Elisa B. Glazer

Elisa B. Glazer is passionate about contemporary art, museums, and initiatives that connect people, institutions, and ideas. She is an experienced non-profit leader who has strengthened the financial resiliency of cultural and educational organizations and helped them build relationships with diverse audiences, donors, media outlets and the diplomatic corps. She has a consultancy practice for non-profits, bringing expertise in developing effective campaigns, boards, events, and collaborations, as well as communications and visitor engagement. She has served as External Affairs Officer/Chief Development Officer for the National Gallery of Art and for the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art, and as Senior Director of Development for the Foreign Policy Program at the Brookings Institution. Her previous clients include the High Museum of Art, Ferst Center for the Arts at Georgia Tech, Institute of Museum and Library Services, National History Day, and the Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, National Museum of American Art, and National Portrait Gallery. She received her MA in the History of Art from Brown University and a BA in Political Science from Duke University.