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9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m., Opening Remarks & Welcome Breakfast

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Glenn D. Lowry, Director, The Museum of Modern Art

Wendy Woon, The Edward John Noble Foundation Deputy Director for Education, The Museum of Modern Art

Judy Koke, Director of Professional Development, Institute for Learning Innovation

Rika Burnham, Head of Education, The Frick Collection

Sandra Jackson-Dumont, Frederick P. and Sandra P. Rose Chairman of Education, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Kim Kanatani, Deputy Director and Gail Engelberg Director of Education, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

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10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., Session 1: What it Takes to Transition to a Museum Director

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We will open with a program focused on Pathways to Leadership, featuring discussion with Sarah James, a recruiter of the executive search firm Phillips Oppenheim. Hyperallergic quoted Sarah in the article Study Finds Female Museum Directors Lagging Behind (2014). She will be joined in conversation by directors and deputy directors of institutions who have previously come from museum education leadership positions, including Kelly McKinley, Deputy Director, Oakland Museum of California; Bonnie Pitman, former Eugene McDermott Director (2008-2011) and Deputy Director of The Dallas Museum of Art (2000-2008), and current Distinguished Scholar in Residence for the Edith O’Donnell Institute of Art History, Director Art/Brain Innovations at the Center for BrainHealth, and Distinguished Scholar in Residence for Arts and Technology at the University of Texas at Dallas; and Deborah Schwartz, President and CEO, Brooklyn Historical Society, and formerly The Edward John Noble Foundation Deputy Director for Education, Museum of Modern Art (2002 – 2006) and Vice Director for Education and Program Development, Brooklyn Museum (1989 – 2000). The discussion will address the current field of museum leadership, skills and experience that museum directors need now and in the future, what museum educators bring to these positions, and what skills they may need to succeed. Each will share their insights on both the challenges they have faced, and the opportunities their background and experience has brought to their leadership, including Board leadership, key negotiations, motivational strategies, and change management.

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Note: A survey will be sent out prior to the event so that we can elicit questions and areas of interest to address that are of interest to those FLAME representatives participating to shape the content of this program.  

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12:45 p.m. - 2:30 p.m., Group Lunch with Community Building designed by Judy Koke

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2:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m., Free time in The Museum of Modern Art galleries to look at art  

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4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m., Session 2: Skill Building: Negotiations

Led by Paul Ingram, Kravis Professor of Business, Columbia Business School

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A key skill for leadership today is negotiating positions whether it is with partners, boards of trustees, donors, or staff. Paul Ingram, who will be leading this workshop, has won the Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence, the Commitment to Excellence Award, and has been chosen three times by graduating students to deliver the keynote at their commencement ceremonies. A dynamic and engaging educator, Paul has created workshops in the non-profit sector for museum directors, curators, and conservators. He has also consulted on issues of organizational design. Born in Canada to immigrant parents, he was the first in his family to attend college.

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Note: A survey will be sent out prior to the event so that we can elicit questions and areas of interest to address that are of interest to those FLAME representatives participating.

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7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m., Group Dinner: 15 Toasts Format

A form from Priya Parker's book The Art of Gathering (2018)