Director and Chief Executive Officer

This search is in an advanced stage. If your experience and background are a good fit, we will be in touch.  

The Crocker Art Museum seeks an experienced and collaborative executive leader to serve as its next Mort and Marcy Friedman Director & CEO (Director). Today, the Crocker is one of the largest art museums in North America and a vibrant center of culture for California’s diverse Capital Region. The Museum offers an array of special exhibitions, events, and programs to augment its stellar collections of Californian, European, Asian, African, and Oceanic artworks, works on paper, and international ceramics. In a city of 500,000+ residents within a metro region of 2.2M, the Crocker draws an audience of nearly 190,000 annual visitors to its nearly 89,000 square feet of exhibition space. 

Reporting to the board of co-trustees, Director will continue to advance the Crocker’s impact and legacy in Sacramento and increase its regional and national profile. The Director will lead the vision and serve as the public face of the Crocker, nurturing and expanding relationships with the City of Sacramento, Crocker Art Museum Association, community partners, donors, artists, stakeholders, and the field, while leading a dedicated team of professionals and volunteers within the Museum. The Director is responsible for the day-to-day operation of the Crocker, including its administration, employees and volunteers, financial operations, fundraising, public profile, development and care of its collection, programming, related scholarship, long-range planning, and community engagement. 

Sarah James and Jackie Mildner are leading this search with Claire Hennessey and Siobhan Hanley.

Crocker Art Museum strives to comply with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and is an equal opportunity employer. The Museum makes employment decisions on the basis of merit and business needs in order to have the best available person in each job. The Museum has a “zero-tolerance” policy prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, religious creed, gender, genetic characteristics, religion, marital status, age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, or other protected categories identified by federal, state or local laws. Any such discrimination is prohibited.