The Met Elects New Trustee, Gabrielle Sulzberger

The financial executive Gabrielle Sulzberger has been elected to the Board of Trustees of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The election took place at the November 12 meeting of the Board and was announced by Daniel Brodsky, the Museum’s Chairman. Ms. Sulzberger will serve as an Elective Trustee. 

“It gives me great pleasure to welcome Gaby Sulzberger to the Board of The Met,” said Mr. Brodsky in making the announcement. “She has broad experience in retail, consumer products, and other industries and has served on boards of diverse companies and non-profit organizations throughout the country. Her wide-ranging interests and deep corporate governance experience will enhance our Board, and I look forward to working with her.”

Ms. Sulzberger has been General Partner of Fontis Partners, a private equity fund based in Pasadena, California, for the past 12 years. Previously, she was employed as CFO of several public and private companies, including Gluecode Software (a venture-backed open-source software company that was sold to IBM) and Crown Services (a California-based consolidation of commercial contractors). 

Until August 2017, Ms. Sulzberger was Chairman of the Board of Whole Foods, where she had previously chaired the audit committee. Currently, she serves on the boards of MasterCard, Brixmor Property Group (where she chairs the governance committee), and the private-equity backed companies Acorns and True Food Kitchen (where she serves as Chairman). Ms. Sulzberger has also served on the boards of four other public companies—Teva Pharmaceuticals, Stage Stores, IndyMac Bank, and Bright Horizons—and numerous private companies.  

Ms. Sulzberger is a Trustee of the Ford Foundation, where she chairs the governance committee. She also serves on the boards of Sesame Street Workshop, TimesUp, and Trinity Church Wall Street.  She is a Henry Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute. In 2014, she was named a Top 100 Director by the National Association of Corporate Directors.

Ms. Sulzberger received her baccalaureate degree from the Woodrow Wilson School of Princeton University, an MBA from Harvard Business School, and a JD from Harvard Law School. She is a member of the Massachusetts Bar.