Spotlight achievements.

  • Trusted global leader/change-maker in institution/social practice art/placemaking.

  • Led 15 direct reports & collaboratively -led 80-staff Division through restructure & cultural change through/post-2020.

  • Led through times of institution reputational/legal/financial crisis.

  • 80-plus UK and global partnership relationship management.

  • Founder & nurturer of global cultural and practice communities of practice.

  • A de-silo'er of institutional territories across Education, Research, Curatorial & Operations.

  • Physical and neurodiversity access & Creative Aging specialist.

  • Public/private fundraising of £40M+ in last 12 years.

  • Single budget management £5M+.

  • Routledge & Emerald divisional Top 10 Best Seller. 2800+ citations.

  • 200-plus international conference keynotes/papers/guest lectures, incl. 1000-capacity professional and public audiences.

  • National & local radio talking head.

Accreditations & memberships

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Academy of Urbanism, Academician

Advance (women’s network of art museum Directors of education) (US), member

American Alliance of Museums, member

American Association of Geographers, member

Common Exchange (international museum social practice network) co-founder (w/MCAChicago)/member

The Culture Capital Exchange Leadership Think Factory, thinker

Dartington Arts School MFA, MA, PgDip, PgCert Arts and Ecology programmes, External Advisor

FLAME (Institute for Learning Innovation Forum for Leadership in Art Museum Education) (US), honorary member

The Future is Unwritten Artist Response Fund (WHO), committee member

International Council of Museums, member

Institute of Place Management, Manchester Metropolitan University, Senior Fellow

Journal of Arts and Communities, Editorial Board member

Museums Association, member

Placemaking Leadership Council, founding member

Royal Geographical Society, member

Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA), Fellow

University of the Highlands and Islands MA Art and Social Practice External Advisor

University of Sussex Liberal Arts, Advisory Board member

We Are Museums, advisor and member

Johns Hopkins International Arts + Mind Lab and Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture Think Tank member

Urban Creativity Journal Special Advisor