Excellence, Integrity + Impact Arts + Culture Insight, Diversity, Leadership Our Experience Isaacson, Miller partners with arts and culture organizations whose missions celebrate creativity, innovation, education, public service, and audience engagement and share our commitment to diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion. Our engagement with arts and cultural organizations is broad and encompassing. Our ReachWe support schools of arts and design, visual and performing arts organizations, museums, presenting organizations, botanical gardens, aquariums, zoos, and associations and funders that advance and support the arts. Our Clients Our clients are deeply committed to serving their communities; their work fosters creative expression, discovery, activism, insight, and social change. They are challenged to fulfill complex and expanding missions with finite human, physical, and financial resources. PartnershipWe support our clients in their searches for leaders who will meet these challenges by drawing on our deep networks, our understanding of the skills and qualities that are necessary to lead, and our commitment to a meticulous, collaborative, and inclusive process. Experience + Dedication Evidence of Impact 2X AICAD Presidents of Color Our practice has more than doubled the number of presidents of color across member schools of the Association of Independent Colleges of Art + Design. 62% Women Placements In 2022, 62% of our Arts + Culture practice's placements identified as women. 33% POC Placements In 2022, 33% of our Arts + Culture practice's placements were people of color. 40+ Years of Experience + Results For more than 40 years, we have developed and tested our understanding of the characteristics that define strong, visionary, inclusive, and effective leaders required to guide our clients into the future. Outstanding Leaders Our Latest Results View All School of the Art Institute of Chicago Jiseon Lee Isbara | President Read More Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture Ruth Estévez | Co-Director Read More Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation Mariet Westermann | Director Read More Philadelphia Museum of Art Eleanor Nairne | Keith L. and Katherine Sachs Curator of Contemporary Art and Department Head Read More California College of the Arts David Howse | President Read More Stanford Live Iris Nemani | Director Read More Asia Society Yasufumi Nakamori, PhD | Museum Director and Vice President of Arts and Culture Read More Santa Barbara Museum of Art Amada Cruz | Director and Chief Executive Officer Read More McCarter Theatre Center Martin Miller | Executive Director Read More The University of the Arts Kerry Walk, PhD | President Read More Yale University, School of Music José García-León | Dean Read More Wave Hill Ray Oladapo-Johnson | President and Executive Director Read More Sheldon Museum of Art Susan Longhenry | Director Read More American Swedish Institute Molly Steenson, Phd | President and CEO Read More University of North Carolina School of the Arts B. Afeni McNeely Cobham, PhD | Associate Vice Chancellor and Vice Provost for EDI and Belonging Read More Harlem School of the Arts James C. Horton | President Read More Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art Jessica May | Executive Director Read More Previous Next How to think differently Insights Keep Your Purpose at the Center IM Partner Jackie Mildner and Ryan Leichenauer, Managing Associate, connect with Juliette Bianco, incoming director of the Weatherspoon Art Museum at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Listen to the full conversation here. We were very happy with how thoughtful and helpful your colleagues were in the process. We're also delighted with the choice. Zeynep Kezer | IM Client Search Committee Member | Society of Architectural Historians Next Previous Lead the Future Open Searches View All Dean of Drama Arts + Culture | Higher Education University of North Carolina School of the Arts See Details Dean Arts + Culture | Higher Education Texas A&M University, School of Performance, Visualization, and Fine Arts See Details President and Chief Executive Officer Arts + Culture | Conservation + Environment Zoo Knoxville See Details Dean Arts + Culture | Higher Education University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, College of Fine & Applied Arts See Details Chief Programming and Engagement Officer Arts + Culture Pittsburgh Cultural Trust See Details Director of Development, Arts Advancement + Fundraising | Arts + Culture Pomona College See Details Director, School of Art Arts + Culture | Higher Education University of Arkansas, Fulbright College of Arts & Sciences See Details Dean and McWhorter Endowed Chair Arts + Culture | Higher Education Auburn University, College of Architecture, Design and Construction See Details Director Arts + Culture Hammer Museum See Details
Philadelphia Museum of Art Eleanor Nairne | Keith L. and Katherine Sachs Curator of Contemporary Art and Department Head Read More
Asia Society Yasufumi Nakamori, PhD | Museum Director and Vice President of Arts and Culture Read More
University of North Carolina School of the Arts B. Afeni McNeely Cobham, PhD | Associate Vice Chancellor and Vice Provost for EDI and Belonging Read More
Dean of Drama Arts + Culture | Higher Education University of North Carolina School of the Arts See Details
Dean Arts + Culture | Higher Education Texas A&M University, School of Performance, Visualization, and Fine Arts See Details
President and Chief Executive Officer Arts + Culture | Conservation + Environment Zoo Knoxville See Details
Dean Arts + Culture | Higher Education University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, College of Fine & Applied Arts See Details
Director, School of Art Arts + Culture | Higher Education University of Arkansas, Fulbright College of Arts & Sciences See Details
Dean and McWhorter Endowed Chair Arts + Culture | Higher Education Auburn University, College of Architecture, Design and Construction See Details