Co-chair, Material Culture, Smithsonian Folklife Festival, folklife research, 2001-2003.

Advisory Committee, National Park Service Blue Ridge Music Center, 1999-2003.

Curator, History Museum of Western Virginia, exhibition development, 2002-03.

Consultant, Thyne Institute, site development of African American heritage site, 2002-03.

Editor, Encyclopedia of Appalachia, editor for visual arts section, 1998-2003.

Consultant, Christiansburg Institute, Inc., for development of interior specifications for adaptive reuse of historic structure as museum and archive, 2001; edited volume of African American school history, 2001-2002; design of website, 2001; touring exhibition, exhibition design included large format photographic banners from archival photographs, 2000.

Project director, Highland Cultural Coalition, 20-county cultural assessment, 1999-2003.

Co-curator, Portsmouth Museums, exhibition, 2002-2003; and traveling exhibition, 2000-2001.

Consultant, Virginia Tech Special Collections and Christiansburg Institute partnership, development of photo-archive of African American images, 2001-2002.

Seminar leader, SW Virginia Association of Museums, Assessment workshop, 2002.

Seminar leader, Claflin University, SC: Exhibition Development workshop, 2001.

Seminar leader, Arts & Crafts Society, Asheville NC: Collections Management, 2000-2002.

Seminar leader, Panama Canal Museum, Collections Management, 2000.

Seminar leader, National Museum of Contemporary Art: Museum Administration, 2000.

Research fellow, National Institute of Culture, Panama: country-wide museum assessment, 2000.

Research fellow, Smithsonian Institution and Archives of American Art, 1999-2000.

Consultant, Mapleshade Project for space planning for new cultural arts center, 1999; Consultant, Montgomery Museum, organizational development, 1999

Collection consultant, Blacksmith Educational Foundation: collection evaluation, 1999-2000.

Consultant, Solitude, grantwriting for historic property, 2000.

Lecturer, Smithsonian Associates, Appalachian State U: series of educational lectures, 1999.

Collection consultant, MKM Fine Art, Glen Mills PA, Carilion Hospital collection, 1998.

Nominator, National Endowment for the Arts, National Heritage Fellowship, 1997.

Curator, Blacksmith Educational Foundation design, interpretation and tour of exhibition, 1999-2000.

Director, Radford University Museum, project director for gallery renovation, installation of security system, design and construction of courtyard for outdoor display of sculpture, renovation of entrance lobby, 1990-1997; drafted plan for adaptive reuse of commercial building into cultural facility, 1996-1998