NEW BEDFORD – Amanda D. McMullen has been tapped to lead the New Bedford Whaling Museum as its latest president and CEO, the nonprofit museum’s board of trustees announced Monday.
McMullen, who most recently served as chief operating officer of Providence-based nonprofit Meeting Street where she directed programmatic, operational, marketing and philanthropic activities for the nonprofit child development organization.
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She will begin her tenure at the museum on May 7.
In a statement she said she is “excited to join the team” as the museum “continue[s] to play a critical role in understanding and celebrating the many vibrant stories of the greater New Bedford community.”
As president and CEO, McMullen will develop and articulate a vision for the museum moving forward and, per the release, “promote the strategies needed to build on the organization’s past successes.”
She replaces James Russell, who left the Whaling Museum in September to become executive director of the Nantucket Historical Association.
McMullen holds a bachelor’s degree from Syracuse University and is a graduate of Leadership Rhode Island. She is a recipient of both the 40 under 40 award and the 2016 Chief Operating Officer of the Year/C-Suite award from Providence Business News.
McMullen was chosen with the aid of Koya Leadership Partners, a Newburyport, Mass.-based executive search firm, which assisted the museum in an international search to fill the position left vacant by Russell.
Emily Gowdey-Backus is a staff writer for PBN. You can follow her on Twitter @FlashGowdey or contact her via email, gowdey-backus@pbn.com.
