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. 53% Women Placements In 2023, 53% of our Arts + Culture practice's placements identified as women. 26% POC Placements In 2023, 26% 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, President Jiseon Lee Isbara Read More Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, Co-Director Ruth Estévez Read More Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation, Director Mariet Westermann Read More Philadelphia Museum of Art, Keith L. and Katherine Sachs Curator of Contemporary Art and Department Head Eleanor Nairne Read More California College of the Arts, President David Howse Read More Stanford Live, Director Iris Nemani Read More Asia Society, Museum Director and Vice President of Arts and Culture Yasufumi Nakamori, PhD Read More Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Director and Chief Executive Officer Amada Cruz Read More Wave Hill, President and Executive Director Ray Oladapo-Johnson Read More Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Executive Director Jessica May 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 Executive Director of Performing Arts PreK-12 Education + Education Improvement | Arts + Culture The Rivers School and Rivers School Conservatory See Details Director Arts + Culture Folger Shakespeare Library See Details Executive Director Arts + Culture The Diller-Quaile School of Music See Details Dean and McWhorter Endowed Chair Arts + Culture | Higher Education Auburn University, College of Architecture, Design and Construction See Details Educator in Charge, Teaching and Learning Arts + Culture The Metropolitan Museum of Art See Details Chief Programming and Engagement Officer Arts + Culture Pittsburgh Cultural Trust See Details Chief Executive Officer Arts + Culture | Social Justice + Advocacy The Africa Center 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
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Keith L. and Katherine Sachs Curator of Contemporary Art and Department Head Eleanor Nairne Read More
Asia Society, Museum Director and Vice President of Arts and Culture Yasufumi Nakamori, PhD Read More
Executive Director of Performing Arts PreK-12 Education + Education Improvement | Arts + Culture The Rivers School and Rivers School Conservatory See Details
Dean and McWhorter Endowed Chair Arts + Culture | Higher Education Auburn University, College of Architecture, Design and Construction 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