Shaker Museum, which stewards the most comprehensive collection of Shaker material culture and archives, announced today the appointment of Rachel Robbins to its Board of Trustees. Shaker Museum’s Board of Trustees now has 17 members.
Robbins, who brings extensive experience in both design strategy and social innovation, is joining the Board of Trustees during a pivotal time for Shaker Museum as the cultural institution breaks ground on its new permanent facility in downtown Chatham, NY, this spring. The physical building, designed by Selldorf Architects, will embody Shaker values of inclusion, innovation, and equality to create a museum that both tells the Shaker story and is responsive to the needs of the community in Chatham, Columbia County, and the surrounding Hudson Valley.
Robbins is the cofounder and executive director of Tangible Mind, a design and social innovation nonprofit based in the Hudson Valley and Cambridge, Massachusetts. Prior to her work in the social sector, she spent 18 years in emerging tech, helping companies to innovate through design leadership and strategy, and has taught design at the Keller Center for Innovation in Engineering at Princeton University in their entrepreneurship track and in the Parsons School of Design Strategic Design and Management program.
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