| 12/1/2006
Frazier Museum Board Hires Mary Case as Interim Executive Director
The Board of the Frazier International History Museum announces the appointment of Mary Case as the museum’s Interim Executive Director. Case co-founded Quality Management to a Higher Power, a community of consulting practitioners dedicated to improving nonprofit organizations and the boards, businesses, associations and foundations that support them. Her strategic approach and team-building skills have helped organizations reorganize, work smarter, and become stronger in achieving programmatic goals essential to their mission. She comes highly recommended by Ed Able, immediate past president of the American Association of Museums (AAM).
Ms. Case’s tenure begins January 2, 2007. Her primary responsibilities will be to oversee and direct the museum’s next phase of succession. Her specific goals will be to manage the nation-wide search for a permanent Executive Director, build upon the strategic plan set forth by the museum’s Board and manage and direct the daily activities of the museum staff.
“With the completion of the building and all related efforts, not to mention the successful opening of the Museum, it is now time for the museum to take the next logical step in the lifecycle of our institution. Mary’s vast knowledge of museums, coupled with my passion and enthusiasm for the museum and knowledge of Louisville is the ideal combination that will enable us to achieve our goals. As a recognized professional in museum management, Mary brings to the Frazier a new and exciting perspective! With Mary on the team, I along with the Board will now focus on the challenge of securing this international museum’s future and its mission of educational excellence.” – Ed Webb, Director of Development for the museum.
“The Board has taken solid action and views Mary’s appointment as an extremely positive move. This will enable the museum to move beyond our formative phase and into the next plateau of becoming an historical museum of significant cultural relevance for the local, regional, and national constituents we serve.” - Owsley Brown Frazier, Founder and Chairman of the museum’s board of directors.
The Frazier International History Museum
In collaboration with the Royal Armouries (Britain's oldest national museum), The Frazier Museum covers 1,000 years of history. The priceless collection is housed in a 100,000 square foot, state-of-the-art museum in downtown Louisville’s historic Doerhoefer building. The Frazier brings history to life every day through live interpretations by costumed interpreters, multimedia presentations, educational programming and hands-on learning. The Frazier Museum is the only museum to have a partnership with the Royal Armouries, making it the only museum of its kind in the United States and the world. For more information about the Museum, please call
(502) 412-2280 or log on to www.fraziermuseum.org. Mary Case
Prior to co-founding Quality Management to a Higher Power, Case worked in increasingly responsible positions at IBM, American University, the Smithsonian Institution and other nonprofits. Case has an MA in Museum Studies from SUNY, Cooperstown and a BA, American Studies, magna cum laude, from Temple University. She received the Dudley Award from the Registrars Committee of the American Association of Museums and the Katherine Coffey Award from the Mid Atlantic Association of Museums, both for distinguished service to the museum field. Her continuing fields of study include nonprofit leadership and political advocacy, organizational change, adult learning and economic development.
She is widely published in nonprofit journals and she lectures internationally. Her books include: “Building on Strength: Constructive Change for Nonprofit Organizations”, iUniverse, 2003 with Will Phillips; “Registrars on Record”, American Association of Museums, 1988, editor Washington CityPack, Fodor, 1994, 1997 with Bruce Walker.
She lives on Capital Hill, Washington DC with her husband, Will Lowe, where she is known as a neighborhood activist and community leader.
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