Danyelle Rickard has her B.A. in History from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) and her M.A. in Museum Studies from Johns Hopkins. She has worked in museum collections for 13 years at various museums including the Maryland Historical Society, Winterthur, The Jewish Museum of Maryland, The Baltimore Museum of Industry (where she conducted a Collections Stewardship MAP) and the Susquehanna Museum at the Lock House. She is now a Program Officer for the Museum Assessment Program (MAP) which is run by the American Alliance of Museums through a cooperative agreement with IMLS. Danyelle also continues to volunteer her time when able in museums collections.