Kathleen Motes Bennewitz Named Executive Director
 
Bennewitz has extensive experience with Connecticut museums and nonprofits, winning several awards including the Connecticut League of History Organizations Award of Merit in 2019 and 2020, and the Leadership in History Award, the most prestigious national award given by the American Association of State and Local History (AASLH), in 2017.
 
Bennewitz earned art history degrees from Princeton University and the University of Delaware. After curatorial positions at the Amon Carter Museum and Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum at the University of Minnesota, and in education at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, she served as Director of Exhibitions and Programs at the Greenwich Historical Society (the historic site of the Cos Cob art colony) and Fairfield Museum and History Center. She has curated exhibits on American art and artists over her career and, in Connecticut at the Lockwood-Matthews Mansion Museum, Norwalk Historical Society, Westport Historical Society, Westport Library, and as Town of Westport Curator with the Westport Public Art Collections. She and her husband Scott have twin adult daughters.

STAFF

For general inquiries, please email us at info@hopperhouse.org
Kathleen M. Bennewitz
Executive Director
Email Kathie
Laurie DeRuntz
Social Media Manager
Charis Carmichael Braun
Visual Communications
​Manager
Krista Carpino
Consulting Arts Educator
Interim Nighthawks Project Manager
Eileen White
Visitor Services

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

​President
​Cynthia Branca
Certified Financial Planner™
​Investment Adviser Representative

Vice President
Michael Hays
Owner, MRH Global; President, Rockland Bicycling Club; Board member, Marydell Faith & Life Center and Rockland Historical Society 

Treasurer
Maryann Schugmann
CPA, Partner Grassi & Co

Secretary
Karon Shovers Goldsmith
Instructor, Yoga on the Hudson and NY Presbyterian Hospital
Ellie Becker
President, E. R. Becker Marketing & Consulting, LLC

Jane Cowles
Attorney, Jane Cowles Attorney

​Marjorie R. Guenther, SPHR, SHRM-SCP
Human Resources Director, Arc Rockland, Congers, NY

Victoria Hertz
Former executive director and board president, Edward Hopper House; former Registrar, Guggenheim Museum

Fred Hodder
Retired business professional, acclaimed photographer

​​Mark Lerner
Administrative Director of Radiology Temple University Health System​​
​Nancy Low-Hogan, Ph.D. 
Executive Director, Rockland County Bar Association; Former Rockland County Legislator District 17

Mary Mathwich
President Emerita
Attorney: private practice
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Chris Patsos
Attorney, Law Offices of Christopher James Patsos LLC

Diane Saylor
Human Resources professional working for multinational corporations

EMPLOYMENT AND VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Docents

​Interns

Senior Volunteers
Edward Hopper House docents volunteer to give talks about the life and work of Edward Hopper and tours of the house. Our docents are interested in art history, Edward Hopper, and historic houses. 

Learn more and apply! 
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College and graduate level students are invited to apply for unpaid internships at the Edward Hopper House.  Interns should be studying art history, fine arts, history, arts administration, museum studies, or marketing.  College credit agreements can be arranged.  We accept applications on an rolling basis. Click here to apply.

Music In The Garden Summer Jazz Intern
This volunteer internship will help facilitate the Edward Hopper House's "Jazz in the Garden" series: 6 events of outdoor jazz concerts held in the garden at the Edward Hopper House June - August. The intern will help set up the concerts on the performance evening, help to recruit and schedule performers, and ensure accurate description details for publicity are secured. ​Click here to apply.
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Edward Hopper House Museum & Study Center warmly welcomes senior volunteers. Our friends at the National Council for Aging Care in Washington D.C. shares this article about the comprehensive benefits of volunteering for seniors: AgingInPlace.org/how-to-volunteer-as-a-senior
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