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Aug 15, 2017

Mount Lebanon hires Director of Advancement

Mount Lebanon hires Director of Advancement

Mount Lebanon hires Director of Advancement

Malone Jackson joined the museum in this newly created position as of August 1, after serving for several months as a consultant.

In her new position, Malone Jackson will work closely with the Executive Director and the Development Committee to enhance the museum’s fundraising program, with the goal of developing individual, foundation, government, and corporate contributed income sources. Additionally, Malone Jackson will assist with planning and implementing the Museum’s fundraising and cultivation events.

Read the full press release here.

Sharon Koomler

Collections Manager

Sharon Duane Koomler is a Shaker scholar and traditional letterpress printer living in upstate New York. She has academic degrees in American Folklore from Indiana University and Western Kentucky University. Sharon has worked at Shaker Museums from Kentucky to New Hampshire as an educator, curator, consultant, and director. She has written and published on Shaker material culture and spirituality, and lectured widely on Shaker art, life, and belief. Sharon has a particular interest in the under-researched social aspects of Shaker life and ways in which Shakers practiced inclusion and intentionality.