Staff Blogger: Elizabeth Fantozzi, Marketing & Public Relations Manager
Lakeside Chautauqua is pleased to announce that Dakota Harkins will be transitioning from her role as the Lakeside Heritage Society Manager of Operations to the position of Director of Education & Heritage Programming.
She has made huge strides in the preservation and teaching of Lakeside’s history. With this new transition, Harkins will lead the Education Department and be an official liaison to the Lakeside Heritage Society.
Harkins was first introduced to Lakeside as the Educational Programming Intern in 2014 and returned in 2015 as the Education Assistant to Jeanne Mauriocourt, who previously held the role of Director of Education from 2011-2019.
“I started off in the Education Department with Jeanne, first as an intern and then as an assistant, so I had the chance to see how she worked,” said Harkins. “I saw her interact with the speakers and the audience, and learned a lot from her.”