Elyse Buxbaum

Elyse Buxbaum has a diverse work experience in the museum and arts sector. Elyse most recently served as the Chief Operating Officer at the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, starting in July 2022. Prior to this role, they were the Executive Vice President of Strategy and Development at the same museum from November 2019 to July 2022.

Before joining the Museum of Jewish Heritage, Buxbaum worked at The Jewish Museum, where they held multiple roles. Elyse was the Deputy Director of Development from February 2017 to November 2019, the Director of Development from May 2015 to January 2017, and the Director of Institutional Giving from March 2014 to April 2015.

Elyse also served as the Director of Resource Development at the Creative Arts Team, City University of New York from July 2013 to February 2014 and as the Associate Director of Institutional Giving at the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum from April 2011 to June 2013.

Buxbaum started their career at The Jewish Museum as the Director of Grants and Sponsorships, Institutional Giving from July 2010 to April 2011 and later served as the Director of Corporate & Government Relations from January 2005 to June 2010.

Prior to their roles at The Jewish Museum, they worked as the Communications Manager at AAF Contemporary Art Fair (a Ramsay Fair) from September 2003 to December 2004 and as the Executive Assistant to the Director at the National Museum of Women in the Arts from 1996 to 1998.

Elyse Buxbaum completed their education with a Master of Arts degree in Arts Administration from Columbia University between 2002 and 2004. Prior to that, they obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from Brandeis University, majoring in Art History, Psychology, and Women's Studies, from 1990 to 1994. Elyse's earlier education is not specified in the provided information.