Eric Carpio

Chief Community Museum Officer | History Colorado

Eric J. Carpio is the Chief Community Museum Officer for History Colorado and the Director of the Fort Garland Museum & Cultural Center. At Fort Garland, he's leading the museum toward a renewed vision centered on co-creating and elevating diverse voices through community engagement and collaboration. Fort Garland’s most recent exhibit, "Unsilenced: Indigenous Enslavement in Southern", has received extensive media coverage by outlets such as the New York Times, Indian Country Today, and Rocky Mountain PBS. In his role, Eric serves as the director of the Borderlands of Southern Colorado Educator Workshop, a National Endowment for the Humanities Landmarks of American History project, which explores the complex history of the American southwest through the intersection of racial, ethnic, religious, and geographic landscapes. In 2019, he was selected as one of ten Senior Fellows for Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion (DEAI) for the American Association of Museums Facing Change initiative, to provide DEAI training, support, and leadership to museum boards across the country. Eric has a B.S. from Colorado State University and a M.A, from Adams State University. He is an alumnus of the University of Denver’s Latino Leadership Institute (LLI) and the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Social Impact Strategy (CSIS).