Vermont Business MagazineVermont Historical Society President Laura Warren has announced that Mark Hudson, who has been the Vermont Historical Society's executive director for six years, has resigned to take a position as the executive director of the Tudor Place Historic House & Garden in Washington, DC. Warren also announced that the organization has launched a national search for his successor.
Under Hudson's leadership, the Vermont Historical Society conducted several fundraising campaigns which created three rotating exhibit galleries at the Vermont History Center in Barre and which supported restoration projects of the Center's historic building. The organization also received two awards from the American Association for State and Local History-one for its Vermont History Explorer website for children and teachers and another for publication of A Very Fine Appearance: the Vermont Photographs of George Houghton.
"Mark has helped to transform the Vermont Historical Society during his tenure," Warren said, "and with a national search, we plan to find an equally qualified leader for the organization."
More information about the executive director position can be found at www.vermonthistory.org/careers.
The Vermont Historical Society is a nonprofit organization that operates the Vermont History Museum in Montpelier, the Leahy Library and new Vermont Heritage Galleries in Barre, and programming throughout the state. Established in 1838, its purpose is to reach a broad audience through outstanding collections and statewide outreach. The Vermont Historical Society believes that an understanding of the past changes lives and builds better communities. Visit the Society's website at www.vermonthistory.org.