Mentor: Ashley Gardner
1. What is your job title? Executive Director
What are your main duties and responsibilities?
I am responsible for managing and operating all facets of the museum. This includes: marketing, program development, member and donor management, volunteer outreach and management, financial management, board communications and management, facilities management. In other words, everything do to with keeping the museum running and open to the public.
2. How did you end up doing the job that you do?
I joined the Board of Directors in 2002 and stepped into the Director's role in 2007 when we lost our current director.
3. Is there anything you wish you'd realized about the world of work when you were my age?
That learning does not always take place in school alone. The world itself is the best classroom ever and that every experience, good and bad, can teach us important things.
4. What is the purpose of this organization?
To inspire and educate about the experiences, accomplishments and contributions of women.
5. What does it take to be successful in this organization?
A sense of humor, a willingness to do anything, to be a team player, to be flexible and to have fun.
1. What is your job title? Executive Director
What are your main duties and responsibilities?
I am responsible for managing and operating all facets of the museum. This includes: marketing, program development, member and donor management, volunteer outreach and management, financial management, board communications and management, facilities management. In other words, everything do to with keeping the museum running and open to the public.
2. How did you end up doing the job that you do?
I joined the Board of Directors in 2002 and stepped into the Director's role in 2007 when we lost our current director.
3. Is there anything you wish you'd realized about the world of work when you were my age?
That learning does not always take place in school alone. The world itself is the best classroom ever and that every experience, good and bad, can teach us important things.
4. What is the purpose of this organization?
To inspire and educate about the experiences, accomplishments and contributions of women.
5. What does it take to be successful in this organization?
A sense of humor, a willingness to do anything, to be a team player, to be flexible and to have fun.
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