About the Institute

The Institute’s Staff

• Sue Heilman

  Interim Executive Director

  Sue Heilman is an experienced nonprofit leader having spent over 25 years growing and leading mission-based organizations. In recent years, Heilman has served as the interim executive director of The Lenny Zakim Fund, Alternatives for Community and Environment, Massachusetts Appleseed Center for Law and Justice, MassEquality, and the Hull Lifesaving Museum. Previously, Heilman served as the executive director of Horizons for Homeless Children for 18 years, and Thompson Island Education Center for 5 years.

  Sue Heilman’s consulting practice has included strategic planning, board development and fundraising planning for a number of nonprofit organizations, including the Victim Rights Law Center, Steps To Success, School on Wheels, New Hampshire Black Heritage Trail, Massachusetts Advocates for Children, Family Nurturing Center, Piers Park Sailing Center, and Kurn Hattin Homes for Children. She also currently facilitates Empower Success Corps’ Nonprofit Executive RoundTable, a monthly leadership development gathering of nonprofit leaders. Heilman earned a B.A. in government from Wheaton College in Massachusetts and resides in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

• Caroline Angel Burke

  Vice President of Education, Visitor Experience & Collections

  Caroline Angel Burke is responsible for all educational programs, exhibits, interpretation, media development, and curatorial collections at the Institute. Angel Burke has worked in and for museums for over twenty years, and believes passionately in the power of informal educational experiences.

  Prior to her arrival at the Institute, she was senior project manager in exhibits at the Museum of Science, Boston; program manager for the Museum’s adult and special programs; and has worked in curatorial, project management, educational, and visitor service management positions at a variety of museums and their support industries in the United States and the UK. She has a BA in history and anthropology from Northeastern University and a master’s degree in Museum Studies from the University of Leicester, UK.

• Gina Perille

  Chief Operating Officer

  Gina Perille oversees technology and the Institute’s digital presence as well as the external relations division at the Institute which encompasses marketing, government relations, public programs, and communications.

  Perille previously worked at Harvard where she was part of the University’s public affairs and communications division and served as the director of communications for the Harvard Library system. Previously, she worked for the City of Boston in the role of chief of communications and strategy for the Boston Public Library where she wrote the award-winning strategic plan, the BPL Compass; and led media, marketing, branding, and engagement efforts across twenty-five locations with a combined average of 800 monthly programs and exhibitions.

  In other roles, Perille led a global corporate foundation where she oversaw philanthropic, corporate culture, and corporate citizenship initiatives; and worked at a management consulting firm that advised government agencies, cultural organizations, academic institutions, and foundations. A former correspondent for the Boston Globe, Perille holds an MBA from Boston University and a BFA from the University of Illinois. She is a graduate of the LeadBoston social justice leadership program, volunteers with the Boston Pride Committee, and serves on the Corporate Executive Council for WGBH. In November 2018, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker appointed her to the Commonwealth’s Board of Library Commissioners.

• Meet the Rest of our Team

  by Department

  Department	Staff Member	Title
  Development	Kerri Cullen	Director of Membership and Annual Fund
  Development	Lauren Janes	Senior Adviser
  Development	Alessandra Pasquale	Development Coordinator
  Development	Tara Rendon	Alumni Relations Coordinator
  Education & Programs	Caroline Angel Burke	Vice President, Education, Visitor Experience & Collections
  Education & Programs	Kenjii Barthelemy	Youth Program Coordinator
  Education & Programs	Mitchell Carolan	Education & Visitor Experience Senior Staff
  Education & Programs	Abigail Courage	Visitor Experience Coordinator
  Education & Programs	Jan Crocker	Senior Exhibit & Content Developer
  Education & Programs	Tyler Crosby	Education & Visitor Experience Senior Staff
  Education & Programs	Eileen Donovan	Volunteer & Intern Program Manager
  Education & Programs	Will Foster-Nolan	Lead Educator
  Education & Programs	Nate Gundy	Manager of Educational Programming
  Education & Programs	Allison Kaminsky	Program Coordinator
  Education & Programs	Zubeda Khan	Youth Learning Experience Specialist
  Education & Programs	Amy Munslow	Education Manager
  Education & Programs	Sara Tess Neumann	Program Assistant
  Education & Programs	Lou Rocco	Program & Content Developer
  Education & Programs	Lauren Scribi	Director of Programs & Government Relations
  Education & Programs	Sarah Yezzi	Director of Education, Family & Youth Programming
  Executive Office	Sue Heilman	Interim Executive Director
  Executive Office	Gina Perille	Chief Operating Officer
  Technology & Infrastructure	Kevin Boothby	Facilities Manager
  Technology & Infrastructure	Luis Colon	Customer Support Engineer
  Technology & Infrastructure	Jason Eliot	Senior Managing Director of Technology & Infrastructure
  External Relations	Miles Halpine	Communications Officer
  Business & Finance	Eileen Driscoll	Cape House Project Manager
  Business & Finance	Rachel Frazier	Events Manager
  Business & Finance	Paul Rehme	Director of Financial Operations
  Business & Finance	Tim Stancell-Condron	Director of Business Affairs & Events