Shelley Ritter is the Executive Director of the Delta Blues Museum in Clarksdale, Mississippi. Under her direction, the museum has been recognized nationally at the White House with a National Medal for Museum and Library Services and a National Arts & Humanities Youth Program Award and internationally with an induction to The Excellence Club, Europa Nostra. She has added 7300 sq. ft. to the museum’s gallery and is currently working on the Deeper Roots Capital Campaign to raise $1.3 million for new permanent exhibits. She has over twenty years of experience in museums, and has worked in grant administration and historic preservation.