Education:
           Harvard Kennedy School, Master of Public Administration
           University of Pennsylvania, Department of American Civilization, Master of Arts
           Connecticut College, Bachelor of Arts
  Work:
  • Loring-Greenough House, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.  Interim Director.
  • Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston, Maine.  Interim Director.
  • Tate House Museum, Stroudwater, Portland, Maine.  Consultant on governance and change management.
  • Harvard Art Museums, Harvard University, Cambridge.  Project director for the American Association of
    Museums re-accreditation of the Fogg, Busch-Reisinger, and Sackler Art Museums and their four study centers.
  • The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America.  Project director for the publication of the
    collections in the dedicated issue of The Magazine Antiques [July 2007] and the design and installation of a
    national web-based database.
  • The Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy, Boston.  Consultant on corporate sponsorship.
  • Harvard-Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge.  Manager, Grant Awards Section.   Start up
    operations and direction of a $20 million annual grant portfolio.  Earned Federal Grants Management
    Certificate.
  • Corporation for National and Community Service, Washington.  Senior Grants and Policy Officer.  Federal
    agency with $400 million in grant funds. Authored the Program Director’s Handbook and the Grant Terms and
    Conditions for the five awards programs.  Chair, Continuous Quality Improvement Team.  Audit resolution
    officer.
  • Independent Sector, Washington.   Leadership/Management Division campaign for program evaluation.
  • Fleet Financial Group, The Fleet Charitable Trust, Providence. $7.5 million annual giving budget analysis and
    redesign.
  • The University of Maryland Biotechnology Institution, Baltimore.  Construction interface with the Rouse
    Company for the museum facility.
  • The Kreeger Museum and Foundation, Washington, DC.  Director.  Start-up operations.
  • Fleet Philanthropy, Fleet Financial Trust, Providence, RI
  • U.S. Department of State, Diplomatic Reception Rooms, Washington.  Director and editor for the collection
    catalogue with Clement E. Conger.  Treasures of State: Fine and Decorative Arts in the Diplomatic Reception
    Rooms of the U.S. Department of State. [496 pages, Harry N. Abrams, publ.]
  • Museum of Arts and Design [American Craft Museum]New York City.  Interim Director, building shake-down.
  • The State Justice Institute, Alexandria, VA.  Director of Management and Development.  Start-up team.
  • The National Partnership, Washington.  Vice President of Finance.  Start-up team.
  • The Dietrich Corporations and Foundations, Philadelphia.  Director and curator.
        The Dietrich American Foundation
        The Dietrich Brothers Americana Corporation
        The Dietrich Corporation
        Luden's Incorporated, Reading, PA
  • The Mutual Assurance Company, Philadelphia.  Bicentennial Curator.  Start-up, publishing.
  • The Polaroid Corporation, Cambridge, MA
  • Cliveden, The National Trust for Historic Preservation, Washington, DC
  • Private Art Collectors

   photo credits:  Milton Avery Gaspe' 1941 Kreeger Museum [photo Brown], Martin House Farm [photo Rollins], Diplomatic Reception Rooms [photo Saylor]
Alexandra Rollins                  Background
617.524.6007
alexandra@rollinsupton.com