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Ellen Spear is the President and CEO of Heritage Museums & Gardens located in Sandwich, Massachusetts. She previously served as President and CEO of Hancock Shaker Village in the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts. Ellen served as Executive Director of the USS Constitution Museum in Boston and she was the VP for Development, Marketing, and Public Relations at the American Textile History Museum. Heritage Museums & Gardens is the largest public garden in Southern New England having 100 acres of magnificent grounds and trails on the banks of the Shawme Pond in Historic Sandwich. There are three gallery buildings housing permanent exhibits of world-class automobiles, a working vintage carousel, American folk art, and featured special exhibitions. Currently, a special display titled Start Your Engines features Cars and Stars of the Indy 500.
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Covercraft • MetronGarage • Bonanza • Christopher Kimball Financial Services
INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE
Make no small plans; they have no magic to stir men’s blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die. -Daniel Burnham
CAREER & LIFE CHALLENGES
When I’ve run into issues in the past, I hadn’t stopped to make sure people around me were on the same page with me. I tend to run ahead but I’ve learned to make sure others share my vision and can help shape the plan at hand.
FIRST SPECIAL VEHICLE
In the 1980’s, I bought a 1973 Fiat 124 Spyder from a high school kid who had it. He tore it apart each weekend, cleaned it, and put it back together. I remember riding around Vermont with the top down in that car just thinking it was heaven, and everything on the car just fit me. I was living in Cambridge, Mass. at the time, and had had the car about two years. There was no off-street parking, so I parked my car on the street before leaving for a business meeting. When I returned, my car (named Marcello) was missing. A young kid who hadn’t been driving very long side-swiped Marcello, and totaled it.
BEST AUTOMOTIVE ADVICE
Drive the speed limit!
RECOMMENDED RESOURCE
Heritage Museums and Gardens Website
RECOMMENDED BOOK
Lincoln In The Bardo, by George Saunders
PARTING WORDS OF ADVICE
There’s always a better way. So innovate. Do it better, do it faster, and do it more effeciently.
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