PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — The Philadelphia Museum of Art has picked a new director and CEO who has most recently held the same position for Canada’s national art gallery.
The museum's board of trustees chose Sasha Suda for the leadership role. She takes over for Timothy Rub, who retired from the position in January.
Suda, who is from Toronto, comes from the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa where she served for three years.
Her experience also includes time with the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Art Gallery of Ontario. She calls herself a "medievalist by training" who dived into art during trips to New York as a kid.
The Princeton graduate will be overseeing more than 240,000 works of art, eight times as many works as the National Gallery of Canada, at the landmark 145-year-old museum on the northwest end of the Ben Franklin Parkway.
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“I am honored to be joining the Philadelphia Museum of Art, which I have long admired,” said Suda in a statement. “With its exceptional artistic program and internationally renowned collection, the museum is one of the world’s most important cultural institutions.”
“We believe Sasha’s arrival will mark a new era of growth and civic engagement for the museum,” said Philadelphia Museum of Art board chair Leslie Anne Miller.
“She is an accomplished arts scholar with an inspiring vision for the museum’s future and a proven commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and access.”
She will begin her new role in September.
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