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Museum Search & ReferenceMarilyn Hoffman, Principal
Executive Search for MuseumsManchester, NH / Boston, MA

 

 


RECENT PRESENTATIONS:  

NEMA ANNUAL CONFERENCE, 2009

Marilyn Hoffman moderated a panel session on “What Trustees Want in a Director,”
Part 2 of the double session “Finding Your Path -- The Rise to a Position of Leadership”
on Thursday, November 12. 

Museum Search & Reference sponsored the NEMA Trustees and Directors Dinner
Wednesday, November 11 at The Currier Museum of Art.  


BIOGRAPHY:

 Marilyn Hoffman has been successfully placing professionals at museums and nonprofits since 2002.  Her extensive national networks have grown rapidly, along with her firm.  Hoffman had a 26-year museum career, capped by 18 years as a successful and respected museum director. 

At age 27, she became Director of the Fuller Museum in Brockton, MA, and then took the helm of one of the top 100 art museums in North America, The Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, NH.  She previously held two curator posts and educator positions at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Metropolitan Museum in New York, and the RISD Museum in Providence.  Hoffman serves on many boards and advisory committees, and often presents at NEMA. 

She holds a B.A. and M.A. from Brown University.


TESTIMONIALS:  

“We were pleased with the process.  As [Search] Committee Chair, I felt there was good communication and I was appropriately involved in each phase.  The diligence and thoroughness of the interviews and research leading up to the job definition and development of selection criteria was particularly impressive.  We were provided a good pool of candidates that was geographically and experientially diverse and we are happy with our selection.  Although times are tight, I thought the cost was very reasonable and the money well spent.”

--Paul Eddy, Chair, Search Committee and Vice President, Board of Governors, Hill-Stead Museum

 
“One of the easiest searches I’ve done [with a search consultant]. I appreciated your sensitivities to issues, and your sensitivity in general. You are a real addition to the field.”

--Lora Urbanelli, Executive Director, Farnsworth Art Museum

"I can't possibly say enough about the value of your services except to say they were invaluable. Without your help, I would have spent hours trying to devise the "right" questions to obtain the answers I needed, more hours on the phone, and most likely wouldn't have come anywhere close to the amount of information you discovered about each candidate. I think your insight, your questions and your suggestions were right on target, and we found the right person for the job. Thank you!"

--Martha Anderson, Director, Community Caregivers