WATERTOWN — The Jefferson County Historical Society Board of Trustees has appointed Jordan B. Walker executive director of the society, effective Sept. 19, board president Jill Van Hoesen announced.
Peter Whitmore had served as interim executive director since mid-July, following the resignation of former executive director Diana Page Jordan, whose last day was July 23, according to a Jefferson County Historical Society news release.
Walker, a 2011 St. Lawrence University graduate, brings more than five years of managerial and curation experience after serving as the manager of collections, archives, and exhibits for the Thousand Islands Bridge Authority and Boldt Castle.
“Jordan comes prepared to continue the upward momentum that has been created around the Society throughout 2016. She brings to the Society the right mix of curating, fundraising and facility operations the Society has been lacking in previous executive director appointments,” Van Hoesen said in the release.
Walker has her sights set on helping to secure the Society’s financial future.
“My hope is to continue building the renewed presence of the Society while undertaking meaningful long term goals, such as accreditation which will open up many avenues for grant opportunities which will in turn will help secure the financial footing of the Society,” Walker said.
Walker is the Jefferson County branch secretary of the American Association of University Women and a member of the EMERGE Professionals Group of Northern New York.
The Jefferson County Historical Society is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization chartered by the New York State Department of Education, according to its website. Governance of the Society is by a Board of Trustees and the day-to-day operations are managed by the Society/Museum staff.
The Society and its programs are supported in part by the New York State Council on the Arts, the New York Council for the Humanities, the City of Watertown, and Jefferson County government.
The Jefferson County Historical Society Museum is housed in the historic Paddock Mansion in downtown Watertown.
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