InterActivity is the Association of Children’s Museums’ (ACM) annual conference—the world’s largest convening of children’s museum professionals. Programming includes content-rich professional development sessions, inspirational keynote speakers, insightful museum study tours, multiple networking opportunities, and the ACM MarketPlace—an exhibit hall of creative product and service solutions.
The InterActivity Program Committee is a service opportunity for ACM members to play a key role in shaping content for the annual conference. The Program Committee is an all-volunteer, field review body charged with evaluating and selecting session proposals for the Concurrent Professional Development Sessions at InterActivity, a significant part of the conference program.
The Committee is composed of twenty-four members, including two co-chairs and two business members. As a field review body, its composition includes individuals with a variety of job functions, expertise, experience, ages, etc., to represent the geographic, institutional, and personal demographics of the children’s museum community. Read more.
Program Committee Co-Chairs
Amon Haruta, Director of Project Management, Explora (Albuquerque, NM)
Meghan Toland, Deputy Director, Sacramento Children’s Museum (CA)
Host Partner Members
Lynnsey Childress-Wimp, Chief Operating Officer, Discovery Lab (Tulsa, OK)
Andrea Spechler, Innovation Manager, Discovery Lab (Tulsa, OK)
ACM Board of Directors Liaison
Hilary Van Alsburg, Executive Director, Children’s Museum Tucson (AZ)
At-Large Members
Sarah Cole, President & CEO, Glazer Children’s Museum (Tampa, FL)
Krista Dawson, Director of Education, Children’s Museum of Richmond (VA)
Hardin Engelhardt, Chief Learning Officer, Marbles Kids Museum (Raleigh, NC)
Megan Geiken, Director of Marketing, Grand Rapids Children’s Museum (MI)
Hannah Hausman, Executive Director, Santa Fe Children’s Museum (NM)
Nikki Hill, PhD, Chief Learning Officer, Discovery Place (Charlotte, NC)
Beth Housewert, Chief Growth Officer, Inspired Impact (Business Member, FL)
Kimberly Kay, Sr. Manager Retail & Guest Services, Scott Family Amazeum (Bentonville, AR)
Morgan Kreutz, Chief Operating Officer, Amazement Square (Lynchburg, VA)
Mike Lee, CEO, Children’s Museum of Eau Claire (WI)
Caitlin Luttjohann, Vice President of Play and Learning, Kansas Children’s Discovery Center (Topeka, KS)
Jamie McDowell, Director of Operations, Terre Haute Children’s Museum (IN)
Erek Nass, Project Director, Roto (Business Member, OH)
Heather Nessler, Executive Director, SPARK, the Children’s Museum of Rochester (MN)
Quinn Schell, Chief Experience Officer, Imagine Children’s Museum (Everett, WA)
Ashlen Sheaffer, Interim Executive Director, Des Moines Children’s Museum (IA)
Kaylinn Swaim, Operations Manager, Wise Wonders Museum of Science & Discovery (Billings, MT)
Maria Tinajero-Dowdle, Chief Experience Officer, Pretend City (Irvine, CA)
Kaia-Joye Wesolowski, Director of Learning Experiences, MOXI, The Wolf Museum of Exploration + Innovation (Santa Barbara, CA)
