Executive Director

About the Weston History & Culture Center

The Weston History & Culture Center (WHCC) discovers, collects, and preserves the heritage of Weston, Connecticut and brings it alive through exhibitions, educational programs, and community events — connecting our residents and future generations to the past in the context of local, regional, and world history.

Founded in 1961, WHCC is located on the 3.7-acre Coley Homestead, one of the last intact 18th-century farm complexes in Fairfield County. Our campus includes the Coley Farmhouse, the Coley Homestead Barn (featuring the 'Weston at Work' permanent exhibit and a working loom room), a carriage house, the Bunkhouse, the Smokehouse, the Daniel

E. Offutt III Sculpture Garden, and the Prue Bliss Education Center — housing our archives, collections, and museum space.

We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with a dedicated board of trustees, a growing volunteer base, and an expanding calendar of programs, events, and school partnerships that serve the full Weston community.

WHCC is at an exciting inflection point. With a new five-year strategic plan underway — focused on broadening community engagement, activating the campus, diversifying revenue, and deepening our collections — we are seeking an experienced, energetic, and entrepreneurially minded Executive Director to lead the organization into its next chapter.

This is not a caretaker role. The incoming ED will be a true organizational leader: directing the Board and staff, growing membership, strengthening donor and sponsor relationships, expanding programming for families and diverse audiences, and building the volunteer infrastructure to sustain a growing organization. The right candidate will be as comfortable writing a grant proposal as they are welcoming a school group to the Homestead or making a sponsorship pitch to a local business.

• Partner with the Board to develop and implement the WHCC five-year strategic plan
• Serve as the primary public face of the organization in Weston and the broader Fairfield County community
• Identify and act on opportunities to grow WHCC's relevance, reach, and community impact
• Build and steward relationships with peer organizations, town government, schools, and community leaders
• Partner with the Membership Committee on membership management, including attracting new members, and retaining and celebrating existing WHCC members
• Partner with the Revenue Generation Committee on all fundraising initiatives including: the annual appeal, Spring appeal, major donor cultivation and solicitations, sponsor ships, events
• Identify, research, write, and manage grants from public and private sources
• Identify and develop earned revenue opportunities, including venue rental, ticketed events, and program fees

• Develop, coordinate, and execute a robust annual program calendar — exhibits, events, lectures, — that serves diverse audiences including families, youth, and new residents
• Lead and grow WHCC's K–12 education programs, including the annual 3rd grade Homestead visit and curriculum partnerships with Weston Public Schools
• Expand WHCC's reach to younger families and underserved community members through inclusive programming and storytelling
• Manage vendor and performer relationships for all events and programs
• Recruit, train, and retain a robust volunteer corps to support tours, events, communications, and program execution
• Establish clear role definitions, accountability structures, and recognition practices for volunteers
• Work with the Board to ensure adequate human resource capacity as programming grows

• Provide strategic oversight of WHCC's collections, archives, and CT Collections database
• Ensure collections policies (acquisitions, accessioning, de-accessioning, loans) are current and followed
• Oversee the maintenance, restoration, and long‑term stewardship of all campus buildings and grounds in coordination with the Buildings & Grounds Committee
• Ensure campus accessibility, safety, and hospitality standards are maintained year‑round

• Create/execute a weekly…