The Exhibition Alliance

Staff

The Exhibition Alliance Staff – The Exhibition Experts

The Exhibition Alliance staff knows their history – and the history of history itself.

Our award-winning organizational leaders had decades of experience in growing museums and creating exhibitions that breathe life into the past. They are considered among the country’s foremost experts in exhibition design and interpretation.

Donna Ostrasewski Anderson

Executive Director
Master of Museum Studies, The University of Toronto
20 years experience in exhibition development and coordination
(315) 824-2510 extension 231
donnao@exhibitionalliance.org

Donna is a nationally recognized expert in exhibition interpretation and planning, speaking and consulting for organizations across the country. She manages TEA operations, serves as exhibitions coordinator and has led the traveling exhibitions program since 1991. She leads the design program in planning and coordinating exhibitions as well as scriptwriting for museums throughout region. Under her leadership, the traveling exhibitions program expanded into a national service.

Previous positions include: curator of exhibitions and education at Historic Morven, Princeton, N.J., and exhibitions coordinator for Lynch Museum Services in Pennsauken, N.J.

Ted Anderson

Design Director
B.A. from Stockton State College
More than 30 years experience in exhibition design
(315) 824-2510 extension 225
tedander@exhibitionalliance.org

The leader of TEA's design and production departments for the past 15 years, Ted has served as a guest lecturer at Syracuse University's Architecture program and the National Association for Museum Exhibitions Exhibit Design Workshops, and has been honored for his design work by the American Association of State and Local History and the Potlatch Corporation. His expertise covers a range of exhibition phases, including:  gallery design, lighting, conceptual and final design, production drawing, artifact mount design and production, designing display cases that showcase and preserve, and designing display graphics and publications. His designs meet stringent ADA requirements for accessibility and he has worked with a wide variety of budget and spatial parameters.  

Ted’s previous positions include work at The Franklin Institute Science Museum, The Morris Museum, the American Museum of Natural History, and the National Baseball Hall of Fame.  

Nicole Totaro

Exhibitions Assistant
B.A. from Hartwick College
(315) 824-2510 extension 224
nicole@exhibitionalliance.org

Angelo Taranto

Business Manager
B.S. in Accounting from Rochester Institute of Technology
30 years of accounting experience
(315) 824-2510 extension 227
Angelo has been with TEA for more than 11 years.