ABOUT PHIL FRALEY PRODUCTIONS
Phil Fraley Productions, Inc. (PFP) is an exhibit fabrication company comprised of a cohesive group of creative professionals who bring enthusiasm and varied aptitudes, skills and experiences to each project. They are best known for innovative fossil mounts, but are experienced in a wide range of processes from modeling insects to the logistics of crating, shipping and installing a four-ton rock. Founder Phil Fraley has 25 years of experience producing natural history museum exhibits, including projects at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, the Field Museum in Chicago, and the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Many of the team members worked with Phil at the American Museum of Natural History, where he led special project teams. The capabilities of PFP encompass every phase of exhibit production including project management, planning, design, fabrication, and installation.


ABOUT PFP's LOCATION
The PFP corporate home is located in Hoboken, New Jersey, near the campus of The Stevens Institute of Technology. Our primary production facilities are housed in a secure and fully equipped studio in Paterson, New Jersey, 14 miles west of New York City. This 11,000-square-foot hangar-like building is large enough, literally, to house dinosaurs. In 2006, we opened a second production facility in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which is over 8,000 square feet. The Turtle Creek studio specializes in molding and casting.


ABOUT PHILLIP FRALEY
Phil Fraley has been designing, building and restoring museum exhibits for over 25 years. Phil started with an entry-level position at the California Academy of Sciences (CAS) as an exhibit preparator. He relished working in a museum environment. As Phil recalls, "Every day I would go to the museum and I would learn from the experts& "Phil's enthusiasm, affability and appreciation for the art and science required for museum exhibits led to an impressive series of opportunities and accomplishments. Phil helped create new capital exhibits, including, "Life Through Time," a full-scale exhibit of the periods of life on Earth. He completed an internship in fossil preparation at UC Berkeley and spent summers in the field with paleontologists. The mounts Phil produced at CAS were not only structurally sound, but also unusually lifelike.  

In 1990, Phil accepted a position working on the American Museum of Natural History's (AMNH) $45 million Fossil Halls renovation project. As Coordinator of Mounting and Specimen Restoration, Phil put together a team of metal sculptors who set a new standard for fossil mounts. After the successful completion of the Fossil Halls, Phil stayed at AMNH as Project Manager of Special Exhibitions until 1999, when he and Carol established PFP. The new company's first project was the mounting of "Sue," the most complete T. rex fossil skeleton ever found. Phil was more than prepared for this challenge.

"You have to have an understanding of engineering, the strengths of materials and the principles of display... experience that came from working in museums for over 25 years and being associated with people who were willing to share their knowledge and experiences with me." PFP continues to flourish as a credit to Phil, his experience and his work.


ABOUT CAROL FRALEY
Carol Fraley attended the University of Southern California, majoring initially in music before changing majors and graduating with a degree in occupational therapy. In 1976, Carol met her future husband and business partner, Phil, while they worked together at a community mental health program in San Francisco. They married in 1982. Carol completed a Masters in Special Education in 1990. Shortly after that, Phil was offered a position at the American Museum of Natural History, in New York City, and the couple relocated to the East Coast. They bought a neglected two-family home on the edge of Hoboken's historic Elysian Park and restored it to its former neoclassical elegance. Carol worked full time in New York City until 2004, first as a practicing Occupational Therapist, then as a Clinical Director of Occupational Therapy at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center (CPMC) and, lastly, as the Departmental Administrator of Rehabilitation Medicine at CUMC.

In 1999, Phil and Carol established PFP. For the next five years, Carol provided part-time administrative support while Phil built the business. In July of 2004, PFP won a three-year contract to restore and remount ten dinosaurs for the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, which created enough work for Carol to join the company full time. Six months later, Phil made Carol the majority stockowner and President/Treasurer of the corporation while he assumed the title of Vice President/Secretary. This structure allows Phil to continue his focus on working with clients and getting the job done, while Carol focuses on the business operations. Her varied job duties include drafting and negotiating contracts, budgeting, payroll, purchasing and accounts payable and receivable. She is directly responsible for all legal, financial and human resource issues and oversees marketing and business development. "We feel very fortunate to have our own business," says Carol, "and we strive to make working with our company a positive experience for our clients, our employees and our vendors."