November 2003, launched Museum Search & Reference, Executive-Search firm specializing in museum and nonprofit searches and executive transitions. Recent clients: Peabody Essex Museum, MA; Abbe Museum, ME; Canterbury Shaker Village, NH; Worcester Art Museum, MA; Martha’s Vineyard Historical Society, MA. Please view my client list for further details.

December, 2002-May, 2003, Executive Search Consultant, assisted with nine Superintendent-of-Schools searches, New Hampshire School Boards Association, Concord, NH.

2000-present, Business Consultant, Marilyn Hoffman Reference Services. Consulting to managers who are hiring: Perform background checks, call employment references.
2001, Brought in-house by principal client, TRA, Telecommunications Research Associates, St. Marys, KS, and formerly, Manchester, NH, the leading telecommunications-training company.
Most recent reference checks for TRA: CFO, new CEO.

1996-present, Community Service on 3 nonprofit boards of directors, 2 advisory boards, 2 task forces, a capital-campaign steering committee, and many civic and nonprofit committees.
Political campaigns, including: 2003-2004: Statewide Steering Committee, Arts Advisory Committee, Delegate to Democratic Convention, John Kerry for President. 2002: Treasurer, Martha Fuller Clark for US Congress; and 2000, Delegate for Bill Bradley to Democratic Convention, Los Angeles; wrote his arts policy.

1996, After 25 years of full-time employment as nonprofit executive, and after becoming one of top 100 in my field in North America, I left successful museum-director career to give back to community, launch own consultant business, and see children through teen years.

MUSEUM EXPERIENCE
January 1988-December 1995, Director, The Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH (then $2 million budget, staff of 60, plus 200 volunteers). 1984-1987, Curator.

1974-1984, Director, Fuller Art (now Craft) Museum, Brockton, MA.
1973-1974, Acting Director; 1971-1973, Curator.

1967-1971, Previous positions at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI; Adelson Galleries, Inc., Newbury Street, Boston, MA (now in New York).

1976-1987, Board member and Treasurer, New England Museum Association. AAM panelist.
1980-1984, 1989-1996, Elected Member, Association of Art Museum Directors.

EDUCATION
ACADEMIC EDUCATION
Brown University, Providence, RI: 1971, Course work for Ph. D., M. A. in Art History; 1967,
B. A. with Honors in Art History; 1964, 1965, Class President (former Pembroke College).

BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION, 1996 - present
1996-1998, University of Lowell, Lowell, MA, Entrepreneurship Institute; 1999, Business Planning Seminar for Entrepreneurs, Women’s Business Center, NH.

1996-2005, Hiring, HR, Legal Aspects of HR, and other business seminars and courses: University of NH, Manchester; University of Lowell, MA; Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce, Lorman Educational Services.

CONSULTANT SEMINARS
2005, 3-day, CompassPoint, San Francisco, “Executive Transition Management, A Workshop for Consultants,” at the Support Center, New York, NY.
2005, 3-day, CompassPoint, San Francisco, “Institute for Nonprofit Consulting,” at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving  (HFPG), CT.
2004, 1-day, Will Phillips, QM2, Poway, CA, for museum consultants, at AAM annual meeting, New Orleans. LA
2003-current, consultant workshops at HFPG.

1996, Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA.

PERSONAL
Married to Alan R. Hoffman, Boston attorney. Two children: Adam, 25, graduate, 2006, Endicott College, Beverly, MA; Institute of Audio Engineering, NY, 2009. Elena, 22, graduate, 2009, Johnson & Wales University, Providence, RI.

Fluent in French. Studied German and Italian. Extensive travel abroad, including Europe, Russia, Japan, Egypt, Colombia, S. A. Lived in France.

Interests: Art and antiques, gardening, reading, current events.

Complete curriculum vitae with publications available on request.