Women in Business Committee Presents: Women's History Month with Susan Fries

Join us as we learn more about Colorado Women's History from Susan Fries, Deputy Community Museums Officer and Director of the Center for Colorado Women's History. Tea and pastries will be provided thanks to our sponsor, The District Credit Union.
Susan Fries, MBA, History Colorado Deputy Community Museum Officer and Director of the Center for Colorado Women’s History. Over the past two decades, Fries has guided, informed and worked intimately with a variety of non-profits, for-profit business, and local and state governments to advance the creative industries as an economic development model.  Fries has served on grant review panels for the National Endowment for the Arts.  In 2019, she began to work for History Colorado as the Director of Fundraising Community Museums and moved to her current position in Denver in 2022.

"A 140-year-old House Museum Wrestles with Relevancy"
 
We'll peek into the future to see the radical transformation of a traditional house museum into the Center for Colorado Women's History. We'll explore the process, current success, and expected outcomes from the inception of the Center in 2018 through 2026, the 150th anniversary of Colorado Statehood. The current director, Susan Fries, will describe the co-authored approach to exhibits at History Colorado and how the staff navigates this standard of community participation. Some examples of this work will detail the rejuvenation of an advisory council, a robust intern program, a connection with neighbors and partners, and radically experimenting with the History Colorado collections. 

This meeting will not be available remotely.

The Women in Business Committee’s mission is to give women a voice in business; to support women in business; to foster a more inclusive workplace for women, and to provide resources to help women be successful in all aspects of life.