Alexandra Nicholis Coon is the Executive Director for the Massillon Museum.  She received her MA in Art History from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, a BA in Art History from Kent State University, and has a Collections Care certificate from the Campbell Center for Historic Preservation.  She has been with MassMu since 2001, serving as Curator for the Museum from 2003-2010, and executive director since 2011.  Nicholis Coon was adjunct faculty for Walsh University from 2006 – 2011, having taught art history and museum studies courses, and is a member of the University’s advisory board.  She serves on the board of Visit Canton!, the Convention and Visitors’ Bureau for Stark County, City of Massillon’s Community Improvement and Third Century Committees, is Vice President for the Board of the Ohio Museums Association, serves as a trustee for the Massillon Chamber Foundation, and is an advisory member for Jackson School for the Arts and the City of Akron Holocaust Commemoration committees.
 
In 2011, she was recognized with the YStark! “Twenty Under 40” award, was a 2012 inductee to the Canton YWCA Women’s Hall of Fame, the 2012 recipient of the Massillon Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence in Leadership Award, and a 2013 and 2014 Athena Award finalist for Stark County. Coon is a 10-year member of the Canton/Stark County Soroptimist club, and has served on the organization’s Midwestern Region board.  She is a member of the Akron Chapter D.A.R., and resides in North Canton, OH with her husband, Joshua, and twin daughters Persephone and Myra.