Museum of Life and Science competitors

Kirsten Ellenbogen is a President & CEO at Great Lakes Science Center and is based in Cleveland, Ohio. She has worked as President at Visitor Studies Association, Senior Associate at Institute for Learning Innovation, and Mystery at the Museum Developer at Museum of Science and Industry. Kirsten works or has worked as Board of Trustees at Association of Science Technology Centers; Board of Trustees at Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum; and Step Up Downtown Committee at Cleveland, OH. She studied at University of Chicago between 1987 and 1987, Cass Technical High School between 1984 and 1987, and Vanderbilt University.

𝗔𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗹 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗘𝗢 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗣&𝗟𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲. Throughout her career, she has leveraged expertise in human capital management, business transformation, and crisis management to grow revenue and increase profitability. Her strengths in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) workforce development, as well as diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) leadership, make her a sought-after leader. Ms. Brown is a frequent speaker on equity and inclusion topics and developing the nation's next generation of STEM talent. As current President and CEO of the Science Museum of Minnesota, Ms. Brown dramatically changed the institution's trajectory of stagnant revenues to three years of growth. Ms. Brown led the Science Museum's Board of Trustees to adopt a statement of equity and inclusion in 2018. She increased the Science Museum's Net Promoter Score from 46 to 80+ within her first two years through effective human capital management and investment in visitor evaluation systems. Previously, Ms. Brown helped transform the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco from an old-style museum to a modern institution through organization-wide metrics and standards with an integrated collaborative planning process. Ms. Brown was also the CFO at a highly successful patient information publishing company. Reporting to boards of directors for over 34 years, Ms. Brown has a keen understanding of the board's role and governance. She has held board leadership roles at higher education institutions and national nonprofits for the past 18 years, including Board Chair, Chair of DE&I, and Chair of Finance. CORE COMPETENCIES ⬩ CEO leadership ⬩ Turnaround-to-growth strategies/transformation ⬩ Human capital management ⬩ Diversity, Equity & Inclusion leadership ⬩ Financial and crisis management ⬩ STEM: science, technology, engineering & math workforce development

My leadership and entrepreneurial ability has led me to become the CEO of a start-up educational company, KidSmart. I am responsible for financial management, layout and design, and illustrating books particularly for children with academic challenges. KidSmart creates learning products for toddler to elementary age children and markets to the private and public sector.