Associate, Wolfsonian; and Manager of Collections, The History of the Diving Museum
    • Serves on the Florida Association of Museums Foundation Board
    • M.A., Museum Studies, Baylor University; B.A., Art History, Florida State University

     

    Wells, Martha

    • County: Manatee County

    Bio:

    County: Manatee

    Bio

     

    • Chief Community Engagement Officer, The Bishop Museum of Science and Nature (formerly South Florida Museum), Bradenton, Florida
    • Previously, Vice President for Communications, Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium; worked for  The Adler Planetarium, Shedd Aquarium and Chicago Zoological Society's Brookfield Zoo; and taught public relations at Columbia College Chicago
    • Past President, Southwest Florida Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals and Past President, Charitable Gift Planners of Southwest Florida

     

    Orzel, Robyn

    • County: Indian River County

    Bio:

    County: IndianRiver

    Bio

    • Director of Development/Associate Executive Director, Vero Beach Museum of Art, Vero Beach, Florida
    • Previously, Deputy Director for Resource Developement; The Dayton Art Institute; Annual Fund Officer, University of Dayton, and Development Director, Easter Seal Society of North Carolina
    • B.A., Communications, Wilkes University

    Okrent, Ellyn

    • County: Palm Beach County

    Bio:

    County: PalmBeach

    Bio

    • Executive Director, Children's Museum  and Executive Director, Florence Fuller Child Development Centers, Palm Beach, Florida
    • Previously, Director, Milagro Center
    • Received scholarship to attend 2014 Harvard Business School's two-week intensive, "Strategic perspectives in Nonprofit Management" and honored by Commonwealth Institute of South Florida as running one of the Top 10 Women-Led businesses in Florida in the nonprofit category (2014 & 2017)
    • B.S., Florida State University; Licenses Clinical Social Worker; and Nonprofit Management Certificate, Barry University

     

    Cole, Sarah

    • County: Hillsborough County

    Bio:

    County: Hillsborough

    Bio

    • CEO, Glazer Children’s Museum, Tampa, Florida
    • Previously, Vice President of Guest Experience, Adler Planetarium; Adjunct Instructor, Kent State University; Director of Visitor Experience – Natural History, Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh; and Director of Education, Glazer Children’s Museum
    • M.A., Museum Studies, Indiana University-Purdue University and B.S., Biology, Butler University

    Joseph, Samuel

    • County: Miami-Dade County

    Bio:

    County: MiamiDade

    Bio

    • Director of Advocacy, Brickell Homeowners Association and Chief Executive Officer, Urban Core Community Coalition, Miami
    • Previously, Interim Director, World Aids Museum; Consultant, Haitian Heritage Museum; Consultant, Miami Science Museum; Executive Director, America Scores Miami; Director of Education and Exhibits, Miami Children’s Museums; and Director of Education, Young at Art Children’s Museum
    • Served on Florida Association of Museums Board
    • B.S. Biology, Barry University