m/Oppenheim is assisting the Cleveland Museum of Natural History in the search for their next Chief Executive Officer. Please click to view the full position description or to nominate/apply.
The Board seeks an experienced museum executive to lead an accomplished team of professionals; increase museum attendance and membership; grow and diversify revenue; and advance & share scientific research. Making full use of the completely redesigned and upgraded CMNH campus, exhibits and infrastructure, the CEO and team will deliver not-to-be-missed STEM/STEAM educational experiences that share the natural history of Ohio and the world with visitors of all ages. The CEO will strengthen CMNH financially, operationally and programmatically and position the Museum as the region’s most important and exciting experiential education institution focused on our natural world.
The Cleveland Museum of Natural History studies and shares knowledge embedded in collections that encompass just under 2.6 million specimens and objects spanning the history of the cosmos and more than 400 million years of the Earth’s natural history. In 2021, the Museum’s Board, donors and community invested $150M in a complete campus upgrade that includes 375,000 square feet of redesigned and renovated space, reimagined galleries and exhibits, new space to house and study collections, upgrades to infrastructure and more than two acres of outdoor space used daily by the visiting public. The new campus, which re-opened in December 2024, enjoys the support of 7,465 active member households and hosts over 200,000 visitors annually.
The Board provides fiscal oversight to the Museum which has an annual operating budget of $21M and an endowment of $180M that includes unrestricted and restricted elements. Staff is comprised of 160 permanent personnel, including 7 curators and 20 part-time employees, many of whom are students. 235 volunteers and docents lend support to the organization in various ways.
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For additional information or to apply, please contact Oscar Quiros and Mark Oppenheim at info[at]moppenheim[dot]com.