Staff

Meet the staff of the Palmer Museum of Art! See below for contact information to reach individual staff members.

Director

Erin M. Coe

Erin M. Coe, Director of the Palmer Museum

Erin M. Coe is the Director of the Palmer Museum of Art and Associate Clinical Professor in the College of Arts and Architecture at Penn State.  Since her appointment in September 2017, she has worked on establishing the vision and strategic direction of the Palmer Museum of Art including its collection and exhibition program and oversees the planning and implementation of the museum’s mission and goals. She is at the forefront of the University’s initiative to construct a new university art museum at the Penn State Arboretum scheduled to open in 2024.

 

Coe is the former Executive Director of The Hyde Collection, an accredited art museum and historic house located in the Capital Region of New York. She led a major capital project that included an expansion of and renovations to the museum’s 1989 wing. Moreover, she secured a major gift of postwar Modern art that resulted in the addition of a new gallery dedicated to Modern and Contemporary art that opened in June 2017. Prior to serving as Director, Coe was the museum’s Chief Curator for fifteen years. During her tenure she curated more than forty exhibitions, authored over a dozen publications, contributed to national arts periodicals, and juried several regional and national exhibitions.

 

Coe was the curator of the critically acclaimed exhibition Modern Nature: Georgia O’Keeffe and Lake George organized by The Hyde Collection in association with the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in 2013. She is the co-author of the exhibition catalogue, which was honored with an Award of Excellence by the Association of Art Museum Curators (AAMC).

 

Coe has degrees from the University of New Mexico (B.A.); the University at Albany, State University of New York (M.A.), and worked on her doctorate in the history of art and architecture at Boston University.


Joyce Robinson

Joyce Robinson

Assistant Director jhr11@psu.edu
814-863-9185
Sheryl Shaffer

Sheryl Shaffer

Administrative Support Coordinator to the Director sks21@psu.edu
814-863-9180
Becky Harris

Becky Harris

Financial Assistant rjh5110@psu.edu
814-863-9191
Joan Bergsma

Jo Bergsma

Assistant Director for Advancement and Membership jpm6023@psu.edu
814-863-9181
Patrick McGrady

Patrick McGrady

Charles V. Hallman Senior Curator pjm19@psu.edu
814-863-9187
Adam Thomas

Adam Thomas

Curator of American Art amt29@psu.edu
814-863-9186
Brandi Breslin

Brandi Breslin

Director of Education bgb56@psu.edu
814-863-9188
Keri Mongelluzzo

Keri Mongelluzzo

Educator for Academic Engagement and Access klm556@psu.edu
814-863-9190
Sarah Anne Wharton

Sarah Anne Wharton

Communications Specialist saw534@psu.edu
814-863-9182
Jeff Buterbaugh

Jeff Buterbaugh

Marketing + Communications Assistant jzb5692@psu.edu
814-863-9182
Beverly Sutley

Beverly Sutley

Registrar bxb35@psu.edu
814-863-9189
Shannon Hahn

Shannon Hahn

Assistant Registrar sch5288@psu.edu
814-863-9189
Will Bergmann

Will Bergmann

Chief Preparator wbb5142@psu.edu
814-863-9195
Craig Witter

Craig Witter

Assistant Preparator caw54@psu.edu
814-863-0097
Joe Ferguson

Joseph Ferguson

Assistant Preparator jgf5152@psu.edu
814-863-9195
Dani Spewak

Dani Spewak

Assistant Preparator djs6107@psu.edu
814-863-9195
Rebecca Simpson

Rebecca Simpson

Visitor Experience Manager rad194@psu.edu
814-863-9068
Jenny Mark

Jenny Mark

Visitor Services Associate jrk16@psu.edu
814-867-3022
Norris, Amy

Amy Norris

Visitor Services Associate aln5287@psu.edu
814-867-3022
Kaiana Oquendo

Kaiana Oquendo

Visitor Services Associate kuo53@psu.edu
814-867-3022
Rubio, Tricia

Tricia Rubio

Visitor Services Associate plr5174@psu.edu
814-867-3022
Leanna McDonald

Leanna McDonald

Events + Rentals Manager lmm5639@psu.edu
814-863-8690
Securitas

Securitas, Inc.

Security Team
814-863-9194