AppointmentMay 10, 2022
Dr. Katherine E. Fleming, will be leading the J. Paul Getty Trust
At the beginning of April, the Board of Trustees of the J. Paul Getty Trust, announced that Dr. Katherine E. Fleming, will be the next president and CEO of the Getty Trust.
Dr. Fleming is the Alexander S. Onassis Professor of Hellenic Culture and Civilization and Professor of History and Hellenic Studies at New York University, and comes to Getty after serving as the NYU provost—the university’s chief academic officer—since 2016. She will join Getty August 1, succeeding Jim Cuno, who will retire this summer after more than 10 years as Getty president and CEO.
As CEO, Dr. Fleming will oversee all local, national, and global operations of the 1,400-employee Getty Trust and its four component programs: the Getty Foundation, which issues global philanthropic grants supporting the visual arts; the Getty Research Institute, which houses scholars and the world’s largest art archives in the Getty Library; the Getty Conservation Institute, specializing in conservation science and training for cultural preservation around the world; and the J. Paul Getty Museum.
Dr. Fleming is the Alexander S. Onassis Professor of Hellenic Culture and Civilization and Professor of History and Hellenic Studies at New York University, and comes to Getty after serving as the NYU provost—the university’s chief academic officer—since 2016. She will join Getty August 1, succeeding Jim Cuno, who will retire this summer after more than 10 years as Getty president and CEO.
As CEO, Dr. Fleming will oversee all local, national, and global operations of the 1,400-employee Getty Trust and its four component programs: the Getty Foundation, which issues global philanthropic grants supporting the visual arts; the Getty Research Institute, which houses scholars and the world’s largest art archives in the Getty Library; the Getty Conservation Institute, specializing in conservation science and training for cultural preservation around the world; and the J. Paul Getty Museum.
