The Tampa Bay Historical past Heart has named Audrey Chapuis as its subsequent President and CEO.
Chapuis brings many years of management expertise at cultural and tutorial establishments to the put up. She is at present Government Director of the American Library in Paris, the most important English-language lending library in Europe.
“We’re tremendously excited to welcome Audrey to the Tampa Bay Historical past Heart,” Historical past Heart Board of Trustees Chair Chris Alvarez says in a press launch. “During the last summer time, we obtained completely gorgeous curiosity from candidates all over the world to guide the Historical past Heart, and Audrey
stood out as exemplifying the whole lot we’d need in our subsequent chief – with distinctive tutorial and nonprofit credentials, in addition to a confirmed observe report of fundraising and revolutionary program growth. We’re assured Audrey will construct on our sturdy basis and information the Historical past Heart into an thrilling new chapter.”
Born and raised in Austin, Texas, Chapuis has a Bachelor of Liberal Arts, Focus in English and American Literature from Harvard College – Harvard Extension Faculty; a Grasp of Science in Library and Data Sciences from the College of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; and an Government Grasp in Enterprise Administration (specializing in Digital Transformation) from HEC Paris.
She has headed Entry Providers on the Northwestern College Faculty of Legislation’s Pritzker Authorized Analysis Heart in Chicago, and serves on the boards of Marymount Worldwide Faculty, Paris, and Information Decoder, a nonprofit devoted to world citizenship by journalism and schooling.
Chapuis will start on the Tampa Bay Historical past Heart later this 12 months. She succeeds longtime President and CEO C.J. Roberts, who departed after 20 years to take over as director of North Carolina’s statewide system of historical past museums.
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