Marla Bright

AMNH Expeditions Manager

Marla’s longstanding interest in other cultures led her to spend her high school junior year abroad in England. After earning a B.A. in international business from Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, Georgia, she returned to Europe for work and travel in England, Scotland, France, and Belgium. After several years in the book publishing and sales industry in western North Carolina, she relocated to Washington, DC to return to an international sphere. She found a shared passion for international travel, food, and culture when she joined the Academic Travel Abroad team. Between 2000-2008, Marla was a member of the Travel Services Department, having worked in operations, sales, and management. She now devotes her energies to development and promotion of the American Museum of Natural History Expeditions travel program. While she has enjoyed many opportunities to explore the world since then–including Italy, Iceland, Japan, Greece, Russia, and China–her preference for personal travel is to return to Britain as often as possible. Her other interests include cooking and baking, reading, architecture, genealogy, and Scottish Country Dancing.