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Caroline Klibanoff

Managing Director
Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History

Caroline Klibanoff is the Managing Director of Made By Us, leading the nationwide initiative from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. With initiatives such as the Civic Season (Juneteenth - July 4th) and My Wish For U.S., Made By Us meets Millennials and Gen Z where they are with timely and relevant history to inspire, inform and ignite civic participation. Klibanoff is a public historian who has worked in cultural institutions as well as in the civic engagement field as a strategist for the Bridge Alliance and Big Tent Nation, and in public opinion for the Pew Research Center and Frameworks Institute.

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