Elizabeth W. Easton, Co-Founder and Director
Elizabeth Easton earned her Ph.D. at Yale University, writing her dissertation on Edouard Vuillard's Interiors of the 1890's. She joined the Brooklyn Museum in 1988 as Assistant Curator, and became Chair of the Department of European Painting and Sculpture in 1999. During her tenure, she was the curator for numerous exhibitions, including The Intimate Eye of Edouard Vuillard; Frederic Bazille: Prophet of Impressionism; Monet and the Mediterranean; Brooklyn Collects, and many others.

She has written numerous articles and essays for exhibition catalogues and a variety of art journals. Ms. Easton has also given lectures across the country and abroad on such topics as "Degas and the Artist as Frame Designer" and "Transcending the Easel: Vuillard and Photography", which explore new areas of art historical inquiry: Impressionist frames, and painters' photographs after the invention of the Kodak. Ms. Easton is an adjunct professor at NYU, teaching a senior seminar on museums in the Art History Department. Among the many academic honors she has received, Ms. Easton was awarded a Fulbright and two Andrew W. Mellon fellowships.

She was the first elected president of the Association of Art Museum Curators (2003-2006), a national organization of over 700 curators from 150 museums. In this capacity she launched an inquiry into the professional development of curators, which led to the creation of the Center for Curatorial Leadership in 2007. She has served as a trustee of the Town School, the Spence School, Studio in a School, and on the advisory boards of a number of other cultural institutions.

Agnes Gund, Co-Founder; President Emerita, Museum of Modern Art
Agnes Gund is President Emerita of the Museum of Modern Art and Chairman of its International Council. Ms. Gund joined the MoMA Board in 1976 and served as its President from 1991 until 2002. She is currently Chairman of the Mayor's Cultural Affairs Advisory Commission of the City of New York. Ms. Gund is the Founder and a Trustee of Studio in a School Association, a non-profit organization she established in 1977 in response to budget cuts that virtually eliminated arts classes from New York City public schools. A philanthropist and collector of Post-War art, she serves on the boards of numerous arts organizations, including The Barnes Foundation, The Menil Collection, The Frick Collection, the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, and Socrates Sculpture Park. She is an Honorary Trustee of The Cleveland Museum of Art, Independent Curators International and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland. A civic leader who is a staunch supporter of education, women's issues and environmental concerns, among other causes, Ms. Gund serves on the boards of such wide-ranging organizations as Chess in the Schools, the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center and the Fund for Public Schools. She earned a B.A. in History from ConnecticutCollege and her M.A. in Art History from HarvardUniversity.

Raymond Horton, Faculty Liaison between Center for Curatorial Leadership and Columbia Business School & Frank R. Lautenberg Professor of Ethics and Corporate Governance, Director of the Social Enterprise Program, Bernstein Faculty Leader
Raymond D. Horton is the Frank R. Lautenberg Professor of Ethics and Corporate Governance at the Columbia Business School, where he also serves as Director of the Social Enterprise Program. He received his B.A. from Grinnell College in 1962, J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1965, and Ph.D. in Political Science from Columbia University in 1971. A member of Columbia Business School faculty since 1970, he served as Executive Director of the Temporary Commission on City Finances from 1975 to 1977. After returning to Columbia, he founded the Setting Municipal Priorities Project with Charles Brecher, and co-edited, with Brecher, the ten volumes in that series. Between 1980 and 1998, Horton held the positions of Research Director and President with the Citizens Budget Commission. The Commission is a public advocate of responsible financial management in New York City and New York State. His writings include numerous books, articles, and reports in the field of State and local finance and politics. His most recent book, Power Failure: New York City Government in the Post-1960 Era, was published by Oxford University Press in 1993. In addition to his academic responsibilities, Horton has served on a number of private and nonprofit boards. Horton was born and raised in Iowa, but has lived in New York City since 1965. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife Jacqueline, and daughters Justine and Georgia. His son Radley received his doctorate in Environmental Science at Columbia University.

Sally Block, Program Consultant, Center for Curatorial Leadership
Sally Block has served as the Director of the Association of Art Museum Curators (AAMC) and AAMC Foundation since 2004. The organization, with a membership of over 800 individuals, has a key objective to support the role of curators in shaping the mission of art museums throughout North America. Since 2007, Ms. Block has served as a key programmatic consultant to the Center for Curatorial Leadership.

Prior to her position at the AAMC, Ms. Block served as the Deputy Director of the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Art (MoCADA) in Brooklyn. Additionally, she has held positions with Learning through an Expanded Arts Program (LEAP), Teach for America and the Ceasefire Foundation of Washington. With over 10 years in the non-profit arts sector in both New York and Seattle, Ms. Block currently serves as an adjunct professor for the graduate Arts and Cultural Management Program at the Pratt Institute in Manhattan. She holds a B.A in Anthropology from the University of Missouri, Columbia and an M.P.S in Arts Management from the Pratt Institute.

Advisory Committee
Agnes Gund, Co-Founder, CCL; President Emerita, Museum of Modern Art

William Griswold, Director, Morgan Library and Museum
Kathy Halbreich, Associate Director, Museum of Modern Art
Philippe de Montebello, Director, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Timothy Potts, Director, Fitzwilliam Museum
Kimerly Rorschach, Director, Nasher Museum at Duke University
Axel Rüger, Director, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
Rt. Hon. Lord Smith of Finsbury, Director, Clore Leadership Programme, London
Ann Tenenbaum, Trustee, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Studio Museum in Harlem
Susana Torruella-Leval, Director Emerita, El Museo del Barrio
Darren Walker, Vice-President, Rockefeller Foundation

Ex-Officio
George T. M. Shackelford, President, Association of Art Museum Curators
Elizabeth Easton, Co-Founder and Director, CCL