OMA 2017 Speakers

This year's speakers include: 

Erin Hoppe
Executive Director, VSA Ohio
Session Title: Partnership + Access = Progress. You can, too.
Session Title: A Culture of Access: Making Museums Inclusive


Molly Uline-Olmstead
Manager for Studio Initiatives, Columbus Museum of Art
Session Title: Partnership + Access = Progress. You can, too.



Caitlyn Lynch
Teaching Artist for School Programs, Columbus Museum of Art
Session Title: Partnership + Access = Progress. You can, too.



Dr. Ware Petznick
Executive Director, Shaker Historical Museum
Session Title: It's Capital! When to run a Capital Campaign
Session Title: The Business of Being a Museum


Doug Buchanan
Director of Membership, COSI
Session Title: Institutional Transitions: New Brands, New Buildings, New Opportunities



Jessica Cyders
Curator/Registrar, Southeast Ohio History Center
Session Title: Institutional Transitions: New Brands, New Buildings, New Opportunities
Session Title: Merging Concepts; Developing Partners


Holly Hartlerode
Curator, Wood County Historical Center
Session Title: Institutional Transitions: New Brands, New Buildings, New Opportunities



Kelli Kling
Marketing, PR & Events, Wood County Historical Center
Session Title: Institutional Transitions: New Brands, New Buildings, New Opportunities



Shannon Thomas
Director of Marketing and Communications, Ohio History Connection
Session Title: Institutional Transitions: New Brands, New Buildings, New Opportunities



Christie Weininger
Executive Director, Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library and Museums
Session Title: Institutional Transitions: New Brands, New Buildings, New Opportunities



Jamie Glavic
Director of Marketing and Communications, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
Session Title: Institutional Transitions: New Brands, New Buildings, New Opportunities



Kate Blake
Manager of Curriculum, Toledo Museum of  Art
Session Title: Museums and Teachers: Designing for Collaboration
Session Title: Innovative Teen Programs: Designing for Student Driven Learning

Vandita Prassad
Assistant Director, Toledo Technology Academy
Session Title: Museums and Teachers: Designing for Collaboration



Ashlie Dempsey
Teacher, Byrnedale Elementary
Session Title: Museums and Teachers: Designing for Collaboration

Luke Fannin
Gifted & Talented Teacher, Washington Local Schools
Session Title: Museums and Teachers: Designing for Collaboration

Taylor Moyer
Humanities Teacher, Toledo School for the Arts
Session Title: Museums and Teachers: Designing for Collaboration

Mary Ann Wojton
Research Associate, COSI
Session Title: Welcoming Diversity into your Institution



Stacia Kuceyeski
Director Outreach Division, Ohio History Connection
Session Title: Welcoming Diversity into your Institution



Heather Haden
Curator, Massillon Museum
Session Title: Welcoming Diversity into your Institution



Dana Best-Mizsak
Director, Bedford Historical Society
Session Title: StEPs to Success: Policy Change to Meet the Needs of a Changing Audience



Lynn Miller
Assistant Director, Toledo Museum of Art
Session Title: Talent Systems: Developing the Next Generation of Museum Leaders



Richard Cooper
Director of Museum Experiences, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
Session Title: School Bus Grants for Museums



Glenna Hoff
Education and Program Director, Campus Martius Museum & Ohio River Museum
Session Title: School Bus Grants for Museums



Dayna Jalkanen
Deputy Director of Museum and Education, Ohio Statehouse Museum
Session Title: School Bus Grants for Museums



Andy Verhoff
History Fund Grant Manager, Ohio History Connection
Session Title: (Moderator) School Bus Grants for Museums



Frederic Bertley
CEO, COSI
Keynote Address: Ohio Museum Leadership Panel



Lori Hauser
Executive Director, Imagination Station
Keynote Address: Ohio Museum Leadership Panel



Brian Kennedy
President, Director, and CEO, Toledo Museum of Art
Keynote Address: Ohio Museum Leadership Panel



Nannette Maciejunes
Executive Director, Columbus Museum of Art
Keynote Address: Ohio Museum Leadership Panel



Tom O’Grady
Executive Director, Southeast Ohio History Center
Keynote Address: Ohio Museum Leadership Panel



Burt Logan
Executive Director and CEO, Ohio History Connection
Keynote Address: Ohio Museum Leadership Panel



Alexandra Nicholis Coon
Executive Director, Massillon Museum
(Moderator) Keynote Address: Ohio Museum Leadership Panel



Patrick Hyland
Senior Associate, DLR Group/Westlake Reed Leskosky
Session Title: Fast Track Museum Renovation Projects



Josh Haney
DLR Group/Westlake Reed Leskosky
Session Title: Fast Track Museum Renovation Projects

Erik Lund
DLR Group/Westlake Reed Leskosky
Session Title: Fast Track Museum Renovation Projects

Ann Fortescue
Executive Director, Springfield Museum of Art
Session Title: Turn Around Transforms Small Art Museum



Eve Fleck
Director of Marketing, Springfield Museum of Art
Session Title: Turn Around Transforms Small Art Museum



Kriss Plumer
Communications Coordinator, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Learning Center & Money Museum
Session Title: Reimagine Work and Play: Design Thinker Experiments in Your Museum

Katie Murphy
Communications Coordinator, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Learning Center & Money Museum
Session Title: Reimagine Work and Play: Design Thinker Experiments in Your Museum



Caitlin Kegley
Supervisor of Operations Volunteers, COSI
Session Title: From Service to Served: Transforming Youth Volunteer Experiences in Museums



Craig Kelley
Manager of Programs Volunteers, COSI
Session Title: From Service to Served: Transforming Youth Volunteer Experiences in Museums



Ronald Morris
Professor, Ball State University
Session Title: Ten Local History Museums React to Change



Lucas Cauley
Public Historian, Ball State University
Session Title: Ten Local History Museums React to Change

Ashley Purvis
Graduate Student, Bracken Library Archives and Special Collections, Ball State University
Session Title: Ten Local History Museums React to Change

Alexis Robertson
Graduate Student, Archives and Special Collections, Ball State University
Session Title: Ten Local History Museums React to Change

Gwen Stricker
Historic Preservation, Ball State University
Session Title: Ten Local History Museums React to Change

Maria lafelice
Docent Program Manager, Toledo Museum of Art
Session Title: Innovative Teen Programs: Designing for Student Driven Learning

Samantha Cornell
TMA Teen apprentice, Toledo Museum of Art
Session Title: Innovative Teen Programs: Designing for Student Driven Learning

Bill Davis
Volunteer Manager, The Toledo Zoo
Session Title: Innovative Teen Programs: Designing for Student Driven Learning



Abbie Fricke
ZooTeen, The Toledo Zoo
Session Title: Innovative Teen Programs: Designing for Student Driven Learning

Michelle Carlson
Programs Coordinator, The Arts Commission
Session Title: Innovative Teen Programs: Designing for Student Driven Learning



Tanasio Loudermill
YAAW alumni and LISC AmeriCorps Community Engagement Specialist, Arts Commission 
Session Title: Innovative Teen Programs: Designing for Student Driven Learning

Sally Delgado
Curator of Education, Kennedy Museum of Art
Session Title: Merging Concepts; Developing Partners