erica.nofi@yahoo.com
617.413.1031


Erica Nofi

Museum and Non-Profit
Administration and Development


My education in the sciences has taught me the value of sharing ideas, while my experience in non-profit administration gives me the skills to promote the institutions that bring that value to the public.


Skills

  • Grant Writing
  • Appeal letters and publications
  • Website management
  • Databases
  • General and fiancial administration
  • Event planning


Employment

06/2008
present
Intern
MIT Museum

Prepared catalogs, finding aids, online and print educational materials, assisted with a variety of museum tasks.
Primary project: Using the Museum's Buckminster Fuller materials to create a model for managing multimedia collections, both for internal use and public access, by developing methods for cataloging, creating written and online materials and designing educational workshops.


09/2005
present
Administrative Assistant II
Laboratory for Manufacturing and Productivity, MIT

LMP Communications Coordinator: spearheaded five new website projects, developed and maintain online conference registration E-commerce system. Orchestrated the Lab's first-ever alumni mailings.
Master's of Engineering in Manufacturing Degree Program Coordinator: act as point of contact; facilitate recruiting, including development of online and print publications; and organize admissions activities. In part as a result of websites and advertising campaigns I headed, applications to the program have increased 150% from 2005.
Also responsible for conference and event planning, budgeting and purchasing, and general financial and administrative tasks.


09/2003
05/2005
Teaching Fellow
Brandeis University Physics Department

Supervised, assisted and graded students in undergraduate analog and digital electronics course. Received excellent evaluations from students.


01/2002
05/2003
Teaching Assistant
Reed College Physics Department

Prepared materials and supervised labs for first-year introductory physics course.


Education

09/2005
present
Certificate in Museum Studies (expected 01/2009)
Tufts University


09/2003
05/2005
MS in Physics
Brandeis University

Research: Resonant X-Ray Diffraction on Liquid Crystals, under Dr. Robert Meyer


09/1999
05/2003
BS in Physics
Reed College

Thesis: Brownian Motion and the Autocorrelation of Scattered Light, under Dr. Mary James