Dr. Frances Levine
Frances has had a distinguished career as a museum and community college administrator. She has a record of accomplishments in fundraising for capital projects, exhibitions and community relations projects, private foundation and federal grants administration, as well as museum programming and operational skills. She has served as project director on collections moves and rehousing projects, collections management grants, community programming grants, digitization projects and capital projects. Frances was the president and CEO of the Missouri Historical Society and Missouri History Museum from spring 2014 until summer 2022 when she retired. Under her leadership, MHS received the first-ever award for diversity, equity and inclusion from the American Alliance of Museums in 2017. She has received many community honors including awards from the St. Louis Business Journal, the National Urban League Salute to Women Award, NCCJ and the St. Louis Forum. In 2021, she received the Norman A. Stack Award for Community Relations from the Jewish Community Relations Council in St. Louis. Frances served as the interim executive director of the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum from September 2022 to October 2023. In its first year, under the leadership of Frances, the Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum was recognized regionally for the excellence of its educational programs and its nimble response to the rise of antisemitism. A native of Connecticut, Frances received her B.A. in Anthropology from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Anthropology from Southern Methodist University, Dallas.
