ASA Office Personnel
Executive Officer
Alice-Anne Boylan
- Postgraduate training in business administration and professional communications. An alumnus of the prestigious Getty Museum Management Institute and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management;
- Professional background in museums management, curatorship, collections management and marketing/events management. Has worked with historians, archivists, registrars, curators, researchers, public programs officers and more. Fully conversant with the role of archivists and archives in contemporary business, cultural and public life and the current issues facing the heritage and information preservation sector. Experienced in all aspects of gallery and museum collections management: accessioning, conservation, storage, disaster planning and policy formulation/review;
- Recently managed a program of events and activities for a significant not-for-profit organisation: Australia’s Open Garden Scheme including marketing, stakeholder and volunteer liaison and management, events design and organisation and administration. Has worked with a range of advocacy and policy bodies, including six years on the Visions of Australia Committee (two years as Deputy-Chair), the Australia Council, Museums and Galleries Association of Queensland and more;
- Within the museums sector designed and instigated groundbreaking professional development programs such as the Australian Regional Galleries Summit, Cities and Museums forums and the ICOM Australia Award for Excellence in International Relations. Currently teaches Curatorship to Bachelor of Visual Arts Students at Griffith University, Queensland College of Art and has an excellent understanding of museums and collecting theory, debates and professional challenges. Has a 10 year old son – Gabriel – who wants to be an animator...but thinks archives are really cool too. Email Alice-Anne
Melissa (Mel) White
Professional Administrative career spanning 15years.
Educational experience:
- Cert IV, Marketing
- Adobe InDesign CS4 Package Training
- Cert IV, Training & Assessor
- Advanced Diploma, Adult Education & Community Management
- Numerous other workshops & professional seminars
Having no experience in the archival profession, I became interested because of my family’s cultural work and was given the opportunity of employment within the archives on an operational level becoming the Office Manager of the ASA Office. This has provided me with a close insight on archives as a profession including: contacts, services, ideas, an understanding of the implications of needing correct management of not only indigenous archives but archives as an entity, has on indigenous & non indigenous communities and people. The most treasured role I have is being a mum to 3 robust, challenging & high achieving children, which is closely followed by being known as “Bidjara” the artist. Email Mel here