2023

Speakers

Mikka Gee Conway

Chief Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging Officer and EEO Director, National Gallery of Art

Mikka Gee Conway is the National Gallery of Art’s first Chief Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging Officer and EEO Director, a position she took up in September 2020. As part of the museum’s executive team, Mikka leads diversity, equity, and inclusion work across the National Gallery, as well as overseeing the institution’s Equal Employment Opportunity office. Before her National Gallery appointment, Mikka was associate general counsel at the J. Paul Getty Trust, where she advised on a variety of matters including intellectual property, tax, privacy, and compliance with international sanctions regulations, and she was a founding member of the Getty’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council. She previously held curatorial, project management, and leadership positions at a variety of arts organizations, including the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, and the Georgia O’Keeffe Foundation. She also practiced federal tax law at Sutherland Asbill & Brennan (now Eversheds Sutherland). Mikka holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in art history from Stanford University, a Master of Arts in art history from Williams College, and a Juris Doctor from the University of Minnesota Law School.