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February 2, 2007

Providence executive to head Mass. museum

STURBRIDGE, Mass. -- Old Sturbridge Village is hiring a top executive from a Rhode Island-based education institute.

Jim Donahue is currently the CEO of the Bradford Dunn Institute for Learning Differences in Providence.

He replaces Beverly Sheppard as the museum's president. Sheppard resigned last March after running into a conflict with the board of directors over how the museum should be run.

The Bradford Dunn Institute operates the Hasbro Center for Teaching Excellence, RI Tutorial and Educational Services and the CVS Highlander Charter School.

Donahue says his first focus will be to bring more money into Old Sturbridge Village so the museum can boost its educational offerings.

In the mid 1980s, Sturbridge Village averaged 600,000 visitors; in 2005, they received 268,000.

-- The Associated Press

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