Background
Blatti, Jo was born on June 4, 1946 in Champaign, Illinois, United States. Daughter of William Harold and Vivian Eleanor (Peterson) Blatti.
historian Historical institution administrator
Blatti, Jo was born on June 4, 1946 in Champaign, Illinois, United States. Daughter of William Harold and Vivian Eleanor (Peterson) Blatti.
Associate of Arts, Stephens College, Columbia, Missouri, 1966; Bachelor, Macalester College, St. Paul, 1968; Master of Arts in American Studies, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1975.
Manager, Falconer Books, Inc., Buffalo, 1968-1972;
producer, administrator, STa. WBFO-FM, Buffalo, 1972-1975;
producer history projects, STa. WBFO-FM, Buffalo, 1976-1978;
program officer, New York Council for Humanities, New York City and Buffalo, 1978-1985;
principal, History Afield, St. Paul, 1986-1992;
executive director, Stowe-Day Foundation, Hartford, Connecticut, since 1992.
Consultant to numerous granting agys., public programming projects and music,1978-. Coordinator Minnesota Memories, 1990-1992. Member Coordinating Committee for Promotion Connecticut History, since 1993.
Member steering committee Center for History-Making in American, since 1991. Presenter at professional meetings and conferences, since 1984. Panelist music division National Endowment for Humanities, 1990.
Panelist Study Center for American Art, Metropolitan Museum Art, New York City, 1985. Social history consultant National Public Radio, Washington, 1978-1979. Member planning group New York State Conference on Cmty.
History, 1978; also others.
Member National Council on Public History (board directors since 1994), American Association Museum, New England Museum Association, Oral History Association (council 1990-1993), Organization American Historians, American Studies Association, American Association for State and Local History.
1 child, Anna Elisabeth.