Jeanne Bouhey

Current

• Director of Programs Development at French-American Foundation

Past

• Audience development manager at Musee du quai Branly
• Research consultant at AEA Consulting
• Intern in the development department at Whitney Museum of American Art

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Education

• New York University
• Institut d'Etudes politiques de Paris
• London School of Economics and Political Science

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Connections

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Industry

Museums and Institutions

Jeanne Bouhey’s Summary

International worker (worked / lived abroad for 6 years, fluent in 3 languages)
Specialized in the cultural sector
Strong writing and expression skills
Solid research and analytical skills

Jeanne Bouhey’s Experience

• Director of Programs Development

  French-American Foundation

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  2007 — Present (1 year)

  Managing fundraising for all restricted (or programs) funding
  Managing institutional fundraising
  Project management on fundraising database
  Launched website revamp process (until PR company was hired to draft RFP)

• Audience development manager

  Musee du quai Branly

  (Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Museums and Institutions industry)

  September 2005 — October 2006 (1 year 2 months)

  • Managed a €300,000 ($380,000) annual budget.
  • Recruited and managed 2 audience development coordinators. Reported to VP of Programming and Audiences.
  • Structured department activity: defined and implemented selling procedures, developed and implemented action plans for different audiences.
  • Project manager for the museum's contacts database (target: 100k contacts): selected provider, designed system architecture and qualifying criteria. Set up scheme to collect contacts (10 000 qualified contacts collected over 3 months).
  • Audience surveys: conceived long term survey (18 months), selected surveyor and oversaw implementation.
  • Ticketing systems: conceived selling and visitors’ procedures, project management to coordinate different departments.
  • Conceived and implemented membership program, from graphic identity and supplies to marketing and sales procedures (3,000+ members over 3 months).
  • Organized museum promotion at trade shows (6 a year).

• Research consultant

  AEA Consulting

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry)

  October 2000 — April 2005 (4 years 7 months)

  • Developed management consulting skills for the cultural sector in the US and UK, including: strategic planning, feasibility studies, financial planning, audience surveys, research in comparable models and best practice for arts organizations management.
  • Participated in business development.
  • Project management for The Advance Project, an international service organization for dancers’ professional transition.
  • Clients included major cultural organizations in US and UK: Victoria and Albert Museum, Getty Foundation, Pew Charitable Trusts, Arts Council of England, ...
  • Edited company quarterly newsletter The Platform and published articles for Platform as well as for a French book on cultural diplomacy. Presented paper on a comparison of French and US financing of culture at international conference, Oct. 2003.
  • Financial and office management for 2 years, until the company hired somebody specifically for this position.

• Intern in the development department

  Whitney Museum of American Art

  (Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Museums and Institutions industry)

  July 2000 — September 2000 (3 months)

  • Assisted in research in corporate sponsorship and membership,
  • Grants applications writing.

Jeanne Bouhey’s Education

• New York University

  Museum Studies 1999 — 2000

• Institut d'Etudes politiques de Paris

  International relations 1994 — 1998

• London School of Economics and Political Science

  1 year undergraduate, European Studies, 1995 — 1996

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