Panelists
2017-2018 Museums Level 2

August 24, 2016
9:00 AM - to conclusion
Teleconference (How to participate)

Chair: Sandy Shaughnessy
Program Manager: Sarah Stage

County

Bio not yet available.

Daniel Calleja

Orange County

Grants Manager, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, Florida
Previously, Grans Writer, Grants Across America; Professor, Valencia Community College; and Founder and President, Independent Education Learning Center
M.Ed., Education, Goddard College; B.A., Humanities and Education, University of Central Florida

Leon County

Executive Director/CEO, Tallahassee Museum of History and Natural Science, Tallahassee, Florida
Previously, Director of Education, Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences
Board Member, Florida Restaurant Lodging Association; Past President, Board of Directors and Past Board Chairman, Current Board member and Past President Florida Association of Museums; Past Chairman, Leon County Tourist Development Council
B.S., Wabash College

Sarasota County

Execute Director, The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art and Faculty in the College of Fine Arts, Florida State University, Sarasota, Florida
Previously, Director, Telfair Museum of Art and Director/CEO, Nevada Museum of Art
Board member, Florida Association of Museum and Past President, Nevada Museums Association
M.A., Art History, Williams College and M.B.A., Virginia Commonwealth University

Monroe County

President/CEO, Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Society, Key West, Florida. Employed here since 1991 she has served as special projects manager, CFO, COO, and interim director
Previously, Bank Officer, Citibank
Immediate Past President of the Florida Association of Museums (FAM) and is a FAM representative to the IMLS funded Connecting to Collections Steering Committee and the IMLS funded Museums United 2 Steering Committee, was Twice President of the KW Chamber of Commerce, 9 years on Key West Tourist Development Council (5 years as chairman), currently serves as the board chairman for Historic Florida Keys Foundation, and is a Steering Committee member for the National Association of State Museum Associations (NASMA).
B.S., Finance, New York University

Pinellas County

Executive Director, Dunedin Historical Museum, Dunedin, Florida
Current President and past Vice President, Florida Association of Museums
Over 28 years in the museum profession in curatorial, exhibit design, research, grant writing, publication, volunteer coordination, public/political liaison and administration
Previously Facilities Director, Nassau County Museums System, Long Island, New York and Curator, Tampa Bay History Center
M.A., Museum Studies, University of Denver; B.A., History and Anthropology, Oneonta State University

St. Johns County

Deputy Director of Collections, Interpretation, and Programs, St. Augustine Lighthouse and Museum, St. Augustine, Florida
Previously, Archaeologist, Florida Department of State, Tallahassee, Florida; Visit Florida, Project Coordinator for Florida Spanish Colonial Heritage Trail publication; and Trail of Florida’s Indian Heritage, Inc., Project Director for Florida Native American Heritage Trail publication August 2006 to July 2007
Authored and co-authored articles and book chapters on Florida archaeology and history for Florida History and the Arts magazine, Southeastern Archaeology, American Antiquity, and the University Press of Florida
B.A., Social Science and M.A. History/Historical Archaeology, University of West Florida