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7:30 am
Omni Richmond Hotel, James River Ballroom, Salons A&B
Continental Breakfast will be served
9:00 am
Omni Richmond Hotel, Salons C&D
Kelly Lynch | Director, Brand and Experience, Mars Wrigley Premium Brands
Gail Broadright | Senior Director, Digital Sales, Marketing and User Experience, Mars Wrigley Premium Brands
9:30 am
David Zach | Futurist
10:30 am
Dr. Kelley Fanto Deetz| Vice President of Collections & Public Engagement
10:50 am
11:10 am
Ted Widmer, Ph.D. | Guest Curator, New York Historical Society
12:10 pm
Omni Richmond Hotel, James River Ballroom, Salons A & B
1:15 pm
William Clements | Vice President of Sponsorship and Mars Properties Mars Wrigley
1:30 pm
Dave Borghesani | Mars Wrigley Chocolate Historian
1:35 pm
Justin A. Meinert| Education & Living History Manager, Fort Pitt Museum
1:45 pm
John Dichtl, Ph.D. | CEO, American Association for the State and Local History (AASLH)
2:35 pm
2:55 pm
Gretchen Bulova | Director, Grant Winner Presentation: Senator
3:10 pm
Elon Cook Lee | Interpretation Consultant, Liberation Heritage
4:05 pm
4:15 pm
5:30 pm
Virginia Museum of History & Culture
Keynote Evening Event: Indigenous Foodways of the Americas: Presented by First Americans Museum
Tour of the Virginia Museum of History & Culture
Jamie Bosket | President & CEO, Virginia Museum of History & Culture
Jim Pepper Henry | CEO, First Americans Museum and Chairman of the Kaw Nation
Troy Adkins | Network Administrator for the Virginia House of Delegates and member of the Chickahominy Tribe
Loretta Barrett Oden | Chef, Consultant, 39 Restaurant, Citizen Potawatomi
Brad Harris | Regional Executive Chef, 39 Restaurant
8:00 am
Kelly Lynch | Director, Brand & Experience, Mars Wrigley Premium Brands
9:15 am
Shep Ogden | CEO, Offbeat Media Group
10:15 am
Thomas Drover | Executive Director
11:00 am
Alice Stevenson | Director, DiMenna Children’s Museum
11:50 am
Scott McKinnon | Instructor of Innovative Media
12:15 pm
1:20 pm
Kelly Lynch | Moderator
Mariruth Leftwich, Ph.D. | Sr. Director of Museum Operations & Education, Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation
Michael Norris | Executive Director, Carpenter’s Hall
Ramin Ganeshram | Executive Director, Westport Museum
2:20 pm
2:40 pm
Sarah Pharaon | Principle Dialogic Consulting
3:15 pm
Allison Wickens | Vice President, Education
3:30 pm
6:30 pm
Omni Richmond Hotel
Shockoe Slip, Museums, Capitol, Jackson Ward
7:00 pm
Hippadrome Theater
Entertainment: Trademark with Special Guests
7:45 pm
Hippodrome Theater
20th Anniversary of Heritage Chocolate Society
9:20 pm
9:30 pm
For all other inquiries and questions please reach out to Denise Drach
Ddrach@elevationgroup.com