Senior Consultant
Throughout her career, Noël Harris (she/her) has invested her energies into museum research, analysis, and consulting. Advocating for creative problem solving and resourcefulness, Noël has helped numerous museum leaders focus their storytelling goals, improve outreach, and channel institutional enthusiasm toward marketable, community-relevant interpretive products and programs.
Though a Virginia native, Noël grew up in Texas and earned a BFA in Studio Art and an MA in Public History from Texas State University. In 2019, she completed a PhD in Public History at Middle Tennessee State University. She now lives in Richmond, Virginia with her husband, and their yorkiepoo Little Amy Dorrit. She enjoys working on their historic house, mudlarking in nearby waterways, and making paintings.
A New Yorker through-and-through, Zachary (he/him) was born in Rochester and now resides in Cortland County. He has spent his career working in educational positions at cultural heritage sites and organizations in the Empire State, including the Genesee Country Village Museum, Seward House Museum, and William G. Pomeroy Foundation. In these roles, Zachary has focused his efforts on developing collaborative, community-focused initiatives that make history accessible and engaging.
He earned a BA in History from Lycoming College and a MA in American History from SUNY Brockport. Along with his work in the cultural heritage sector, Zachary is also published across several mediums and genres. When he’s not researching or writing, you can typically find him somewhere lost in the woods or wandering through an old cemetery with his wife and their dog, Princess Piper, or trying to improve his jab.
Education Leader
Rebecca Martin (she/her) is an educator with more than 20 years of experience developing engaging museum exhibitions and programs and managing volunteers. Her work at organizations with 4-3000 fulltime staff makes her able to relate to museums of any size. Rebecca loves conducting research for exhibitions, talking about learning theory, and getting behind-the-scenes looks at collections.
Rebecca has lived in Connecticut, Delaware, France, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, and Minnesota and is now based in Washington, D.C. She combined an MA in History with a certificate in Museum Studies at the University of Delaware and earned a BA in History and French from Grinnell College. This spring, she is spending much of her free time coaxing peas, arugula, beets, kale, and Swiss chard into life in her community garden plot. If she ever moves to the country, she’ll install a clothesline.
Outreach and Security Consultant
During her time at the shelter, Princess Piper provided key support to facilitate her shelter-mates successful adoptions, mostly involving tug-of-war and fetch demonstrations with them in the play yard. After several months of helping her friends find their forever homes, Princess Piper was adopted in May of 2024.
Since then, she has used those skills acquired at the shelter to develop her own consulting business. Currently, she helps the Museum Outreach Director for the New York State Study of Public and Private Museums in his efforts to connect with museums and support them as they complete the Survey. Additionally, she serves as security consultant for the project.
When not consulting, you can find Princess Piper exploring Central New York’s many beautiful hiking spots, staring longingly out the window and plotting her adventures with her best friend, snake toy, or taste-testing her people’s dinners.
