Doctor of Historical Sciences, Museum Councillor, author of permanent museum exhibitions. Lecturer, manager, director, and researcher. Minister of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia (4 years), member of the National Council for Culture (5 years). Museum manager (24 years), President of the Association of the Slovene Museums (4 years), member of international professional associations, President of the EMA (since its foundation in 2009). Initiator and manager of the International Summer School of Museology in Celje and Piran (18 years), international judge for the EMA Award (16 years) and the Živa Award for the Best Slavic Museum (10 years). National correspondent of EMY (13 years). As a politician (8 years), she participated in the work of the Council of Europe Assembly as Vice-Chair of the Subcommittee on Cultural Heritage (2010-2011) and as Council of Europe Expert Historian (5 years). Her work also spans the field of audience development for young people up to the age of 14. She is the founder of the Children’s Museum in Slovenia and was also Vice-Chair of Hands On! for 13 years, she has been the Director of the International Foundation – Forum of Slavic Cultures, where she has been the author and initiator of numerous projects. Her work in the management of the foundation is mainly related to international networking, moderating, and mentoring. Her professional work is complemented by approximately 230 original articles.
