Ventfort Hall Mansion Names New Executive Director
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LENOX, Mass. — The Board of Directors of Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum unanimously appointed Beverly N. Rainey as its new executive director.
“In this new capacity, Rainey will liaise with the board, employees and volunteers, as well as oversee the museum’s operations and community outreach," said Lorraine Becker, president of the board. "She takes on this role after five years of proven capabilities at the historic house in Lenox.”
Rainey joined Ventfort Hall in 2009 as a front desk associate and museum shop manager, assuming the duties of operations manager in 2013.
A Pittsfield native, Rainey began her business career in the human resources departments of Berkshire Life Insurance Company, New England Life Insurance Company in Boston and subsequently with Milliken & Company in Spartanburg, S.C.
Together with her sister, she co-owned a gift shop in Spartanburg for 13 years. Later, she entered into retail management and buying with Belk Department Stores of the Carolinas and two other major home accessories retailers. She returned to the Berkshires in 2007.
An Official Project of Save America’s Treasures program sponsored by The White House, Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum, built in 1893, offers tours of the historic mansion, as well as Tea & Talks, such exhibitions as the Bellefontaine Collection, concerts, theater, and other programs. This elegant Jacobean-Revival Berkshire “cottage,” listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is open to the public year-around and is available for private rental. Sarah Morgan was the sister of financier J. P. Morgan.
Ventfort Hall has undergone substantial restoration, which is continuing.
