Mentors

Sharing Expertise and Experience

CCL Fellows are mentored by museum directors, industry leaders, and innovative entrepreneurs. Over the last decade, more than 80 individuals have served in this critical role, offering our fellows career support, guidance, and insight into their leadership experiences.

First NameLast NameInstitution at the Time of MentorshipYearsFellows
MaxAndersonDallas Museum of Art2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014Brady Roberts, Nina Zimmer, Jeannine O'Grody, Matthew Welch, Richard Rand
GailAndrewsBirmingham Museum of Art2014, 2017William Keyse Rudolph, Sarah Cash
RichardArmstrongSolomon R. Guggenheim Museum2009, 2011, 2013, 2016Susan Fisher, Carlos Basualdo, Roxana Marcoci, Eik Kahng
ColinBaileyThe Morgan Library & Museum2016Caroline Campbell
MariaBalshawTate2020Ian Alteveer
ChrisBedfordBaltimore Museum of Art2017Alison Gass
NealBenezraSan Francisco Museum of Modern Art - SFMOMA2009, 2010, 2013Rebecca Rabinow, Malcolm Daniel, Britt Salvesen
BrentBenjaminSaint Louis Art Museum2008, 2013, 2015, 2016Jay Clarke, Rene Paul Barilleaux, Jason Busch, Laurie Winters
KlausBiesenbachMoMA PS12018Jose Carlos Diaz
RodBigelowCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art2020Maurita Poole
IwonaBlazwickWhitechapel Gallery2014Zoë Ryan
HollyBlockThe Bronx Museum of the Arts2016Vera Grant
DoreenBolgerBaltimore Museum of Art2011Jeannine O'Grody
ChristopherBrownAshmolean Museum of Art and Archeology2012Andrea Bayer
Thomas P.CampbellThe Metropolitan Museum of Art2013, 2015Pieter Roelofs, Judith Dolkart
DeborahCardChicago Symphony Orchestra2009Gloria Groom
DerrickCartwrightSeattle Art Museum2010Alison de Lima Greene
MelissaChiuAsia Society and Museum2010Kristina van Dyke
MichaelConfortiSterling and Francine Clark Art Institute2009, 2010, 2015Corey Keller, Alisa LaGamma, Rochelle Steiner
SharonCorwinColby College Museum of Art2017, 2019Sara Krajewski, Elyse A. Gonzales
AmadaCruzPhoenix Art Museum2019Johanna Burton
JamesCunoArt Institute of Chicago2009, 2010, 2011Griffith Mann, Kristina van Dyke, Maxwell Hearn
HughDaviesMuseum of Contemporary Art San Diego2011Toby Jurovics
Philippede MontebelloThe Metropolitan Museum of Art2010Christophe Cherix
ChrisDerconTate Modern2012Elizabeth Smith
VishakhaDesaiAsia Society and Museum2010, 2012Christa Clarke, Alisa LaGamma
DouglasDruickArt Institute of Chicago2014, 2015Dorthe Aagesen, Sylvie Patry
OkwuiEnwezorHaus der Kunst2017Thomas J. Lax
CharlesEscheVan Abbemuseum2019René Morales
KaywinFeldmanMinneapolis Institute of Arts2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019Susanne Ebbinghaus, Amy S. Landau, Anne Goodyear, Jason Busch, Griffith Mann, Frederick Ilchman, Eik Kahng
BrianFerrisoPortland Art Museum2011Toby Jurovics
GabrieleFinaldiNational Gallery London2020, 2022Aimee Ng, Esther Bell
TomFinkelpearlQueens Museum2014Jon Seydl
MimiGardner GatesSeattle Art Museum2008, 2009Gloria Groom, Jordana Pomeroy
SherriGeldinWexner Center for Arts2010Kathleen Forde
ThelmaGoldenStudio Museum in Harlem2008Silvia Cubiña
AnnGoldsteinStedelijk Museum, Amsterdam2013Nina Zimmer
MichaelGovanLos Angeles County Museum of Art - LACMA2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2016Doryun Chong, Carlos Basualdo, Leah Dickerman, Christophe Cherix, Rochelle Steiner
WilliamGriswoldThe Morgan Library & Museum2008, 2010, 2011, 2012Thomas Denenberg, Andria Derstine, Frederick Ilchman, Richard Rand
WilliamGriswoldCleveland Museum of Art2018Soyoung Lee
MadeleineGrynsztejnMuseum of Contemporary Art Chicago2009, 2014, 2017, 2019Tuliza Fleming, Jennifer Saracino, Eva Respini, Valerie Cassel Oliver
SabineHaagKunsthistorisches Museum Wien2017Pierre Terjanian
PatriciaHarrisBloomberg Philanthropies2018Jodi Hauptman
AnneHawleyIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum2014Melanie Holcomb
JosefHelfensteinThe Menil Collection2011Michael Taylor
AriannaHuffingtonHuffington Post Media Group2012Paola Antonelli
BrianKennedyToledo Museum of Art2012Stanton Thomas
RichardKoshalekHirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden2010Deborah Cullen
EricLeeKimbell Art Museum2012Stanton Thomas
JohnLeightonThe National Galleries of Scotland2012, 2013Leo Jansen, Martha Tedeschi
TomLentzHarvard Art Museums2011, 2012, 2013Judith Dolkart, Martha Tedeschi, Dan Finamore
AdamLernerMuseum of Contemporary Art Denver2011, 2013, 2015Beth Venn, Kathleen Ash-Milby, Andrea Grover
SusanaLevalEl Museo del Barrio2008, 2010Malcolm Daniel, Paola Morsiani
