NEDCC Executive Director to Retire
Dr. Ann Russell has announced that she will retire from her position as President and Executive Director of the Northeast Document Conservation Center on November 1, 2008 and assume the title of Director Emeritus.
Following her appointment as Executive Director in 1978, Dr. Russell has led the growth of NEDCC for three decades. Under her leadership, the Center established a national and international reputation for the quality of its work and the impact of its educational programs.
Some of Dr. Russell's accomplishments include funding and launching internship programs that have seeded at least 50 conservators into the profession at labs across the country and advanced the careers of more than 75 international conservators. She planned and launched the Center’s successful School for Scanning conferences, and put in place funding and expertise to make NEDCC a first-rate center for digitization services and expertise.
Furthermore, she launched and raised funds for free, online preservation courses, and envisioned and raised funds for dPlan, an innovative online disaster planning tool. More than 2,400 individuals have logged on to dPlan to write institutional disaster plans. She also raised more than $20,000,000 for the Center from outside sources over a thirty-year period.
Dr. Russell provided the energy and resources to reposition NEDCC through a business planning process in 2002, with the goal of increasing its earned income as well as the national impact of its field service programs. According to the Chairman of the Center’s Board of Directors, Rob Maier, Director of the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, the Board will make a national search for Russell’s successor.
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