News & Information

Please visit the GA&A client list for a complete list of past projects.

Current Projects

• Gail Anderson & Associates facilitated a second Board retreat for the San Bernardino Symphony and currently is completing a report documenting the decisions and strategies. This builds on the SBS's strategic plan GA&A completed in 2009.

• Gail Anderson & Associates hosted forums across Alberta, Canada to build dialogue and constituent input about the role and future of the Alberta Museums Association. In conjuction with this, GA&A is faciliating AMA's strategic planning process.

• The National Steinbeck Center is developing a strategic plan with GA&A facilitating the process. The planning process has been generously funding by The David and Lucile Packard Foundation

• The California Association of Museums is shaping a strategic planning process with GA&A's guidance. The James Irvine Foundation is generously supporting this process.

• GA&A serves in an ongoing advisory role to the Balboa Park Learning Institute (BPLI) funded in part by the Institute of Museum & Library Services (IMLS). The Institute is a professional education program of the Balboa Park Cultural Partnership, the collective body and collaborative voice of 26 diverse cultural institutions in Balboa Park, San Diego, CA.

• Gail Anderson & Associates continues to provide professional coaching services to individuals.

Recent Project Highlights

• In Spring 2010, Gail Anderson returned to the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada to teach a five-day leadership course for museum professionals with the Leadership in Cultural Organizations Course at the Cultural Resource Management Program.

• Through GA&A services, the Santa Cruz Museum Association, the nonprofit arm of the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History, undertook a strategic planning process that capitalized on their unique role in advancing the stewardship of the natural environment of the Santa Cruz region.

• GA&A conducted research on California Community College Foundations and facilitated a retreat for the Crafton Hills College Foundation Board to strengthen the Foundation's role in support of the College.

• Gail Anderson & Associates completed a short-term strategic plan working with the Board and staff of the California Exhibition Resources Alliance.

• GA&A conducted the search for the Director of the Balboa Park Cultural Partnership in San Diego, California in 2009. The Balboa Park Learning Institute is a new professional education program of the Balboa Park Cultural Partnership, the collective body and collaborative voice of 24 diverse cultural institutions in Balboa Park.

• GA&A facilitated a workshop for recipients of the Artistic Innovation Fund (AIF) grant from The James Irvine Foundation hosted by the Oakland Museum of California in September 2009.

Upcoming Speaking & Teaching Engagements

• Anderson will be a discussant at the Visitor Studies Association 23rd Annual Conference: Building Shared Agendas: Conversations on the Public Value of Visitor Studies in Phoenix, AZ July 29 - 31, 2010.

• Gail Anderson will be a panelist for "Visitor Satisfaction is Everyone's Business" at the Western Museums Association 75th Annual Meeting in Portland, OR from October 18 - 20, 2010.