In April of 2022, The North Shore Leader, a weekly newspaper covering Long Island’s Gold Coast region, released news of the appointment of Justinne Lake-Jedzinak as Director of Education and Public Programs. Justinne comes to Raynham Hall from the Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA), where she was a Guide Coordinator for the Mellon Undergraduate Curatorial Fellowship and Guide Training program. She created and led a program for guides at the newly installed Early American Galleries and supervised and trained 180 volunteers on the permanent collection, special exhibitions, and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) initiatives on events and community engagement.

The Board of Trustees and staff are delighted to welcome Justinne to the Museum. She earned a PhD in Art History from Bryn Mawr College, a Master’s degree in Education from Hofstra University, and a BA in History at James Madison University. Prior to PMA, she was a Senior Museum Educator at the New-York Historical Society and a New York City social studies teacher at The Frank Sansivieri Intermediate School in Maspeth, NY.