Name: Allison Byrd Freeman
Title: Assistant Curator of Decorative Arts
Time in current position (date started): June 2008 (in one capacity or another)
Family: My Husband Scott Freeman; Dog: Monroe Beauregard; Cats: Petri and Puck; the entire Byrd clan; my in-laws the Freemans and I’ll stop there because any more requires a diagram.
Hobbies: Riding horses, cooking, snorkeling, spear fishing, reading and travel
Best decision: Marrying my husband.
Worst decision: In the fourth grade I desperately wanted a perm and my mom wanted me to have bangs. We bargained- I wound up with a perm and bangs = worst decision ever.
Best thing about my job: I work in a beautiful building, with magnificent gardens, at a place where the rest of the world has to pay to spend their day. I somehow managed to strike a deal where I actually get paid to spend my day at such a special place- that’s the best thing about the job.
Worst thing about job: Polishing silver- lots of silver.
Favorite Thing in Nashville: My family, my friends and that the city has not yet gotten too big for its britches- you can still find bovine and equine creatures fifteen minutes from downtown.
What would people be surprised to learn about you? Probably not much- I tend to overshare.
Word that best describes you: Vivacious
Goal yet to be achieved: I still can’t do fractions. The Harpeth Hall math department is so disappointed.
Professional pet peeve: Yellow post-it notes. I loathe yellow post-it notes- only the yellow ones. Any other color is perfectly acceptable and quite useful.
Who is your mentor and why? Both of my grandfathers- they were gentlemen in every sense of the word. They lived gracefully and never let success overshadow the things that they knew were really important.
Favorite Movie: Bing Crosby’s White Christmas
Favorite Book: I have loads, but if I have to pick just one…then I have to go with my very first favorite book- Good Night Moon.
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