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. Outstanding Leaders Our Latest Results View All Hammer Museum Director Zoë Ryan Read More Royal Ontario Museum Foundation President & Chief Executive Officer Janice Price Read More Lincoln Center Theater Artistic Director Lear deBessonet Read More Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art Executive Director Jessica May Read More School of the Art Institute of Chicago President Jiseon Lee Isbara Read More Folger Shakespeare Library Director Farah Karim-Cooper, PhD Read More Saint Louis Art Museum Deputy Director and Chief Curator Jorge Rivas, PhD Read More Institute of Fine Arts New York University, Director Joan Kee, PhD Read More Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture Co-Director Ruth Estévez Read More The Fabric Workshop and Museum Executive Director Kelly Shindler Read More Previous Next 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 We understand the characteristics that define visionary, inclusive, and effective leaders capable of guiding our clients to a successful future. How to think differently Insights Keep Your Purpose at the CenterA conversation exploring what defines a purpose-driven museum, and how museums can effectively embrace diversity, equity, and inclusion today.Listen here. Lead the Future Open Searches View All Chief Information Officer Arts + Culture | Science, Technology, and Society Smithsonian Institution See Details President and Chief Executive Officer Arts + Culture | Conservation + Environment | Science, Technology, and Society Zoo New England See Details Elizabeth B. McGraw Senior Curator of Asian Art Arts + Culture Norton Museum of Art See Details President and Chief Executive Officer Arts + Culture Please Touch Museum See Details Senior Director of Facilities Arts + Culture Philadelphia Museum of Art See Details Executive Director Arts + Culture Bruce Museum See Details Vice President for Social Equity and Inclusion Arts + Culture | Higher Education Rhode Island School of Design See Details Executive Director Arts + Culture | PreK-12 Education + Education Improvement Hilton Family Holocaust Education Center See Details Vice President of Operations and Planning Arts + Culture | Conservation + Environment The Morton Arboretum See Details We were very happy with how thoughtful and helpful your colleagues were in the process. We're also delighted with the choice. Search Committee Member | Society of Architectural Historians Zeynep Kezer | IM Client Next Previous
Chief Information Officer Arts + Culture | Science, Technology, and Society Smithsonian Institution See Details
President and Chief Executive Officer Arts + Culture | Conservation + Environment | Science, Technology, and Society Zoo New England See Details
Vice President for Social Equity and Inclusion Arts + Culture | Higher Education Rhode Island School of Design See Details
Executive Director Arts + Culture | PreK-12 Education + Education Improvement Hilton Family Holocaust Education Center See Details
Vice President of Operations and Planning Arts + Culture | Conservation + Environment The Morton Arboretum See Details