The Autry National Center announce the appointment of Stacy Lieberman to the newly created position of Vice President of Communications and Visitor Experience. Reporting to the Autry’s President and CEO, Lieberman will lead the Autry’s communications, marketing, membership, and visitor services functions, as well as oversee public programs, with the goal of prioritizing audience development and visitor engagement. Lieberman will assume her new position on September 5, 2012.
The Autry, located in Los Angeles’ Griffith Park, presents a range of changing exhibitions and more than 150 programs per year, including lectures, theatre, film, concerts, family programs, and festivals. Visitor amenities include free parking, extended Autry Store hours, a reasonably priced cafe with indoor and scenic outdoor seating, a 200-seat theatre, and two levels of galleries dedicated to the myths and realities of the American West.
Lieberman is currently Associate Vice President for Marketing and Communications at California State University, Northridge. She was Director of External Affairs at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles for nearly ten years, with prior experience at Getty Publications, Wayne State University Press in Detroit, and St. Martin’s Press in New York. She has served on the board of the Western Museums Association and is the recipient of many awards, including Association of American Museums honors for outstanding publications, a PRism Award of Excellence from the Los Angeles chapter of the Public Relations Society of America, and a Women Making a Difference award from the Los Angeles Business Journal.
She holds a BA in English and French from Tufts University and an MA in English with an emphasis in creative writing from Wayne State University.
The Autry National Center is a history museum dedicated to exploring and sharing the stories, experiences, and perceptions of the diverse peoples of the American West. It was formed in 2003 by the merger of the Autry Museum of Western Heritage with the Southwest Museum of the American Indian and the Women of the West Museum. Located in Griffith Park, the Autry’s collection of more than 500,000 pieces of art and artifacts, includes the collection of the Southwest Museum of the American Indian, one of the largest and most significant in the United States. The Autry Institute includes two research libraries: the Braun Research Library and the Autry Library. Exhibitions, public programs, K–12 educational services, and publications are designed to examine the contemporary human condition through the lens of the historical Western experience and explore critical issues in society. www.theautry.org