From: "Monroe County Local History Room" <mclhr@centurytel.net> Subject: Press Release: WI FED OF MUSEUMS ADD JARROD ROLL TO BOARD Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 08:47:17 -0500 Message-ID: <A0556254E13A44E2BD20C7CC0F9C2537@Library>
WI FEDERATION OF MUSEUMS ADD JARROD ROLL TO BOARD
Jarrod Roll, Director and County Historian of the Monroe County Local
History Room & Museum in Sparta, has recently accepted a board position with
the Wisconsin Federation of Museums.
The purpose of the Wisconsin Federation of Museums is to promote the value
of and assets within Wisconsin museums, to strengthen professional standards
and procedures, and to increase sustainability of institutional resources.
The Wisconsin Federation of Museums is governed by officers and a Board of
Directors elected by the membership. Current
WFM Officers and Members include:
President: Jan Mirenda Smith, Executive Director/Curator, Bergstrom-Mahler
Museum, Neenah
Vice President: Christine Cross, Director, New London Public Museum, New
London
Secretary: Stephanie Saager-Bourret, Curator for the City of Platteville
Museum Department, Platteville
Sharon Cybart, Manager of Public Relations and Marketing, Olbrich Botanical
Gardens
Joanne Kluessendorf, Director, Weis Earth Science Museum, Menasha
Bridgitt Zielke, Independent Museum Program Consultant, Kohler
Jennifer Carlson, Senior Marketing and Development Specialist, Wisconsin
Veterans Museum, Madison
Claudia Jacobson, Registrar, Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee
Alan Westby, Museum Director, EAA AirVenture Museum, Oshkosh
Wisconsin Federation of Museums Membership is open to all museums
professionals, volunteers, and those interested in pursuing a career in
museums. WFM Member Institutions often participate in regional and statewide
activities, such as the annual meeting, roundtables, workshops and lectures.
The WFM will hold its 2011 Annual Meeting, "Museums Matter," on Monday,
November 14, 2011, in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, at the John Michael Kohler Art
Center.
To learn more about the Wisconsin Federation of Museums or the upcoming
Annual Meeting, please visit www.WisconsinMuseums.org.
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