Anne Chafe, chief government officer of The Rooms museum and artwork gallery, plans to retire this Might after almost 20 years in management roles.
Path to CEO
Chafe stepped in as interim CEO in July 2019, shortly after the provincial authorities eliminated former CEO Dean Brinton with out public rationalization. Officers appointed her completely to the place in June 2020.
Main Achievements
Throughout her tenure, Chafe oversaw the event of three everlasting exhibitions:
- Right here We Made a Dwelling within the Elinor Gill Ratcliffe Gallery;
- From This Place: Our Lives on Land and Sea within the Cenovus Power Gallery;
- Beaumont-Hamel and the Path of the Caribou: Newfoundlanders and Labradorians Abroad and at Dwelling, 1918–1949 within the Royal Newfoundland Regiment Gallery.
These initiatives spotlight her efforts to information the establishment by important transitions.
Official Recognition
Tourism Minister Andrea Barbour praised Chafe as a “considerate steward of one of many province’s most necessary public establishments.”
Margaret Allan, chair of The Rooms board of administrators, emphasised Chafe’s affect, stating, “Her contributions to the group are immeasurable.”
Future Management
The tourism division will collaborate with The Rooms board and the Impartial Appointments Fee to pick out a brand new CEO.

