Ashleigh Reed has been hired as first executive director for Main Street’s Hammer Museum.

Reed will be responsible for day-to-day operations, grant-writing, maintaining grounds and supervising interns. She’ll work 25 hours per week during summer months.

Museum board president C.J. Jones said bringing on a paid executive and finding a new building rose to the top of the group’s goals during strategic planning sessions in 2014. Museum founder Dave Pahl has served as volunteer director…