Vin Cipolla

Vin Cipolla was appointed the President and CEO of Historic New England in June 2020. He is the former President and CEO of the National Park Foundation (a Presidential appointment); the former President and CEO of The Municipal Art Society of New York and the former Executive Vice President of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. With Lincoln Center, he served as Executive Director of David Geffen Hall, a campaign partnership of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and the New York Philharmonic, and he was Senior Strategy Advisor to the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and led the formation of CMS Miami. Other leadership positions have included: Chairman and President of the Institute of Contemporary Art / Boston; Chairman, The Arts Arena Paris; Co-Chairman, the National Parks of New York Harbor Conservancy; Vice Chairman, the Electronic Frontier Foundation; Citizen Chairman, the National Park Foundation, and serving on the Executive Committee of organizations including the National Women’s History Museum and Ballet Hispanico. He is the founder of the annual MAS Summit for New York City, along with having founded and led other conferences on national parks and preservation. In the private sector, he was a President and CEO with Fidelity Capital of Fidelity Investments, and he was the founder and CEO of successful companies in financial services technology, philanthropic services, digital publishing, and marketing. He was the founder and CEO of the cultural management consulting company, Five Mile River Company, working extensively in the arts, music, and higher education. He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Clark University and is a professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.