Leadership

Director’s Senior Team

  • Matthew Teitelbaum, Ann and Graham Gund Director
  • Emily Blumenthal, Chief of Staff
  • Cameran Mason, Chief of External Relations
  • Pierre Terjanian, Chief of Curatorial Affairs and Conservation
  • Katie Vandenabeele, Chief Financial Officer
  • Eric Woods, Chief Operating Officer

Curatorial Chairs

  • Lawrence Berman, John F. Cogan, Jr. and Mary L. Cornille Chair, Art of Egypt, Nubia and the Near East; interim chair, Art of Ancient Greece and Rome
  • Ethan Lasser, John Moors Cabot Chair, Art of the Americas
  • Christina Yu Yu, Matsutaro Shoriki Chair, Art of Asia
  • Frederick Ilchman, chair and Mrs. Russell W. Baker Curator of Paintings, Art of Europe
  • Chris Atkins, Van Otterloo-Weatherbie Director, Center for Netherlandish Art
  • Ian Alteveer, Beal Family Chair, Contemporary Art
  • Anne E. Havinga, Estrellita and Yousuf Karsh Chair of Photography
  • Edward Saywell, chair, Prints and Drawings

Board of Trustees 2023–2024

  • Cathy E. Minehan, Chair, Board of Trustees
  • Marc S. Plonskier, President, Board of Trustees and Chair-elect, Board of Trustees
  • Emi M. Winterer, President-elect, Board of Trustees
  • Azi Djazani, Chair, Board of Advisors
  • Michele Courton Brown, Chair-elect, Board of Advisors

Trustees

  • Paul G. Alexander
  • Jill Avery
  • Carlotte Nord Berk
  • Elizabeth Chandler
  • Monica Chandra
  • Howard Cox
  • Peter H. Creighton
  • David D. Croll
  • Ronald M. Druker
  • Thomas A.J. Frank
  • Abigail Ross Goodman
  • Edward E. Greene
  • Jennifer Herman
  • Barbara W. Hostetter
  • David Howse
  • Clarissa C. Hunnewell
  • Elizabeth L. Johnson
  • Patricia Kraft
  • Lizbeth Krupp
  • Yuchun Lee
  • Carl J. Martignetti
  • Linda A. Mason
  • Robert Nagle
  • Amy Poorvu
  • Antonio Porres
  • Tom Seeman
  • Theresa Stone
  • Susan B. Weatherbie
  • Roberta Weiner
  • Xiaohua Zhang

Appointed Trustees

  • Boston Athenaeum | Carolyn Osteen
  • Boston Public Library | Priscilla H. Douglas
  • Boston Public Schools | Mary Skipper
  • Harvard University | Katherine N. Lapp
  • Mayor of Boston | Michelle Wu
  • MFA Associates | Emi M. Winterer
  • MIT | Melissa Nobles
  • Tufts University | James M. Glaser

Honorary Trustees

  • George Abrams
  • Peter Aldrich
  • Barbara Alfond
  • George Behrakis
  • Gabriella Beranek
  • Bettina Burr
  • Paul Buttenwieser
  • Kevin T. Callaghan
  • Frances H. Colburn
  • Charles C. Cunningham, Jr.
  • Harry Daniels
  • John Deutch
  • Susan Donahue
  • Kathleen Feldstein
  • Grace Fey
  • Stephen Fine
  • Nicholas Greville
  • Steven Grossman
  • Gale R. Guild
  • Ann Gund
  • Graham Gund
  • Jeffrey Horvitz
  • Amos B. Hostetter, Jr.
  • J. Atwood Ives
  • Ellen Jaffe
  • Elizabeth B. Johnson
  • Susan Kaplan
  • Katherine Kirk
  • William Koch
  • Theodore C. Landsmark
  • Richard Lubin
  • Peter S. Lynch
  • P. Andrews McLane
  • Sandra O. Moose
  • Claire W. Morse
  • J. Terrence Murray
  • Carol A. Noble
  • Susan W. Paine
  • Slocumb Hollis Perry
  • Tim Phillips
  • Roger Servison
  • Sylvia Simmons
  • Alan Strassman
  • Lisbeth Tarlow
  • Rose-Marie van Otterloo
  • Penny Vinik
  • Ernst von Metzsch
  • Pamela Voss
  • Matthew Weatherbie

Board of Advisors 2023–2024

  • Robert E. Alan, co-Vice Chair, Board of Advisors
  • Laura Brenninkmeyer Nielsen, co-Vice Chair, Board of Advisors

