Gary Egan:  

After graduation from Morris Knolls, I had a series of jobs before I started college. I was an assistant manager of a small family owned department store in Chester, NJ and then worked my way up to be a store manager in their Vernon Valley store. I started at County College of Morris (CCM), at 28 as an “older student”, was super motivated and become class president and graduated as valedictorian. While at CCM, I also met my life partner. My educational journey continued when I transferred to Georgetown University (GU) at the age of 30. Even though I was a Finance major, I took many electives in the fine arts and worked part time at the Kennedy Center. This later led to my combining finance and arts management as my career choice. After graduation from GU, with a degree in Finance, I merged my interest in finance and computers and worked on campus for 9 years, taking on a number of progressively responsible financial management positions such as Assistant Controller and Project Manager for the installation of a new Financial Accounting and Budgeting System for the entire University. I left GU to become VP for Finance and Administration for the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U), in Washington, D.C. This higher education association promoted the importance of the Liberal Arts in education. During this time, I earned a MBA from George Washington University. After 6 years at AAC&U, I accepted a position at The Mariner’s Museum (TMM) in Newport News, Virginia. This started my 20 plus year career in arts management. I worked at the Museum for 8 years as COO/CFO at an interesting time. One of my duties was to represent the Museum and worked with the U.S. Navy and NOAA ...Expand for more