Hannah Byers, Ph.D.
Advisor for Collections & Cultural Assets
With a background that includes Sotheby’s Advisory, Sotheby’s Museum & Corporate Art Services; the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, GCAM (Global Cultural Asset Management), and The Phillips Collection, Dr. Byers has worked on museum development projects in more than twenty countries and has experience on nearly seventy major cultural planning projects in capacities ranging from director, curator, researcher, to manager. She has deep ranging expertise on 150+ institutions globally, in terms of collections, program, boards, staffing, sponsorship, best practices, and operating model. Her expansive knowledge of museum buildings, collections, staffing, and wider civic contexts inform her bespoke strategies for mission-driven collection stewardship, program development, and evolving operating model.
Ms. Byers received her doctorate in Russian and East European Studies from the University of Glasgow, and her MA in Museum Studies from the University of Leicester. For the last several years she has served as President of the Board of ArtBridge, a non-profit committed to the support and development of early-career artists that programs public spaces in all 5 boroughs under the direction of NYC’s Dept of Cultural Affairs.
Hannah is motivated to work with cities, municipalities, and institutions of all shapes and sizes as they reinvent themselves and adapt to evolving audience expectations and shifting economic conditions- transforming perceived challenges into proactive and inventive areas of opportunity.