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Ashley Howell

Ex-Officio, Executive Director
Douglas Henry State Museum Commission

Ashley Howell, a native Tennessean, joins the State Museum from the Frist Center for the Visual Arts where she most recently served as deputy director. 

Howell received a Bachelor of Arts in Art History and a Master of Science in Communications from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, and earned her M.B.A. degree in public and non-profit management from Boston University. Additionally, she has a Certificate of Museum Studies from Boston University.  As a part of her graduate studies, Howell interned at the Museum of Modern Art (New York) in the visitor services department, and also served as a financial consultant to the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston.

Howell, who began her career at the Knoxville Museum of Art in development, marketing and public relations, also worked in development for the University of Tennessee.