Rich Cherry, Director
Rich Cherry was the Director of Operations for the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles when he was recruited to San Diego to direct the Balboa Park Online Collaborative. At The Skirball Cultural Center he oversaw Information Technology, Operations, Admissions, Facilities, Security, capital projects and more than $70 million in ongoing construction. Before that he was the CIO and Director of Facilities at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, preceded by his tenure as the CIO of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery. He has also taught New Media theory, web design and animation in the Media Studies department at the State University of New York at Buffalo.
His experience includes executive management of Information Technology, Web Services, Library Services, Digital Imaging, Museum Admissions, Security, and Facility departments as well as construction. He has initiated, developed funding streams for and implemented significant technology projects in all areas of museum operations, including major network infrastructure upgrades, digitization of collections, and online access to the collection management systems, library catalog, educational material and the archives, as well implementing and integrating retail, financial, visitor and membership management systems.
He is also a board member of the Museum Computer Network, serving as Treasurer, on the finance committee, and as chair for marketing and vendor relations. He has served as a member of the Program Committee for the Museums and the Web Conference from 2005-2008. He is a founding member of Steve.Museum and serves on the steering committee. In the past, he served on committees such as the WNED Life Long Digital Learning Advisory Committee, advising the regional PBS affiliate on using digital media for education and as Chair of the Technology Committee for the Art Museum Image Consortium, an organization dedicated to enabling educational use of museum multimedia.
Bill Bostick, Director of Web Development
Bill Bostick has worked in software development for over 25 years. He spent the past five years running RoopleTheme, a private web consulting firm. Bill’s company provided web development services for many companies in the music and entertainment industries, and he has helped develop numerous high profile websites. As an Engineering Manager for Emulex Network Systems, Bill was the lead architect for a patented Storage Area Network management suite that is used extensively by Fortune 500 companies, and he managed the development team that brought this product to market. Bill also served as an IT manager for a prominent Southern California Civil Engineering firm, and he managed the Technical Support team for a large computer hardware manufacturer in Orange County. Bill is an active member of the Drupal community, and his contributed themes and modules are in use on Drupal sites throughout the world.
Maren Dougherty, Interim Editor of Balboapark.org
Maren Dougherty has been writing since age 14, when she became a teen reporter for her local newspaper, The Bucks County Courier Times. She then attended the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in Evanston, Il. During college, Maren studied abroad in South Africa and interned at several magazines including National Geographic Adventure, New York Magazine, and Teen People. After graduation, Maren moved to San Diego and became the public affairs director for Survivors of Torture, International, a nonprofit organization that serves refugees and asylum seekers. Maren has been a freelance writer for San Diego Citysearch, Fodor’s Travel Guides, and the North County Times. She is excited to have the opportunity to focus her writing on the amazing cultural institutions in Balboa Park.
Scott Granger, Director of Information Technology
Scott Granger was previously the Technology Program Manager and Client Services Engineer at the San Diego Futures Foundation (SDFF). Scott has more than 12 years of experience supporting technology, over 5 of them supporting non-profits and educational environments. At SDFF, he lead a department of technical support staff that supported non-profits around the city, including the Museum of Man. Besides a relentless pursue for technology, Scott enjoys spending time with his lovely wife and 3 yr. old son. He also enjoys baseball, biking and golf.
Jason Quinn, Network Engineer
Jason Quinn was most recently part of the IT department at the San Diego Natural History Museum providing tech support for the Museum and other institutions around Balboa Park. A recent transplant to San Diego, he began his career in Philadelphia. As part of Drexel University's School of Education, he worked with local schools and academic institutions carrying out the School's mission of providing support to local academic organizations. Happily married, he is now devoting his time to furthering the technological goals of the BPOC and the institutions in Balboa Park.
Heather Hart, Technical Assistant
As the BPOC technical assistant, Heather combines a can-do attitude with technical and writing skills. In 2007, she graduated from the University of Southern California with a B.A. in Print Journalism and Political Science. After walking across Spain, working for an online magazine in Madrid, volunteering for two political campaigns, and providing technical support for a school district, she's back home in her native San Diego and energized about the potential that the BPOC has to change how technology is used in cultural institutions.