Mariët Westermann

Mariët Westermann is Director and CEO of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation, directing its flagship in New York and overseeing the Guggenheim sites in Venice, Bilbao, and Abu Dhabi. Westermann previously was Vice Chancellor and Chief Executive of NYU Abu Dhabi, having been founding Provost. She served as Executive Vice President of the Mellon Foundation and Director of NYU’s Institute of Fine Arts. Westermann has published widely on the art of her native Netherlands and on the humanities, arts, and higher education in society. She is a trustee of ALIPH and the Rijksmuseum, and chairs the IIE Scholar Rescue Fund.