The AGB Museum of Art

In three years, I experienced a lifetime’s worth of change. I navigated a post-pandemic shift from a community museum to an academic-hybrid model, helped managed marketing communications during a multimillion-dollar expansion, and steered the ship through two rebrandings following a name change that—to put it lightly—faced significant community backlash. Along the way, we lost our Chief Curator and Executive Director, eventually transitioning fully into a local private college under new leadership.

It was overwhelming, but our small team remained resilient. We built impactful campaigns, curated major exhibitions, launched branded retail lines, and even piloted an all-student design team.

My Favorite Part

By leveraging our new college affiliation, I tapped into the Departments of Communication and Visual Arts to recruit a copywriting intern and four designers.

This was a highlight for me because it allowed me to experiment with new organizational structures and creative direction. More importantly, it gave me the space to coach and mentor students in a high-stakes, real-world setting.

At the end of the day, nothing is more meaningful to me than building a team. Bringing people together, aligning them with a shared mission, and fostering an environment for growth is the most powerful creative engine one can build.