Clock Museum Welcomes New Executive Director
The Search Committee is pleased to announce the selection of Ms. Jennifer Carroll as the new Executive Director of the American Clock and Watch Museum. Ms. Carroll was selected by the Search Committee from more than 30 applicants for the position.
Previously, Jenna was the Executive Director of the Laconia Historical and Museum Society in Laconia, New Hampshire, and has more than 15 years of experience in the history museum environment. Prior to her accepting the position in Laconia, Jenna was the Curator of Collections at the Canterbury Shaker Village. She has also served as Collections Manager at the Saco (Maine) Museum/Dyer Library.
Jennifer has a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of New Hampshire with a major in American History and Women’s Studies and earned a Master of Arts in Historical Administration from Eastern Illinois University.
Board of Directors
Officers
Arthur Shahverdian - President
Peter Nunes - 1st Vice President
Sharon Stotz - 2nd Vice President
Mary McAllister - Secretary
Richard Huck - Treasurer
Directors
Melody Barker
Larry Chelmow
Howard Cohen
Alvin Comen
Gail Dunnrowicz
David Ewbank
Jon Jacobi
C. Kent Kroeber
Janet Mellon
John Reardon
Lynda Russell
Charles Widlitz
Marcelle Wood
Honorary Directors
Chris Bailey
Lorinda Bigler
Mel Brown
George Bruno
Kirtland Crump
Terry Fletcher
Thomas Grimshaw
Jean Haines
William Kaminski
James Katzin
Robert Lagasse
John Losch
Thomas Manning
Allen Massicotte, DDS
Townsend Mink
Donald Muller
G. Russell Oechsle
Gary Plonski
Caroline Smith-Warner
Snowden Taylor, Ph.D.
William Treadway
Staff
Jennifer Carroll, Executive Director
Thomas Grimshaw, Interim Curator
Colleen Nicastro, Director of Interpretation
Jill Godbout, Office Coordinator
Joan Brown, Receptionist
Barbara Cerrina, Receptionist
Judy Chatfield, Receptionist
Kathleen Milish, Receptionist
Rose Quilty, Receptionist
Michelle Milczanowski is working on a contract basis on the Annual Fund
Every Friday morning during the museum’s season, two volunteers, Mel Brown & Paul D’Aprile, visit the exhibit galleries to wind clocks. One Friday, Zander Jakuc of Southport, CT and his mother came to the museum to watch this process. Zander followed Paul around the museum to learn about the clocks including the Ansonia “Gloria” swinging ball pendulum clock and the New Haven Clock Co. “Ignatz” flying pendulum clock. It appears as though the horology field has a new recruit.
Volunteers
The following individuals are volunteers at the museum as group tour guides, daily tour guides or building & grounds workers:
Bob Barnett, Larry Behr, Joan Brown, Mel Brown, Diane Carter, Paul D’Aprile, Gail Dunnrowicz, Tom Grimshaw, Jean Haines, Bruce Haynes, Richard Huck, Zander Jakuc, Ron Jones, Henrietta Kablick, Regi Kowalski, Bob Lagasse, Tom Manning, Dave Powell, Jeannine Provenzano, John Reardon, Perry Spinelli, Carmel Sullivan and Austin Tedesco. Members of the Bristol Garden Club under the leadership of Lennie Strauss plant and tend the sundial garden behind the Lewis House.
