The Home of Seven Gables in Salem has chosen Dakota Russell as its subsequent govt director.
Russell, who has intensive expertise managing historic websites in Wyoming and Missouri, assumes his new submit June 6, succeeding Kara McLaughlin, who’s leaving after 9 years as govt director.
Russell has most lately been govt director of the Coronary heart Mountain Wyoming Basis, which works to protect the historic buildings and artifacts on the northwest Wyoming website the place greater than 14,000 Japanese-Individuals have been interned throughout World Warfare II. He beforehand labored with Missouri State Parks and Historic Websites, managing interpretive operations on the Nathan Boone Homestead, Osage Village, Harry S. Truman Birthplace, and Battle of Carthage areas.
The Gables is a nonprofit seaside museum whose essential attraction is the historic mansion made well-known by Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel. Since its founding in 1910, it has additionally run a settlement schooling program that assists native immigrants.
“The hiring of Dakota Russell displays our longstanding dedication to social justice,” mentioned the Gables’ president, Ken Turino, citing Russell’s management in that space.
John Laidler may be reached at laidler@globe.com.