Advisors

  • Geraldine Acuña-Sunshine
  • Meryl Beckingham
  • Fiona Benenson
  • Stacy Blake-Beard
  • Josefina Bonilla
  • Donavan Brown
  • Stephanie L. Brown
  • Austin Bryant
  • William Buccella
  • Arese Carrington
  • Dion A. Chay
  • Darwin Cordoba
  • Lisa Dalberth
  • Lynn Dale
  • Sunitha Das
  • Jonathan Davis
  • Gonzague de Montrichard
  • Lisa A. Dynner
  • Shelly Eckman
  • Barbara Eisenson
  • Yasmin Ferrine
  • Peter Fleiss
  • Paul Francisco
  • Alice Galakatos
  • Jeffrey Gibson
  • Deborah Glasser
  • Stephen Hamilton
  • Ashley Harmon
  • Jinous Hassanein
  • Alexandra Hastings
  • Gamaliel R. Herrera
  • Kristin Hill
  • Carolyn Hsu-Balcer
  • Joy Kant
  • Sinesia Karol
  • Patricia Yin Li Kung
  • Lisa S. Lebovitz
  • Sa'adiyah K. Masoud
  • Marva F. Nathan
  • Porsha Olayiwola
  • John O’Leary
  • Vincent J. Panetta
  • Erica Gervais Pappendick
  • Christopher D. Perry
  • Hadley Planting Powell
  • Lawrence A. Rand
  • Tracey Roberts
  • Ailene Robinson
  • Tamara Rogers
  • Marie Rolf
  • Meryl Rose
  • Jody Rose
  • Rachel Rosenfeldt
  • Matthew Saunders
  • Jill Shah
  • Nalini Sharma
  • Jeannie Simms
  • Phyllis Sims
  • Phyllis Strauss Slocum
  • Gwenn Snider
  • Gabriel Sosa
  • Anne-Marie Soulliere
  • Edward A. Studzinski
  • Caron Tabb
  • Marcita E. Thompson
  • William Thorndike
  • Dune Thorne
  • Vincent J. Tuohey
  • Sheldon Warrick
  • Deedee Wigmore
  • Linda C. Wisnewski
  • Howard Wolk

Appointed Advisors

  • Anne Meyers Brandt, Chair, Gallery Instructors
  • Madeline Jacquet, Co-Chair, Gallery Instructor Associates
  • Sally Reid, Co-Chair, Gallery Instructor Associates
  • Dorothy Sergi, Vice Chair, MFA Associates
  • Alice Lewis, Chair, Museum Council
  • Bill Wilder, ad hoc Appointment

Honorary Advisors

  • Pamela Adams
  • Jan Adelson
  • Lisa Schmid Alvord
  • Terry Aufranc
  • John Axelrod
  • Hope Barkan
  • Daren Bascome
  • Steven Belkin
  • Amy Smith Berylson
  • Scott Black
  • Miguel de Bragança
  • Leigh Braude-Borowski
  • Lorraine Bressler
  • Brian Brille
  • Horace Brock
  • Jane Burke
  • Ann Clarkeson
  • Roberta Cohn
  • John M. Connors, Jr.
  • Ronald Cordover
  • Mary Cornille
  • Nancy Crate
  • Prudence Crozier
  • Tamara P. Davis
  • John Deknatel
  • Sally Edmonds
  • Dianthe Eisendrath
  • Jill Greenthal Eisenmann
  • Judith Pick Eissner
  • Anne Finucane
  • David Firestone
  • Angela B. Fischer
  • Atsuko Toko Fish
  • Audrey Foster
  • Elena Frankel
  • Robert T. Freeman
  • Walter Gilbert
  • Carol Goldberg
  • Lena Goldberg
  • Stephen Greyser
  • James Harmon
  • Esmond Harmsworth
  • Simone Hartman
  • Carol Henderson
  • Eloise Hodges
  • Candace Humphreys
  • Roxanna Hurst
  • Abigail Johnson
  • Allison Johnson
  • Gerald R. Jordan, Jr.
  • Marcia Kamentsky
  • Thomas Kaplan
  • Phyllis Katz
  • Kathleen Kemper
  • Margaret Kimball
  • Ranch Kimball
  • Susan Kohn
  • Florence Ladd
  • Mari Sugahara Lathrop
  • Leonard Lauder
  • Patricia Lawrence
  • Jonathan O. Lee
  • Susan Livingston
  • Janina Longtine
  • Jane Mayer
  • Dorene McCourt
  • Joseph McNay
  • Laura Monrad
  • Brigitte Moufflet
  • Alyce Morrissey
  • Leslie Nanberg
  • Peri Onipede
  • Elizabeth Owens
  • Jane Pappalardo
  • Myran Parker-Brass
  • André Perold
  • Julia Pfannenstiehl
  • Lia Poorvu
  • James Rabb
  • Robert Radloff
  • Richard Remis
  • Kennedy Richardson
  • Lynne Rickabaugh
  • Dorothy Robbins
  • Nancy Roberts
  • Steven Rogowski
  • Christine Root
  • Bonnie Rosse
  • Karen Rotenberg
  • Maureen Roxe
  • Carole Rudman
  • Michael Ruettgers
  • Carol Rutherfurd
  • Jody Saarmaa
  • Monica S. Sadler
  • Darlene Sallan
  • Allison Salke
  • Patricia Schade
  • Rosalie Schorr
  • Ann Schwarz
  • Jean Sharf
  • Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw
  • Lee Sinai
  • Lucille Spagnuolo
  • Andrew Spindler-Roesle
  • Terri Spoon
  • Kathleen Stansky
  • Dola Hamilton Stemberg
  • Robert Strassler
  • Sandra Stratford
  • Elizabeth Thorne
  • Anne Vernon
  • Stacey Weaver
  • Edith Welch
  • Langdon Wheeler
  • Carole Whittemore
  • Stephen Woodsum
  • Anita Wornick
  • Hansjörg Wyss