National Gallery of Art announces new staff appointed to key positions across the museum
Eric Bruce began as Head of Visitor Experience and Evaluation in August 2020.
WASHINGTON, DC
.-The National Gallery of Art announced today the appointment of four new staff to positions that will support the National Gallery's mission to serve the nation. These positions advance the National Gallery's strategic priorities to make the museum more visitor-focused, inclusive, and equitable, as well as to provide deeper connections to the museum's content through digital access to its collections, exhibitions, programs, and research.
Mikka Gee Conway began her tenure as Chief Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging Officer and EEO Director in September 2020. As part of the museum leadership team, Conway reports to Feldman and leads diversity, equity, and inclusion work across the National Gallery, as well as oversees the institution's EEO office. Conway comes to the National Gallery from the J. Paul Getty Trust, where she served as associate general counsel since 2014 and was a founding member of the Getty's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council. She previously held curatorial, project management, and leadership positions at a variety of arts organizations, and she practiced federal tax law at Sutherland Asbill & Brennan (now Eversheds Sutherland). Conway holds an AB in art history from Stanford University in California, an MA in art history from Williams College in Massachusetts, and a JD from the University of Minnesota Law School.