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Executive Director: Rusty Sullivan Curator: Dick Johnson Associate Curator: Brian Codagnone Education Director: Michelle Gormley Rusty Sullivan has served as the Executive Director of The Sports Museum since early 2005. In this position, he has overall responsibility for the strategy, direction, and operations of The Sports Museum. Previously, Rusty was a Senior Vice President and General Counsel at Linkage, Inc., a worldwide leadership development company. During his tenure at Linkage, he served on the company's Executive Committee; led the company's Market and Strategy Development Team; headed a business unit (Training) that enjoyed P&L success; and helped develop several of Linkage's hallmark educational programs, products, and services. Rusty is the author of the acclaimed Rocky Marciano: The Rock of His Times (University of Illinois Press, 2002), a book that was favorably reviewed in the New York Times Book Review and other leading publications. He is also a contributing author of The Rock, the Curse, and the Hub: A Random History of Boston Sports (Harvard University Press, 2005), as well as the Associate Producer of the forthcoming film documentary Rocky: A Life Story and Producer of Impossible to Forget: The Story of the '67 Boston Red Sox. Rusty is a graduate of Yale University (where he was the Sports Editor of the Yale Daily News) and Harvard Law School. Back to Top Richard A. Johnson has served as Curator of The Sports Museum since 1982. He has also authored or co-authored nine books including: "The American Game; Baseball. Ethnicity, and The American Dream (editor), "The Boston Braves," "A Century of Boston Sports," "Red Sox Century," "DiMaggio, An Illustrated Life," "The Twentieth Century Baseball Chronicle," "Players of Cooperstown," "Young at Heart, The Story of Johnny Kelley," and "Ted Williams, A Portrait in Words and Pictures." The latter title was selected as one of the "noteworthy books of 1991" by the New York Times Book Review. At present Johnson is working on a comprehensive history of the New York Yankees entitled "Yankees Century" to be published by Houghton Mifflin in 2002. Johnson graduated from Lawrence Academy in 1974 where he was awarded the Headmasters Prize and was an All New England Prep cross country runner for two years. During his years at Bates College ('78) Johnson worked in Kildare Ireland for the Irish Georgian Society and later for the Print Department of the Boston Public Library where he served as an intern. Following college Johnson completed the Publishing Institute at the University of Denver and later worked for both the Worcester Evening Gazette and Houghton Mifflin Publishers before joining The Sports Museum as its first employee. With The Sports Museum, Johnson has mounted exhibits on topics as diverse as: "Women in Sports, Insights from Her Past," "Boston's Braves 1876-1952," "Fenway Park, From Duffy's Cliff to the Green Monster," "The World Cup" (in collaboration with The British Council) among many others. He has also served as a consultant to many projects and clients including The Boston Celtics, WGBH, ESPN, The Boston Museum of Science among others. Back to Top Brian Codagnone has been involved with The Sports Museum in a variety of capacities since 1988 and now serves as Associate Curator. A native of Melrose, Massachusetts, he also has a background in graphic design, illustration, cartooning and writing. His comic strip Misfits appeared across Canada in The Globe and Mail, and he currently produces two comic strips, Misfits and S1019 and a humor column, Emotional Chaos for the internet syndicate Corbett Features and was the author of the strip In The Zone for The Hockey Magazine. He and Curator Richard Johnson have co-authored the books "The Boston Garden" and the two volume set "The Bruins in Black and White" and he is the author of "The Hartford Whalers" and the cartoon collection "Hey, America! It's Misfits Time!". He is involved in Living History as a member of the 28th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry (Irish Brigade). Back to Top Michelle Gormley started as Education Director with The Sports Museum in December 2000. Prior to this she was the Senior Assistant Director, Student Employment at Boston University. Since 1991 she has been also working at Boston National Historical Park developing and presenting historical programs for children and adults. Michelle studied communications and education at Stonehill College in Easton, MA. Back to Top |
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