Museum Store Association


	2010 – 2011 MSA Board of Directors Bios President — Leslie A. Hartman Retail Manager / Buyer for Sauder Village, Archbold, OH MSA Experience: Program Resource Group, 2002 – 2003 Secretary, Midwest Chapter, 2002 – 2003 Vice President, Midwest Chapter, 2003 – 2004 President, Midwest Chapter, 2004 – 2005 Director at Large, Board of Directors, 2003 – 2004 Sam Greenberg Scholarship Committee, 2005 – 2006 Nominating Committee, 2006 – 2007 Chair, Sam Greenberg Scholarship Committee, 2006 – 2007 2nd Vice President, MSA Board of Directors, 2008 – 2009 1st Vice President, MSA Board of Directors, 2009 – 2010 President, MSA Board of Directors, 2010 – 2011 Conference Volunteer Other Retail Experience: Buyer for a three-store chain of department stores in Toledo, OH Buyer for a 34-store chain of family-owned department stores in three states 1st Vice President — Janice Berling Sales Operation Manager and Special Event Coordinator for the Gerald R. Ford Museum, Grand Rapids, MI MSA Experience: Conference Information Exchange Session Facilitator, 2005 Secretary, Midwest Chapter, 2006 – 2007 Vice President, Midwest Chapter, 2007 – 2008 President, Midwest Chapter, 2008 – 2009 Nominating Committee, 2007 – 2008 Program Resource Group, 2007 – 2008 2nd Vice President, MSA Board of Directors, 2009 – 2010 1st Vice President, MSA Board of Directors, 2010 – 2011 Other Retail Experience: Museum Store Manager and Rental Gallery Manager, Grand Rapids Art Museum Assistant Manager, Casual Corner Gift Shop Manager, Metro Hospital Gift Shop Public Relations / Marketing Assistant, Metro Hospital 2nd Vice President — Valerie Troyansky General Manager Merchandising Administration for The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY MSA Experience: 1995 Whole Market Advisory Committee, Chairperson Program Resource Group, 1999 Speaker, MSA Retail Conference & Expo, Applying UBIT to product development and buying, 2008 Director at Large, MSA Board of Directors, 2008 – 2009 Knowledge Standards Work Group, 2009 2nd Vice President, MSA Board of Directors, 2010 – 2011 Other Retail Experience: Over 30 years experience in various merchandising positions at The Metropolitan Museum of Art Speaker at 2007 Heritage 365 conference on Earned Income at Not-for-Profits Panelist at merchandising conference for museums in St. Petersburg, Russia Participant in staff exchange program with State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg Keynote speaker at 2004 MTA (ACE) Conference for UK Museums, Manchester, England Speaker at New York University, Columbia University and New York’s City College graduate programs in Arts Administration and merchandising Secretary — Chacho Herman Museum Store Manager at the San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA MSA Experience: Sam Greenberg Award Committee, 2003 – 2004 Director at Large, MSA Board of Directors, 2005 – 2006 Trend Watching Taskforce Chairman, 2006 – 2007 Secretary, MSA Board of Directors, 2010 – 2011 Other Retail Experience: Employed with the San Diego Museum of Art Museum Store since 1986. All experience has been in not-for-profit cultural commerce retail. Volunteer for Aspire, a not-for-profit Independent Review Board, serving on ethics committee committed to human research subjects protection. Treasurer — Terry Tarnow Museum Store Manager / Buyer for the Dennos Museum Center – Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, MI MSA Experience: Secretary, Midwest Chapter, 1996 – 1997 Vice President, Midwest Chapter, 1997 – 1998 President, Midwest Chapter, 1998 – 1999 Program Resource Group, 2000 – 2001 Host / Organizer, Midwest Chapter Meeting in Traverse City, 2002 Secretary, MSA Board of Directors, 2006 – 2008 Treasurer, MSA Board of Directors, 2009 – 2011 Other Retail Experience: Sales Staff and Buyer, Foxfire Craft Supply Sales staff at various retail stores in the Detroit, MI, area Director at Large — Joe Sporcic Operations Manager Educational Sales for The Preservation Society of Newport County, Newport, RI MSA Experience: Secretary, North Atlantic Chapter, 2005 – 2006 Vice President, North Atlantic Chapter, 2006 – 2007 President, North Atlantic Chapter, 2007 – 2008 Nominating Committee, 2009 – 2010 Program Resource Group, 2009 – 2010 Director at Large, MSA Board of Directors, 2010 – 2011 Conference Volunteer Other Retail Experience: 25 years as General Manager for the Kmart Corporation managing stores in four states Director at Large — Stacey Stachow Manager of the Museum Shop for the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT MSA Experience: Secretary, North Atlantic Chapter, 2007 – 2008 Vice President, North Atlantic Chapter, 2008 – 2009 President, North Atlantic Chapter, 2009 – 2010 Program Resource Group, 2009 – 2010 Director at Large, MSA Board of Directors, 2010 – 2011 Sam Greenberg Award Committee, 2010 – 2011 Conference Volunteer, 2008 Other Retail Experience: National Museum of Wildlife Art, Museum Shop Manager, Jackson Hole, WY (1995-2002)