Director, Pokagon Potawatomi Oral History Project, Loyola University Chicago - Ongoing               

• Conducting interviews with Pokagon tribal council members and elders

Primary Interviewer, Loyola University Chicago Oral History Project - Ongoing                                         

• Conducting interviews with alumni, and current/former faculty and staff

Interim Executive Director, Mitchell Museum of the American Indian, Evanston, Illinois - August 2009 to December 2009  

• Official spokesperson for the museum, representing the museum at public functions for local, state, regional and national organizations
• Initiated creation of five year exhibition plan to aid in fundraising efforts
• Cultivated relationships with donors, area businesses and other organizations to raise funds and solicit major gifts
• Planned and implemented membership development programming in collaboration with Board of Directors
• Coordinated annual giving campaign in collaboration with Board of Directors
• Supervised grant writing program
• Curated museum exhibitions and developed ancillary intellectual programming
• Supervised museum personnel and volunteers
• Edited Meet Me at the Mitchell, quarterly member newsletter

Resource and Development Coordinator, Mitchell Museum of the American Indian, Evanston, Illinois - May 2008 to August 2009                

• Initiated and developed institutional relationship with local business organizations
• Cultivated relationships with area businesses to solicit exhibit sponsorships
• Developed grants to secure funding for museum operations and exhibitions
• Solicited, coordinated, and implemented special after-hours events and facility rentals

Intern, Preservation Commission, City of Aurora, Illinois - January 2007 to June 2007             

• Researched and wrote the National Register of Historic Places nomination for West Aurora Cemetery
• Prepared preliminary report on the analysis of the economic benefits of historic preservation
• Designed self-guided walking tour and brochure for McCarty Park Historic District
• Designed interpretive signage for historic sites in McCarty Park Historic District

Research Assistant, Electronic Royce Kappler Project, University of Wisconsin- Eau Claire - July 2005 to July 2006 

• Researched availability of electronic copies of documents relating to United States Indian Policy, including treaties, treaty journals, correspondence and cession maps

Intern, Landmarks Commission, City of Eau Claire, Wisconsin - September 2005 to May 2006

• Converted existing print media describing local designated historic properties into electronic copy for online access by researchers
• Digitized historic photograph collection

Director, Chippewa Valley Rosies Oral History Project, University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire  - August 2003 to May 2004

• Conducted interviews with working women of the World War II era