ANSM - Key Persons


Deborah Poole

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Director at Large / Northeast Regional Director

Joanne Boudreau

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Treasurer / Central Regional Director

Karin Kierstead

Job Titles:
  • Museum Evaluation Program Manager
  • Museum Program Manager
Karin's Maritime roots run deep, with Planter and United Empire Loyalist ancestors in both New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Born and raised in New Brunswick, Karin spent much of her childhood traveling around Nova Scotia visiting grandparents and other relatives, providing her with a familiarity of back roads and shortcuts that comes in handy when she's visiting museums. Holding a degree in Archaeology from Wilfrid Laurier University and a diploma in Collections Conservation & Management from Sir Sandford Fleming College, she has worked with museums and heritage organizations in a variety of roles for over 15 years. Her work with ANSM has covered a broad range of tasks but the focus has largely been on the Advisory Service - digitization, database management, online collections and weaving community engagement into collections management work. She teaches the Museums 101 and Collections Management & Curatorship workshops of the Museum Studies Certificate Program, and manages the Museum Evaluation Program.

Katherine MacLeod

Job Titles:
  • Secretary of the Board of Directors

Katie Tanner

Job Titles:
  • President of the Board of Directors

Maggie MacIntyre

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director
Maggie comes to the Association of Nova Scotia Museums [ANSM] from the Nova Scotia Museum [NSM] where she served as the Interpretation Researcher for the Innovation, Collections and Infrastructure Unit. In 2016, Maggie received the ANSM Award of Excellence in Museum Practices, Individual Contribution for her leadership in the development of The Toolbox for Museum School Programs. Maggie has extensive museum experience having worked at Haliburton House and Shand House in Windsor, Nova Scotia, as well as the Museum of Natural History in Halifax. In her role as Executive Director for the Association, she is able to bring a long history of collaboration between the NSM system and various provincial stakeholders in natural and cultural history interpretation. She is also very heavily involved in the museum field, having played an active role with ANSM's Education and Training Task Force for the Museums Studies Program (2010 - 2016); the Canadian Museums Association National Conference Committee for Halifax (2015-2016), and the NSM Interpretation Working Group (since 2013). ANSM Executive Director, Maggie MacIntyre, maintains an active role meeting with senior government staff regarding museum related issues on a regular basis. She and Board members meet with government leaders to address topics related to ANSM's activities as well as those of its member organisations.

Matthew Cook

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Director at Large / Cape Breton Regional Director

Samantha Brannen

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Director at Large / Southwest Regional Director

Sara England

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Director at Large

Tegan Rowlings

Job Titles:
  • Vice - President of the Board of Directors