Welcome Linda Dierks, our Vice President of Advancement.

Linda brings with her more than 20 years of demonstrated success in leading and implementing fund raising strategies for non-profit health care organizations, major academic institutions and private colleges.

Prior to joining the Museum, Linda worked as the Vice President and Chief Development Officer at the Saint Mary’s Foundation. Her accomplishments in that role included exceeding the annual gift goal by $2.4 million, recruiting eight new board members, preserving $3 million in state grant funding and organizing a gala event that generated $1.3 million in net contributions for hospital renovations.

Linda also worked as the Director of Major Gifts at the University of Nevada, Reno; the Director of Development, Development & Alumni Relations in the College of Human and Community Sciences; the Director of Development at Sierra Nevada College; the Principal and Major Gifts Officer at the California Institute of Technology; and she served as a member of the management team at Stanford University that orchestrated the record-setting $1.1 billion Centennial Campaign. Linda has served as president of the Association of Fund Raising Professionals, a mentor of Development Professionals of Northern Nevada, an advisory board member of the Nevada Women’s Fund, a trustee on the board of the Association of Disability Resources and is a member of Western Industrial Nevada. Linda holds a bachelor of arts from Utah State University.

Welcome Jackie Clay, our new museum store manager.

Jackie Clay has been a museum professional for over 20 years. Originally from California, she came to Reno in 2000 to work at the Nevada Historical Society as the History Curator. She left 5 years later to open her own store, ClayNichols, a gift store and art gallery. Jackie is married to Tyler Clay, owner of Coldwell Banker Commercial Clay & Associates, and has one son, 11 years old, Monty.