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Volunteer Help Wanted

The Michigan Museums Association depends upon our volunteers and museum colleagues for everything we do!  

2025 Conference Planning Teams

We are are always happy to work with volunteers on special projects. Feel free to contact Lisa Craig Brisson (lcbrisson@michiganmuseums.org, 313-334-7643) for more information or to volunteer with MMA.

Note: All volunteers are expected to be MMA members. 

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To volunteer with MMA, please contact Lisa Craig Brisson at lcbrisson@michiganmuseums.org or 313-334-7643 .

2022 Volunteers

Special Projects

  • Program Evaluation: Jill Eastcott, Milford Historical Museum
  • MI Museum Census: Loren Harvey, Holland Museum

Newsletter Proofreaders

  • Deborah Harmon
  • Heather Jackson, Flint Institute of Arts
  • Ashley Ross, Michigan Humanities

Conference

Programs

  • Louise Stewart Beck
  • Joe Cialdella, University of Michigan
  • Jill Eastcott, Milford Historical Museum
  • Sarah Humes, Grand Rapids Public Museum
  • Brian Jaeschke, Mackinac State Historic Parks
  • Michael Mumaugh, Grassroots Historian
  • Ashley Ross, Michigan Humanities
  • Shannon Pinkster, Historic Charlton Park
  • Ken Yarsevich, Travel Michigan/MEDC

Experiences

  • Katie Bancroft, Sloan*Longway
  • Cheryl Chidester, Argus Museum
  • Brian Jaeschke, Mackinac State Historic Parks
  • Davina Kuh Jakobi, Ruth Mott Foundation/Applewood
  • Adam Johnson, Sindecuse Museum of Dentistry
  • Stephanie Lucas, The Henry Ford
  • Hilary Pine, Michigan History Center

2025 Volunteers

Conference Programs Team

  • Louise Beck, The Henry Ford
  • Mallory Bower, City of Detroit
  • Shelly Grifka, The Henry Ford
  • Brian Jaeschke, Mackinac State Historic Parks
  • Shannon Pinkster, Historic Charlton Park
  • Patrick Reynolds, Friends of Historic Meridian
  • Michelle Walk, Mackinac State Historic Parks

Conference Activities Team

  • Louise Beck, The Henry Ford
  • Holly Cordill, Friends of Historic Meridian
  • Rachael Drenovsky, Michigan Supreme Court Learning Center
  • Lisa Plank, Lowell Area Historical Museum
  • Jillian Reese, Michigan History Center
  • Patrick Reynolds, Friends of Historic Meridian
  • Tobi Voigt, Michigan History Center

Conference Events Team
    • Chelsea Denault, Michigan Digital Presentation Network

    2024 Volunteers

    Conference On-site Logistics Team

    • Katey Bierman-Clinton, Henry Ford Estate: Fair Lane
    • Alecia Cross, Kalamazoo Valley Museum
    • Regina Gorham, Kalamazoo Valley Museum
    • Shelly Grifka, The Henry Ford
    • Christy Kincaid, Kalamazoo Valley Museum
    • Cindy Parsell
    • Kae Pershon
    • Emily Powell, Kalamazoo Valley Museum
    • Jessica Sundstrom, GVSU Art Galleries
    • Michelle Walk, Mackinac State Historic Parks
    • Stephanie Willoughby, Kalamazoo Valley Museum

    Conference Programs Team

    • Katey Bierman-Clinton, Henry Ford Estate: Fair Lane
    • Jill Eastcott, Zekelman Holocaust Center
    • Regina Gorham, Kalamazoo Valley Museum
    • Shelly Grifka, The Henry Ford
    • Suzanne Grimmer, Motown Museum
    • Sarah Humes, Grand Rapids Public Museum
    • Brian Jaeschke, Mackinac State Historic Parks
    • Shannon Pinkster, Historic Charlton Park
    • Ashley Ross, MI Humanities
    • Jessica Sundstrom, GVSU Art Galleries
    • Michelle Walk, Mackinac State Historic Parks
    • Stephanie Willoughby, Kalamazoo Valley Museum
    • Ken Yarsevich, Travel Michigan
    • Joel Zwart, GVSU Art Galleries

    Conference Experiences Team

    • Christina Arseneau, Niles History Center
    • Joe Cialdella, University of Michigan
    • Alecia Cross, Kalamazoo Valley Museum
    • Regina Gorham, Kalamazoo Valley Museum
    • Christy Kincaid, Kalamazoo Valley Museum
    • Michael Martin, Air Zoo
    • Emily Powell, Kingman Collections
    • Jessica Sundstrom, GVSU Art Galleries
    • Carrie Weis, Ferris State University
    • Ken Yarsevich, Travel Michigan
    Conference Events Team
      • Christy Kincaid, Kalamazoo Valley Museum
      • Holly Lee, Air Zoo
      • Emily Powell, Kingman Collections
      • Stephanie Willoughby, Kalamazoo Valley Museum

      MMA Review

      • Heather Jackson, Flint Institute of Arts
      • Ashely Ross, Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum

      Special Projects

      • Sarah Olsen

      2023 Volunteers

      Conference Programs Team

      • Joe Cialdella, University of Michigan
      • Georgine Bello, GVSU Art Galleries
      • Jill Eastcott, Zekelman Holocaust Center
      • Shelly Grifka
      • Sarah Humes, Grand Rapids Public Museum
      • Brian Jaeschke, Mackinac State Historic Parks
      • Shannon Pinkster, Historic Charlton Park
      • Kae Pershon, Cultivate
      • Mary Reed, Hair, Head + Heart
      • Ashley Ross, MI Humanities
      • Michelle Walk, Mackinac State Historic Parks
      • Geoff Woodcox, Sloan Museum of Discovery

      Conference Events Team

      • Katie Bancroft, Sloan Museum of Discovery
      • Suzanne Grimmer, Motown Museum
      • Davina Kuh Jakobi, Applewood
      • Adam Johnson, Sindecuse Museum of Dentistry
      • Christy Kincaid, Kalamazoo Valley Museum
      • Stephanie Lucas, The Henry Ford
      • Chelsea Niemi, Dennos Museum Center
      • Ashley Toth-McMillan, Flint Institute of Arts
      • Erica Travis, Sloan Museum of Discovery
      Conference Activities Team
        • Dan Anderson, Flushing Area Historical Society
        • Sarah Dickinson, Sloan*Longway
        • Thomas Henthorn, University of Michigan - Flint
        • Jennifer Giddings-Essenmacher, Flint Institute of Arts
        • Davina Kuh Jakobi, Ruth Mott Foundation at Applewood
        • Ann Loshaw, Ruth Mott Foundation at Applewood
        • Megan McAdow, Marshall Frederick Sculpture Museum
        • Jacquie Richardson, Sloan*Longway
        • Erica Travis, Sloan Museum of Discovery

        Conference Partners Team

        • Cheryl Chidester, Argus Museum
        • Joel Zwart, Grand Valley State University Art Galleries

        Conference Scholarship Team

          • Christina Arseneau, Niles History Center
          • Megan DeJoe, Sloan Museum of Discovery
          • Chad Hitchcock, Sloan Museum of Discovery
          • Michelle Walk, Mackinac State Historic Parks

          MMA Review

          • Heather Jackson, Flint Institute of Arts
          • Ashely Ross, MI Humanities

          The Michigan Museums Association is supported in part by an award from the Michigan Arts and Culture Council. 

          Thank you to our Partners!


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