Director of the Alfie Norville Gem and Mineral Museum, has experience in museums around the country including the Oakland Museum of California, Museum of Science, Boston, and the Mineralogical & Gemological Museum at Harvard University. Prior to joining the Alfie team in 2023, she was the Interim Deputy Director of Content and Collections and Director of Collections at the Oakland Museum of California, where she served on the Senior Leadership team, representing the Collections, Production, and Curatorial departments, establishing overall strategy for exhibitions, preservation, and collections care. In addition to her collections background, Violetta is a skilled personnel manager with a successful track record of completing major projects including AAM reaccreditation, construction of new facilities, and strategic planning. Violetta holds a Master of Liberal Arts in Museum Studies from the Harvard University Extension School and a Bachelor of Science in Archaeological Materials from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.