Kathleen Soldati outside the Portsmouth Historical Society.

Portsmouth Historical Society

Executive Director

Challenge
A century-old organization needed structure, staff, and a stable future.
Approach
Restructured operations, hired professional staff, and staged nationally recognized exhibitions on Edmund Tarbell and Gertrude Fiske.
Result
Museum shop sales doubled, membership grew, and the society secured a 50-year lease on the former city library.
Fine craft on display in the exhibition tent at the League of NH Craftsmen's annual fair at Mount Sunapee

League of NH Craftsmen

Executive Director

Challenge
Grow a $1.3 million arts organization with nine stores and 900 craftspeople.
Approach
Built national media coverage and a public-private tourism partnership with the State.
Result
Sales grew 60%, a new flagship store opened, and the work earned coverage in The New York Times and the Boston Globe.
Kathleen Soldati in the balcony of The Music Hall in Portsmouth, New Hampshire

The Music Hall

Director of Marketing

Challenge
Fill two venues and make Portsmouth a winter destination.
Approach
Created Vintage Christmas in Portsmouth with Strawbery Banke Museum, the City, and the Chamber of Commerce.
Result
A month-long citywide campaign, plus festivals including Telluride by the Sea Film Festival.

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Consultant (2025)

  • Advised senior staff on stakeholder engagement, logistics, and marketing for national outreach for Promise of US, marking the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

Global events

Triple Dot Productions

  • Co-produced a 200-guest State Dinner in Johannesburg honoring Graça Machel, Nelson Mandela, and Andrew Young, and arranged Machel's Washington Post interview.
  • Co-launched a youth summit with Jane Goodall and produced her Explorers Club event in New York.

Latino Fashion Week

Phoenix (2026–present)

  • Emceed a several-hundred-guest show at the Arizona Center. Now advising on marketing strategy and connecting the organization with partners across the Valley.

Press

  • The David Letterman Show
  • The Washington Post
  • The New York Times
  • Boston Globe
  • Boston Herald
  • Newsday
  • Self
  • Art New England

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