Ennis Barbery Smith

Experience

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  Appalachian Studies Association

  Dec 2010 - May 2011

  Intern - Appalachian Studies Association

  Planned conference events Assisted with administrative tasksCreated an environmental sustainability initiative, including a river clean-up

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  Department of Anthropology, University of Maryland

  Jan 2011 - Jan 2014

  Research Assistant

  Fall 2011 - Administrative assistant in dept. officeSpring 2012 - Teaching assistant for a cultural anthropology courseFall 2012 to Fall 2013 - Research assistant for Erve Chambers working on bibliographic research and writing about Indigenous Cultural Landscapes in the Chesapeake Bay region

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  National Park Service

  May 2012 - Sept 2012

  Intern - National Park Service, Chesapeake Bay Office

  Researched, wrote and edited website contentPlanned events Developed social media planAssisted with administrative tasks

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  Greenbelt Museum

  Jan 2013 - Jan 2014

  Graduate Student Researcher

  Documented the history of the Greenbelt Museum through oral history interviews with previous employees and foundersStarted the Greenbelt Oral History and Cultural Landscape Project. Read more: http://www.greenbeltmuseum.org/oral-history

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  Smithsonian Institution

  Jan 2013 - Jan 2013

  Intern - Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

  Researched and wrote content for reports and collaborative exhibits Did research for and assisted in editing exhibit scripts of a Smithsonian / Newseum Exhibit "One Nation With News for All" Read more: http://newsdesk.si.edu/releases/new-exhibit-opening-may-16-newseum-explores-role-ethnic-media-americaWorked under the supervision of curator James Deutsch

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  University of Maryland and National Park Service

  Jan 2014 - Jan 2014

  Research Assistant

  Researched international heritage organizations' policies regarding climate changeOrganized stakeholder meetingsWorked under the supervision of Dr. George Hambrecht (UMD) and Marcy Rockman (NPS)Read more about this project: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/climatechange/adaptationforculturalresources.htm

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  Museum of Chincoteague Island

  Mar 2014 - Sept 2016

  Executive Director

  Worked with the Museum's Board of Directors to manage all Museum operations, supervision of volunteers, Museum store activities, event coordination, promotion and community outreachHad an active role in fundraising, building an endowment, financial management and coordination of education programs with a special focus on the Museum's Road Scholars programs. Worked closely with Board committees associated with collections, exhibits, promotion and maintenance.Started (and continues to be involved in) the Chincoteague Island Life History Project. While the Chincoteague Island Library had been collecting audio recording of Chincoteague residents since the 1980s, I was able to help expand this project by getting the Museum involved and training volunteers of both organizations to use collect both video and audio recordings of interviewees speaking about their life histories and their connections to Chincoteague and Assateague. Explore this project: http://chincoteaguemuseum.com/life-history Show less

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  Greenbelt Museum

  Aug 2016 - Jul 2017

  Assistant Director

  Managing daily office operations, including the following: tracking visitation and program attendance, managing membership database, making bank deposits, and bookkeeping Supervising, scheduling, and recruiting volunteersGiving historic house tours and community walking tours to groupsWriting and editing grant applications, press releases, and other correspondence Conducting oral history interviewsUsing a CRM system to manage donor and member dataResearching prospective donors and foundations Show less

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  Chesapeake Conservancy

  Apr 2017 - Sept 2017

  Consultant

  Updating indigenous cultural landscape (ICL) written content in collaboration with staff of the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail

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  Maryland Historical Trust

  Aug 2017 - Dec 2021

  Assistant Administrator for the Maryland Heritage Areas Program

  The Maryland Heritage Areas Program provides grants for conserving regional cultural and natural resources and for creating and updating heritage tourism resources to non-profits and government organizations in Maryland's 13 heritage areas. These grants range from historic preservation and traditional arts to trail construction and murals! I try to help make the processes of applying, accepting, and reporting on those grants as smooth as possible for the museums, parks, and cultural institutions that benefit from the program. Show less

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  West Virginia Department of Tourism

  Dec 2021 - now

  Director of Destination Development

  Recruiting, assisting, and promoting tourism development projects across West VirginiaConnecting WV's tourism businesses with technical assistance and financial incentives, specifically the Tourism Development Act (TDA) tax creditManaging and administering grant funding