Allison Krisch is the Assistant Director, Family & Camp Programs at the Penn Museum. She has spent the past 14 years working in museum education, primarily focused on programming that integrates children, teens, and young adults into the museum experience. Allison has been working in Philadelphia museums since 2010, filling roles in education and public programming at the Academy of Natural Sciences, the Franklin Institute, and the National Constitution Center. Allison has an M.A. in Museum Education from the University of the Arts and a dual B.S. in Psychology and Sociology from the University of Pittsburgh. She has been a part of the Museum Council Board since 2014, most recently serving as the Programming Chair before being elected to her current position.

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As an artist and art administrator turned education and nonprofit leadership graduate student, Julia Fox is interested in the learning that happens in cultural institutions. She is looking to learn from and engage with communities that are typically underrepresented in these institutions in hopes of reducing educational inequities while expanding resources and education in the arts for all. Before coming to work at the University of Pennsylvania as an Administrative Assistant in the undergraduate Fine Arts and Design program, Fox was the Community Programming Coordinator at the Center for Emerging Visual Artists (CFEVA). Here she organized the Philadelphia Open Studio Tours, an annual citywide event with hundreds of artists and partners, in addition to running CFEVA’s artist membership program. Fox is passionate about art and the connection and learning it inspires.

Meg Bowersox is the Manager of Gallery Interpretation at the Museum of the American Revolution. She is a museum educator and history, arts, and culture enthusiast who currently serves as the Manager of Gallery Interpretation at the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia, PA. She has been with the Museum since its opening in 2017 and has previously worked at Philadelphia's Magic Gardens and the Independence Seaport Museum. Meg earned her Master's in Museum Education from The University of the Arts and holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from William Patterson University. Meg’s artistic passion lies in textile design and photography and is rarely seen without her camera.

Allison Boyle is the Events & Marketing Manager at Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens (PMG), an immersive mixed media art environment that is completely covered with mosaics on South Street.  She has a Bachelor's Degree in Art Education from Penn State and a Master's Degree in Art History from the George Washington University. Allison has been in the museum field since 2008, and has been involved with the Museum Council since 2013, serving on both the programming and marketing committees. She believes museums should be welcoming and inclusive, and should promote both knowledge and conversation.   

Alex Palma holds the position of Grants Coordinator B in the Research Support Center at the Weitzman School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania. He has been the Assistant Director of The Carpenters’ Company at Carpenters’ Hall for the past 5 years. In that role, Alex’s various responsibilities supported the operation of Carpenters’ Hall as a National Historic Landmark and served The Carpenters’ Company as a professional organization for built professionals.

 Alex has been on the board of the Museum Council for Greater Philadelphia for three years and is currently Chair of the Delaware Valley Archivist Group. He is also on the board of the General Meade Society of Philadelphia and is on the organizing committee for Archives for Black Lives in Philadelphia (A4BLiP). He has served as a judge at National History Day seven times. Throughout his career, Alex has been interested in archives, institutional memory, historic preservation, and the built environment.

Alex enjoys cooking, gardening, and making fermented and pickled foods in his free time. He also enjoys art house films and punk and dark wave music. He lives in Northeast Philly with his partner of 9 years, Brittany. 

Chase Dougherty is the Gretchen Hupfel Curator of Contemporary Art at The Delaware Contemporary where she has been collaboratively exploring how to engage audiences with contemporary artistic practice, materials, and content in order to increase relevance and resonance. She received her BA in Art History from Sonoma State University and her MFA in Museum Exhibition Design and Planning from The University of the Arts. As both an exhibition designer and a curator, she aims to more seamlessly immerse the two fields to construct more meaningful art experiences.

Sarah Linn is the Research Liaison at the Penn Museum, where she runs programs that serve both the Penn community and Museum visitors. She is particularly interested in making archaeological and anthropological research accessible to the public through engaging interpretive programs and exhibitions. Running programs like the Graduate Advisory Council and Graduate Guides, she works closely with graduate students in related disciplines to become better public educators. Sarah started at the Penn Museum while completing her PhD in Mediterranean Archaeology at the University of Pennsylvania, where she specialized in Aegean Bronze Age archaeology.

Monica O. Montgomery is a transformational museum leader operating at the intersections of social justice in museums and diversity, equity, and inclusion to spark ecologies of promise. She is steeped in community engagement, dynamic outreach, and strategies for socially responsive museums. Montgomery has extensive experience within museum administration, having honed her talents over decades in executive leadership (three museums), curatorial (40-plus exhibits), communications (two degrees), education, and dozens of public programs. As a keynote speaker, graduate professor, and consultant, she is a natural ambassador for Museum Remedy. She regularly interacts with a creative milieu of artists, diplomats, neighbors, corporations, associations, scholars, educators, and donors to launch museum initiatives and sustain goodwill for cultural organizations. Montgomery forecasts sector insights to create embracing spaces in museums.

Sean Connolly is the Executive Director of Arch Street Meeting House Preservation Trust, the premier destination for learning about Quaker history in the country. He formerly held positions at Pennsbury Manor and Historic Philadelphia, Inc. where he specialized in historic theatre and public history. Sean has a MA in Theatre and Non-Profit Management from Villanova University and a BA in History from York College of Pennsylvania. Sean is excited to help tell Philadelphia's history in a more exciting and diverse way.