Dr. Brian P. Kennedy to step down as Director and CEO of the Peabody Essex Museum
The Peabody Essex Museum's main entrance. Photo: Wikipedia / Cathypem.
SALEM, MASS
.-The Peabody Essex Museum announced that Dr. Brian P. Kennedy will step down from his position as the Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Director and CEO on December 31, 2020. Dr. Kennedy has been Director and CEO since March 2019.
The Board will form a search committee to begin the process of identifying a new Director and CEO.
Dr. Kennedy led the museum through the challenges associated with the pandemic crisis, began a strategic planning process, and continued work on diversity and inclusion," said Stuart Pratt, Chair of the Board of Trustees. "PEM is in a strong position moving forward, having opened a new Collections Center and a new wing in 2019, completed many new and innovative installations of its collections, and successfully adapted to an entirely new Covid-operating environment."