Priscilla Brendler

Executive director

914.592.6726
914.414.6726
director@greaterhudson.org

​Priscilla Brendler is the executive director of GHHN and is a museum administrator with thirty years’ experience in strategic planning, program production, historical interpretation, organizational restructuring, development and fundraising, planned giving, public relations and marketing, finance, and general management. She is a senior level professional with specialized expertise in combining museum resources with interpretive design; development of concepts, content and implementation of public and educational programs; and educational program and project management and evaluation. Priscilla holds a B.A. in International Relations and History from Syracuse University and a M.A. in Non-profit Museum Administration from Goucher College in Baltimore Maryland. Her prior work experiences include serving as executive director for the Connecticut League of History Organizations, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation/Duke Farms, Old Westbury Gardens, the Lower East Side Tenement Museum in NYC, and the National Park Service in Washington D.C. Television appearance include NBC’s Today Show, C-SPAN, The Discovery Channel, National Public Radio, Bloomberg News Radio and print interviews for Newsday, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Smithsonian Magazine, the Journal News and the White Plains Daily Voice. ​

Kerry Sclafani

PROGRAM DIRECTOR

914.582.3353
info@greaterhudson.org

Kerry Sclafani is an archivist, librarian, and museum program director with experience in program and webinar production, workshop presentation, website and social media management, historical interpretation and collection care, public relations, marketing and design, and grant administration. Her work as GHHN's Program Director includes coordinating and assisting with all of GHHN's programmatic activities - including online registration, PR, logistics, design, and presenters. She is also responsible for overseeing all logistics for GHHN's Annual Conference, acting as webmaster for GHHN, producing webinars for both GHHN and for GHHN's Connecting to New York's Collections program, maintaining GHHN's social media presence, and assisting in the management of GHHN's three grant programs on behalf of NYSCA. Ms. Sclafani also presents at GHHN workshops and conducts site visits to repositories to offer support and advice on how to best care for their collections. She holds a B.A. in Political Science from Providence College, a M.S. in Library and Information Science with a concentration in Archival Management from Simmons College, and a New York State Public Librarian’s Professional Certificate. Prior to employment at GHHN, she served as Archivist for the Duxbury Rural and Historical Society at their Drew Archival Library, Archivist at First Parish Church –Unitarian/Universalist, and in both Reference and Technical Services Librarian positions at Duxbury Free Library, all located in Duxbury, MA. From 2010-2014, she served the Hudson Valley as the Documentary Heritage Regional Coordinator and Archivist for the New York State Archives, a program which was managed in the Hudson Valley by GHHN until 2014.
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