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Roberts Consulting
Laura B. Roberts
1715 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: 617-492-5048
Email: laura@lauraroberts.com
Website: www.lauraroberts.com

Years Working in Field: 30

EXPERTISE:
- Board Development: roles & responsibilities; recruitment, leadership development & training; board/staff issues & communications
- Organizational Planning: assessment of needs & resources; strategic & long range planning
- Meeting & Retreat Facilitation

QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE:
Laura Roberts, principal of Roberts Consulting, was executive director of the New England Museum Association, a regional affiliate of the American Association of Museums from 1988 to 1994. Prior to her tenure at NEMA, she was director of education at the National Heritage Museum in Lexington, MA; the U.S.S. Constitution Museum in Boston, MA, and the Rhode Island Historical Society. From 1994 to 1996, she was executive director of the Boston Center for Adult Education. She currently chairs the advisory board of the Tufts University Art Gallery and serves on the board of directors of First Night, Boston. Her prior board memberships include the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities and the community advisory board of WGBH. She is an adjunct faculty member in graduate programs at Tufts University and Bank Street College of Education and previously taught at Boston University School of Management and Lesley University. She is on the faculty of the Seminars in Historic Administration and is a frequent presenter at professional meetings and conferences.

EDUCATION & SPECIALIZED TRAINING:
Laura Roberts holds an M.B.A. in public and nonprofit management, with high honors, from Boston University School of Management; an M.A. in History Museum Studies from the Cooperstown Graduate Program of the State University of New York; and a B.A. in Social Anthropology, magna cum laude, from Harvard University.

RECENT & REPRESENTATIVE CONSULTING WORK:
1. Museum L/A, Lewiston ME; 2006. Strategic plan and master plan. Contact: Rachel DesGrosselliers 207-333-3881

2. New England Aquarium, Boston MA; 2004 - 05. AAM and AZA accreditation. Contact: Billy Spitzer 617-973-6567

3. Winterthur, Winterthur, DE; 2004. Assessment of options for Historic Houses of Odessa. Contact: Rosemary Krill 302-888-4637

4. Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation, Hamden CT; 2003 - 04. Strategic plan. Contact: Helen Higgins 203-562-6312

5. Katohah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY 2002; Strategic plan. Contact: Vicki Morris 914-232-6947.

FEE:
$125/hour or $1,000 per day.

AREAS OF NEW YORK STATE SERVED: Greater New York City area; Hudson River area, Capital Region and Central New York.

The Alliance of New York State Arts Organizations has a 29-year history as New York s service association for community based arts and cultural organizations. The Alliance provides leadership and vision, and delivers services, resources and tools that strengthen cultural organizations. The Alliance informs the field on statewide and national issues affecting the arts and assists local arts agencies in building community support.

245 Love Lane, P.O. Box 96
Mattituck, NY 11952-0096
Phone (631) 298-1234 / Fax (631) 298-1101