positions

Curator, educator/instructor, project manager, supervisor, trainer, public speaker, collections manager, exhibit designer, committee chair, writer, editor, stage manager, researcher, program designer, event coordinator, advisor, interviewer, volunteer coordinator

employment history

director of education/curator•National Civil Rights Museum – 1992 to 2015

Developer, content goals and interpretive plan
Education lead on museum renovation
Supervisor: collections; tour guide; education staff
Conceptualize Voices of Freedom Oral History program; interviewer/researcher
Established collections focus areas; secured Past Perfect collections management software
Curator, NBA national traveling exhibition Quest for Equality
Curated in-house exhibitions; contracted traveling exhibitions
Chair, 2015 program committee annual conference, Association of African American Museums

short-term contracted employment – 2015-2018

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art-audio guide narrator, exhibition co-curator, researcher
LeMoyne Owen College – workshop facilitator, guest lecturer
Job Corps TN – guest lecturer
Slavehaven Museum – exhibit curator, collection advisor

community and professional engagement

Board of Director/Trustees

Memphis College of Art 2008-2012
Memphis Beat the Odds Foundation 2004-present
Blues City Cultural Center 2016-present
April 4^th Foundation 2015-present

Certification

Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) – 2015

education

The Ohio State University, College of Social Work
TN Early Childhood Training Alliance
The University of Memphis

volunteer engagement

RITI – Room In The Inn church -based sheltering for homeless
Elder Care for personal needs and transport to appointments
Administrative and childcare aide – Kiddie Kollege Childcare
Association for the Study of African American History – member