About . Leadership . Office of the President . Past Presidents
The Cleveland Institute of Art was founded in 1882. Since then, CIA has been led by 11 presidents, not including those who served interim roles.
2022-Present | Kathryn Heidemann |
2010-2022 | Grafton J. Nunes |
1998-2010 | David L. Deming ‘67 |
1997-1998 | Paul Eickmann, interim president |
1990-1997 | Bob Mayer |
1989-1990 | Joseph McCullough |
1988-1989 | Roger DesRosiers |
1954–1988 | Joseph McCullough |
1946–1954 | Laurence Schmeckebier |
1931-1946 | Henry Hunt Clark |
1919–1930 | Henry Turner Bailey |
1891–1919 | Georgie Leighton Norton |
1882–1891 | Harriet Kester |
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