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7\/18\/17 – Elliot Gruber, the chief development and external affairs officer for the Jewish Social Service Agency, has been named director of the National Postal Museum, effective Sept. 5.<\/p>\n
Gruber has more than 30 years\u2019 experience in the nonprofit sector. As chief development and external affairs officer for the Jewish Social Service Agency since January, Gruber is responsible for the organization\u2019s philanthropic revenue, marketing and communications. Under his leadership, the agency launched a $6 million capital campaign to renovate one of its buildings in the Washington, D.C., area. The Jewish Social Service Agency is a nonpartisan, nonprofit, client-focused health and social service agency helping individuals and families meet emotional social and physical challenges for more than 120 years.<\/p>\n
Before joining the Jewish Social Service Agency, Gruber was a principal at EHG Consulting, which provides strategic planning and operations and fundraising expertise to nonprofit organizations. Gruber worked with the Houston Maritime Museum, which is preparing to launch a $50 million capital campaign for its new facility scheduled to open in 2020. He also conducted a comprehensive review and analysis of the organizational and fundraising structure for Ford\u2019s Theatre in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n
Gruber was the president and chief executive officer of The Mariners\u2019 Museum and Park in Newport News, Va., from February 2013 through April 2016. There, he managed a $7 million annual budget, 550 acres of parkland and a staff of 90. He also established the Monitor Foundation, a nonprofit organization overseeing the largest marine metals conservation lab in the world, to ensure continued conservation of the ironclad steamship the USS Monitor, which was built by the U.S. Navy during the Civil War.<\/p>\n
From September 2010 until January 2013, Gruber was the senior vice president for resource development for the United Way of the National Capital Area. He was responsible for all fundraising programs, including the Greater Washington Give to the Max Day, which in its inaugural year raised more than $2 million in 24 hours.<\/p>\n
Gruber was the vice president and chief operating officer of the Gettysburg Foundation (August 2002\u2013September 2010) where he directed the $125 million capital campaign to build a new museum and visitor center at Gettysburg National Military Park. He oversaw all museum operations, including ticketing, reservations, visitor services and facilities management.<\/p>\n
He has also worked in leadership capacities at the Ocean Conservancy, the Civil War Trust and the National Parks Conservation Association.<\/p>\n
\u201cElliot brings great and relevant experience to the directorship of the National Postal Museum,\u201d said Smithsonian Secretary David Skorton. \u201cHis skills as a museum leader and his fundraising acumen make him an excellent choice to lead this important museum into its next chapter.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI am proud to have been selected to lead the National Postal Museum, which tells the story of our American journey, past, present and future,\u201d Gruber said. \u201cI look forward to using my experience to work with the museum\u2019s staff, advisory council and the Council of Philatelists to build new partnerships within the Smithsonian, across the country and around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gruber received his bachelor\u2019s degree in psychology from Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass., and his master\u2019s degree in organizational psychology from Columbia University in New York City.<\/p>\n
He succeeds Allen Kane, who retired in January, as director of the museum. Marshall Emery has served as acting director of the museum since then.<\/p>\n
About the National Postal Museum<\/p>\n
The National Postal Museum is dedicated to the preservation, study and presentation of postal history and philately. (Note: Philately is the collection and study of postage stamps, postmarks and stamped envelopes.) The museum uses exhibits, educational public programs and research to showcase the largest and most comprehensive collection of stamps and philatelic material in the world\u2014including postal stationery, vehicles used to transport the mail, mailboxes, meters, cards and letters and postal materials that predate the use of stamps\u2014and make this rich history available to scholars, philatelists, collectors and visitors from around the world.<\/p>\n
The museum occupies more than 100,000 square feet of the historic City Post Office Building, with 35,000 square feet devoted to exhibition galleries. A U.S. Post Office stamp store, museum store and a 6,000-square-foot research library complement the exhibition halls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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