Blackbaud’s Kit Matthew Honored by The American Association of Museums

Kit Matthew was recently honored as one of six distinguished museum professionals for her service and commitment to The American Association of Museums (AAM) peer review program. This AAM program is a wonderful example of a progressive association serving as a catalyst for developing best practices in its field. Congratulations to AAM on another successful year in coordinating this program, and congratulations to Kit for her excellence in service! 

Kit Matthew, Blackbaud's arts and cultural product manager, has 20 years of nonprofit experience spanning fundraising, marketing, executive leadership, facility planning, and exhibit and program development in museums, conservation groups, cultural organizations, and science education and research. She serves as a lecturer and graduate student advisor at the University of the Arts’ MA Program in Museum Studies. In addition to being active as an accreditation reviewer for the AAM, and as a peer reviewer for federal educational agencies, she has served on boards for a children’s museum, a wildlife rehabilitation center, and a ballet company.

AAM's peer review program matches qualified professionals with museums participating in the organization's Accreditation or Museum Assessment Programs. This innovative program helps increase knowledge about standards and best practices and encourages broad, active participation in their development.

In 2008, some 300 peer reviewers conducted 209 site visits to museums as part of the accreditation and MAP programs. This represents nearly 10,000 hours of time volunteered by museum professionals to support the sustainability of individual museums while bolstering the field as a whole through promotion of standards, ethics and best practices.

For more information on AAM's peer review program, visit www.aam-us.org/getinvolved/pr.