Deborah Marrow, director of the Getty Foundation will retire

The J. Paul Getty Trust announced that Deborah Marrow, director of the Getty Foundation, will retire at the end of December 2018 after more than three decades of leadership roles at the J. Paul Getty Trust, including leading the Getty's grantmaking programs since 1989. As Foundation director, Marrow oversees all the grantmaking activity in the areas of art history, conservation, museums, and professional development, as well as grants administration for all of the programs and departments of the J. Paul Getty Trust. James Cuno, president and CEO of the J. Paul Getty Trust said: "She has provided inspiring leadership in almost every aspect of the Getty, in roles including as director of the Getty Foundation, acting director of the Getty Research Institute and as interim president of the Getty Trust. She brought clarity and vision and selfless dedication to her work and made loyal professional friends around the world." Marrow joined the Getty in 1983 as publications coordinator, and as director has guided the Trust's philanthropic activity since 1989, when it was known as the Getty Grant Program. In 2004, she became director of its successor, the Getty Foundation. In 2000, she assumed the additional role of dean for external relations for the Getty. In 1999-2000 she served as acting director of the Getty Research Institute. And she twice served as interim president of the Getty Trust, in 2006-2007 and again in 2010-2011. Under Marrow's leadership, the Getty Foundation has awarded nearly 8,000 grants in over 180 countries. The grantmaking philosophy of the Foundation involves a broad and inclusive definition of art, and its grantmaking process includes a careful consultation with members of the Getty's fields. It awards grants large and small to advance public understanding of art and scholarly inquiry, supporting research and conservation. The Foundation also is focused on promoting diversity in the arts and in connecting scholarly communities around the world to work on common cultural issues.