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 Asia Society Yasufumi Nakamori, PhD named Director of Asia Society Museum and Vice President of Arts and Culture. Read More Santa Barbara Museum of Art Amada Cruz named Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. Read More McCarter Theatre Center Martin Miller named Executive Director of the McCarter Theatre Center. Read More The University of the Arts Kerry Walk, PhD named President of The University of the Arts. Read More Yale University José García-León named Dean of the School of Music at Yale University. Read More Wave Hill Ray Oladapo-Johnson named President and Executive Director of Wave Hill. Read More Sheldon Museum of Art Susan Longhenry named Director of the Sheldon Museum of Art. Read More American Swedish Institute Molly Steenson, Phd named President and CEO of the American Swedish Institute. Read More University of North Carolina School of the Arts B. Afeni McNeely Cobham, PhD named Associate Vice Chancellor & Vice Provost for Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging. Read More Society of Architectural Historians Ben Thomas, PhD named Executive Director of the Society of Architectural Historians. Read More Carnegie Mellon University, College of Fine Arts Robert Ramirez named Head of the School of Drama. Read More Harlem School of the Arts James C. Horton named President of the Harlem School of the Arts, The Herb Alpert Center. 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, School of Film and Video Arts + Culture | Higher Education California Institute of the Arts See Details Dean Arts + Culture | Higher Education University of Rochester, Eastman School of Music See Details President Arts + Culture | Higher Education School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) See Details Senior Vice President for Advancement Advancement + Fundraising | Arts + Culture The Curtis Institute of Music See Details Dean Arts + Culture | Higher Education University of North Carolina at Charlotte, College of Arts + Architecture See Details Director Arts + Culture | Science, Technology, and Society Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT Museum See Details Executive Director Arts + Culture | Conservation + Environment Texas Historical Commission See Details Director, School of Art Arts + Culture | Higher Education University of Arkansas, Fulbright College of Arts & Sciences See Details Director Arts + Culture Folger Shakespeare Library See Details
Asia Society Yasufumi Nakamori, PhD named Director of Asia Society Museum and Vice President of Arts and Culture. Read More
Santa Barbara Museum of Art Amada Cruz named Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. Read More
McCarter Theatre Center Martin Miller named Executive Director of the McCarter Theatre Center. Read More
American Swedish Institute Molly Steenson, Phd named President and CEO of the American Swedish Institute. Read More
University of North Carolina School of the Arts B. Afeni McNeely Cobham, PhD named Associate Vice Chancellor & Vice Provost for Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging. Read More
Society of Architectural Historians Ben Thomas, PhD named Executive Director of the Society of Architectural Historians. Read More
Carnegie Mellon University, College of Fine Arts Robert Ramirez named Head of the School of Drama. Read More
Harlem School of the Arts James C. Horton named President of the Harlem School of the Arts, The Herb Alpert Center. Read More
Dean, School of Film and Video Arts + Culture | Higher Education California Institute of the Arts See Details
President Arts + Culture | Higher Education School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) See Details
Senior Vice President for Advancement Advancement + Fundraising | Arts + Culture The Curtis Institute of Music See Details
Dean Arts + Culture | Higher Education University of North Carolina at Charlotte, College of Arts + Architecture See Details
Director Arts + Culture | Science, Technology, and Society Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT Museum See Details
Executive Director Arts + Culture | Conservation + Environment Texas Historical Commission See Details
Director, School of Art Arts + Culture | Higher Education University of Arkansas, Fulbright College of Arts & Sciences See Details
