Agnes Gund is President Emerita of The Museum of Modern Art and Chairman of its International Council. Ms. Gund joined the MoMA Board in 1976 and served as its President from 1991 until 2002. She is currently Chairman of the Mayor’s Cultural Affairs Advisory Commission of New York City. Ms. Gund is Founder and a Trustee of Studio in a School Association, a non-profit organization she established in 1977 in response to budget cuts that virtually eliminated arts classes from New York City public schools. A philanthropist and collector of modern and contemporary art, she has served on the boards of numerous arts organizations, including The Barnes Foundation and The Menil Collection, and currently serves on the boards of Chess in the Schools, the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, the Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies, The Frick Collection, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, and Socrates Sculpture Park, among others. She is an Honorary Trustee of The Cleveland Museum of Art, Independent Curators International and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland. A civic leader who is a staunch supporter of education, women’s issues and environmental concerns, among other causes, Ms. Gund has served on the boards of such wide-ranging organizations as the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center and the Fund for Public Schools. She earned a B.A. in History from Connecticut College and a M.A. in Art History from Harvard University. She has since received numerous honorary doctorate degrees, most recently from CUNY (2007) and the University of Illinois (2002).

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