TOLEDO MUSEUM - Key Persons
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- Museum Director
- Edward Drummond and Florence Scott Libbey President, Director and CEO
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- Senior Director of Collections and Curatorial Affairs
Andrea Gardner received her B.A. in classics from Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and her M.A. in ancient art history from the University of Texas at Austin. In her role as director of collections at TMA, which she assumed in 2018, Gardner leads the logistical support operations of the care and display of the Museum's collections. Her primary responsibilities include management of the exhibitions, conservation and registration departments; oversight of the risk management initiatives for the Museum's collections; and increasing efficiency and implementing improved processes in the collections areas. Prior to her new position, Gardner was the registrar and assistant systems officer at TMA, where she has worked, beginning as an intern in the curatorial and registration departments, since 2006.
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- Member of the Board Officers Team
- Vice Chair
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- Development Services Coordinator
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Honorary Director
- Museum Director
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- Director of Brand Strategy
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- Membership & Annual Campaign Manager
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- Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Senior Director of Learning and Interpretation
Adam M. Levine, the Edward Drummond and Florence Scott Libbey director of the Toledo Museum of Art and a scholar of ancient art, is a transformative leader with a deep conviction that art inspires and museums are change agents. Levine is the 11th director of TMA since its distinguished founding in 1901.
Prior to embarking on his directorship at TMA in 2020, Levine was the George W. and Kathleen I. Gibbs director and chief executive officer of the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens in Jacksonville, Florida. Under his leadership at the Cummer Museum, Levine oversaw numerous strategic initiatives, including the reconstruction of its historic gardens, expansion of its educational offerings and the implementation of innovative membership and audience development programs with dramatic gains in visitorship.
Levine originally joined TMA in 2012 as an Andrew W. Mellon Fellow, a two-year post-doctoral program designed to prepare the next generation of museum leaders, and went on to increasingly senior management roles at the museum, ultimately serving as deputy director and curator of ancient art. During his six-year tenure at TMA, Levine curated a diverse range of exhibitions, advanced the Museum's first campus master plan, and shared oversight of TMA's $16 million budget and 250 employees.
Levine graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Dartmouth College, where he majored in anthropology, art history, and mathematics & social science. He continued his studies as a Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford, where he earned his master's degree with distinction and D.Phil. in the history of art. He has published widely and is a frequent presenter on topics ranging from ancient art and interpretive strategies, to museum and management practices.
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Member of the Board Officers Team
- Treasurer
Chair of the Board Randy Oostra gives a motivational speech in the GlasSalon at the Glass Pavilion
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- Director of Belonging & Community Engagement
- Director of Governmental and External Affairs for the Toledo Lucas County Public Library
Rhonda Sewell most recently served as the director of governmental and external affairs for the Toledo Lucas County Public Library, where she worked with local, state and federal legislators as well as community stakeholders in the areas of library funding, advocacy and systems change. Prior to her 15 years at the Library, she worked 18 years as an award-winning journalist for The Blade newspaper, which included assignments in six countries. Sewell also served as an adjunct instructor in ethnic studies and mass communications at Bowling Green State University. Sewell is a proven community leader, founding in 2012 Real Men READ-y, an ongoing mentoring and early literacy program designed for underrepresented African American boys in kindergarten and first grade.
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- Member of the Board Officers Team
- Vice Chair
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- Development Operations Manager
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- Member of the Board Officers Team
- Secretary
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board Officers Team
- Vice Chair
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- Member of the Board Officers Team
- Secretary