d. steven elliott

President and CEO, NYSHA and The Farmers' Museum
Email: @nysha.org
Executive program, Amos Tuck School of Business Administration
Ph.D. Coursework completed, College of William and Mary
A.B. in History and Education, Cornell University

museum work

• President and CEO, NYSHA and The Farmers' Museum, 2005-present
• Executive Director, Council for America's First Freedom, 2000-2005
• Colonial Williamsburg, 1972-2000
• Vice President, Education, 1993-2000
• Vice President, Chief Administration Officer, 1988-1993
• Vice President, Information Management, Quality Performance, and Corporate Secretary, 1982-1988
• Secretary of the Foundation and Director of Corporate Development, 1978-1982
• Executive Assistant to the President and Assistant Secretary of the Foundation, 1976-1978
• Assistant Secretary of the Corporation, 1976
• Assistant Archivist, Oral History Recorder, and Assistant Secretary of the Corporation, 1974-1975
• Assistant Archivist, 1973
• Assistant Archivist Trainee, 1972

professional and public services

• National History Day (Board and Executive Committee Member)
• American Association for State and Local History (governing Council Member)
• National Council for History Education (Board Liaison)
• Hampton Roads Public Television and Radio (Board Member)
• Williamsburg-James City County School Board (Chair)
• United Way of Greater Williamsburg (President and Campaign Chair)
• Williamsburg Community Hospital (Vice Chair)
• Virginia Air and Space Center (Board and Executive Committee member)
• Housing Partnerships (Organizer and Chair)
• Historic Triangle Community Services Center (Organizer and Vice Chair)
• Hampton Roads Academy Capital Campaign (Chair)
• Mental Health, Mental Retardation, and Substance Abuse Services Board (Board Member and Treasurer)
• Williamsburg United Methodist Church (Chair, Administrative Board)
• Archives Partnership Trust (Steward)
• Museum Association of New York (MANY) (Board Member)
• Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce (Board Member)

Courses: Various classes

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