Jennifer Souers Chevraux

• What I do, where I work

• I have a specialized consulting practice helping museums and cultural organizations engage existing and potential audiences by developing compelling experiences and utilizing new media to cultivate the next generation of enthusiastic patrons. I also serve on the Board of the Ohio Museums Association, currently as Treasurer, and teach a course in Exhibition Development and Design at Walsh University.

  For ten years I served museums on staff as a curator, exhibits director, educator, and project manager. Then in 2006, I started my private consulting practice, Illumine Creative Solutions. My experience on-staff at different museums gives me an insider’s understanding of what it means to be both mission-driven and budget-conscious, while my current role as consultant offers clients an external perspective free from institutional bias.

• Current position

• Principal at Illumine Creative Solutions

• Adjunct Professor at Museum Studies Program, Walsh University

Earlier positions

• Director of Exhibits at Cleveland Museum of Natural History

• Director of Exhibits at The Children's Museum of Cleveland

• Curator at William McKinley Presidential Library and Museum

• Touring Staff at Artrain

Website(s)

• http://www.illuminecreativesolutions.com

• http://museoblogger.blogspot.com