About Our Staff The Connecticut League of History Organizations has the privilege of being supported by an experienced staff that is dedicated to helping museums, libraries, and cultural institutions achieve greatness. Read about them below, and as always, please use the provided contact information to reach out with any questions, comments, or concerns. |
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Staff Contacts |
Amrys O. Williams Executive Director director@clho.org | Amrys O. Williams became CLHO's first full-time executive director in 2019. She came to the League from the Hagley Museum and Library, where she was Associate Director and Oral Historian in the Center for the History of Business, Technology, and Society. Amrys has a Ph.D. in the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, where her research focused on U.S. agriculture in the 20th century. She has taught history at Wesleyan University, and has led and launched several digital and public history projects, including an exhibition on the history of the Van Vleck Observatory and an oral history podcast. Originally from upstate New York, Amrys has called Connecticut home since 2008. She lives in Middletown with her husband and son, who love to join her exploring Connecticut's museums and historic landscapes. |
Emily is the Membership & Programs Manager at CLHO. Emily joins the League coming from the Connecticut Restaurant Association, the non-for-profit trade association serving Connecticut’s greater hospitality industry. Prior to working for CRA, Emily served as a contracted Data Analyst for the Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut’s Cradle-to-Career Initiative. Her passion within her career is legislative advocacy, and has spent her time lobbying and working on many state and local campaigns. She has chaired state chapters for grassroots community groups as well as served on the Policy Committee for CWEALF (Connecticut Women’s Education and Legal Fund). She currently serves as Program Chair of the Nutmeg Spinner’s Guild. Emily holds a B.A. in Political Science from UConn with minors in French and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies as well as a Master of Public Policy from UConn’s School of Public Policy. In her free time, she enjoys knitting, the local folk music scene, and exploring local cuisine. |
Emily Garfinkel Membership & Programs Manager membership@clho.org |
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Andy King Communications Manager info@clho.org | Andy King attends Central Connecticut State University's Public History Graduate program and received their Bachelor’s degree in History with a minor in Public History from CCSU in 2021. In the past, they have worked with the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Connecticut Landmarks, Connecticut Explored, and the New Britain Industrial Museum. Along with their work for the League, they are the Membership & Programs Coordinator for Essex Historical Society and a Museum Interpreter for Connecticut Landmarks. Andy’s special interests in history include Connecticut, colonial, American Revolution, Indigenous, and LGBTQIA+ studies and they aspire to work in historic preservation and house museums. Andy lives in southeastern Connecticut with their partner and cat, and can be found exploring museums, hiking, playing video games, and hosting dinner parties for their friends and family. |
Diane Lee is the Connecticut Collections Project Coordinator for the Connecticut League of History Organizations and also the Collections Manager at the Fairfield Museum and History Center, in Fairfield, Connecticut where she first started working with CollectiveAccess and the consortium model in 2016. Previously holding the Collections Manager position at the Connecticut Historical Society for a number of years, her experience has included everything from database management, to cataloging and digitizing 2-D and 3-D material, overseeing collection moves, and even construction projects involving HVAC system upgrades. She believes in putting order to the chaos of museum and library records by organizing and bringing together their information in a straightforward and rational way that allows us to more easily find and tell the stories of our collections. |
Diane Lee Connecticut Collections Project Manager ctco@clho.org |
Dana J. Meyer Connecticut Collections Project Assistant dana@clho.org | Dana J. Meyer is an MA student in Public History at Central Connecticut State University, with a propensity for technological innovation. As the newest member of CLHO, he brings his passion of database architecture, data analysis, and familiarity of copyright, accessibility, and web design to Connecticut Collections. He has worked as a Research Assistant at the Center for Connecticut Studies and was a recipient of the 2019- 2020 Digital History Fellowship at the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at George Mason University. His research focuses on mapping Connecticut Revolutionary War Deserters, and most recently the relationship between desertion and the newspaper presses as an apparatus of war. |
Jenifer brings with her more than 20 years of bookkeeping experience. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Mount Aloysius in Cresson, Pennsylvania. In addition to the Bookkeeper position at CLHO, Jenifer holds the position of Bookkeeper at the Submarine Force Library & Museum in Groton, Connecticut. When not working, you can find Jenifer on an adventure with her husband and 2 daughters, in her kitchen cooking a delicious meal, or spending time outdoors. She loves to experience new places and to spend time walking, hiking, or just enjoying nature’s beauty. Jenifer lives in Southeastern Connecticut. | Jenifer Do Bookkeeper bookkeeper@clho.org |
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