ReynoldLevyLincoln Center for the Performing Arts2008Gary Tinterow
HenriLoryetteMusée du Louvre2008Colin Bailey
GlennLowryThe Museum of Modern Art - MoMA2009, 2010, 2011, 2021Jamaal B. Sheats, Olivier Meslay, Stephan Wolohojian, Kevin Salatino
KatieLuberSan Antonio Museum of Art2017Emily G. Hanna
NeilMacGregorThe British Museum2008, 2013Kathleen Berzock, Gary Tinterow
JuliaMarciari-AlexanderWalters Art Museum2016, 2019Sarah Kelly Oehler, Theresa Papanikolas
JillMedvedowThe Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston2016, 2018Nora Burnett Abrams, Valerie Hillings
JessicaMorganDia Art Foundation2018, 2020, 2021, 2022Miranda Lash, Humberto Moro, Anne Ellegood, Mia Locks
FrancesMorrisTate Modern2017Jen Mergel
AlfredPacquementCentre Pompidou2011Roxana Marcoci
JohnPalfreyJohn D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation2020Connie Butler
AnnePasternakCreative Time2010, 2012, 2013Rebecca Rabinow, Elizabeth Smith, Kathleen Forde
AnnePasternakBrooklyn Museum2016, 2018, 2019, 2020Turry Flucker, Ryan N. Dennis, Rita Gonzalez, Daniel Schulman
NicholasPennyNational Gallery London2010Stephan Wolohojian
AnnPhilbinThe Hammer Museum2008, 2009, 2012, 2018Kelly Baum, Britt Salvesen, John Ravenal, Paola Morsiani
LisaPhillipsNew Musuem2012John Ravenal
AnnePouletThe Frick Collection2012Thomas Denenberg
RebeccaRabinowThe Menil Collection2019Susan Cross
EmilyRaffertyThe Metropolitan Museum of Art2008, 2011Stephanie D'Alessandro, Elizabeth Armstrong
Mari CarmenRamírezMuseum of Fine Arts, Houston2018, 2019Dennis Carr, Victoria Sancho Lobis
JockReynoldsYale University Art Gallery2008, 2011, 2012Christa Clarke, Michael Taylor, Elizabeth Armstrong
NedRifkinBlanton Museum of Art2010, 2011Deborah Cullen, Beth Venn
LawrenceRinderBerkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive2017Sophie Hackett
JamesRondeauArt Institute of Chicago2018, 2019, 2021, 2022Alexis Lowry, Adrienne Edwards, Courtney J Martin, Alison Ferris
KimerlyRorschachSeattle Art Museum2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018Elizabeth Siegel, Sarah Schleuning, Tracey Bashkoff, Emily Ballew Neff, Elizabeth Finch, Chiyo Ishikawa, Jordana Pomeroy
MartinRothVictoria & Albert Museum - V&A2013, 2015Jessica Todd Smith, Gudrun Buehl
TimothyRubPhiladelphia Museum of Art2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2020Kristen Collins, Mary Morton, C.D. Dickerson, Leo Jansen, Andrea Bayer, Andria Derstine, Alison de Lima Greene
AxelRügerVan Gogh Museum2008, 2013, 2017Christina Nielsen, Emily Ballew Neff, Zoe Whitley
SalvadorSalort-PonsDetroit Institute of Arts2020Silvia Forni
NicholasSerotaTate Britain2009, 2011, 2015Xavier Salomon, Stephanie D'Alessandro, Kevin Salatino
JohnSextonNew York University2012Paola Antonelli
MichaelShapiroHigh Museum of Art2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014Aimee Marcereau DeGalan, Dan Finamore, Lisa Rotondo-McCord, Matthew Welch, Laurie Winters
FranklinSirmansPérez Art Museum Miami2018Ethan W. Lasser
NancySpectorSolomon R. Guggenheim Museum2008Silvia Cubiña
CaraStarkePulitzer Arts Foundation2018Lauren Haynes
JamesStewardPrinceton University Art Museum2013Jessica Todd Smith
DeyanSudjicDesign Museum, London2012Michelle Joan Wilkinson
TerrieSultanParrish Museum of Art2010Lisa Rotondo-McCord
Mary SueSweenyNewark Museum2008, 2012Michelle Joan Wilkinson, Eleanor Harvey
MichaelTaylorVirginia Museum of Fine Arts2014Graham Boettcher
MarthaTedeschiHarvard Art Museums2019, 2021Kathryn Wysocki Gunsch, Endia Beal
MatthewTeitelbaumMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021Tahnee Ahtoneharjo-Growingthunder, Aimee Froom, David Breslin, Sarah Meister, Peter Barberie
MatthewTeitelbaumArt Gallery of Ontario - AGO2012, 2014Catherine Futter, Leah Dickerman
GaryTinterowMuseum of Fine Arts, Houston2016, 2018, 2019, 2020Madhuvanti Ghose, Dennis Carr, Victoria Sancho Lobis, Richard Aste
OlgaVisoWalker Art Center2008, 2009, 2013, 2015Toby Kamps, Andrea Grover, Valerie Cassel Oliver, Zoe Whitley
AdamWeinbergWhitney Museum of American Art2009, 2016, 2017Naomi Beckwith, Reto Thüring, Mary-Kay Lombino
DanielWeissThe Metropolitan Museum of Art2020Asma Naeem
StephanieWilesYale University Art Gallery2020Anna Marley
LynnZelevanskyCarnegie Museum of Art2016Randall Griffey
HeidiZuckerman JacobsonAspen Museum of Art2013Kathleen Berzock
JulianZugazagoitiaNelson-Atkins Museum2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2022Mark Castro, Carol Eliel, Elizabeth Finch, Olivier Meslay, Mary-Kay Lombino