The Board of Trustees of The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield recently elected Diana Bowes as board chair at their most recent meeting. She succeeds Eric Diefenbach, board chair since 2012, who will remain an active trustee. Bowes, who resides in Westport, has been on The Aldrich”™s Board since 2014 and has served as vice chair since 2017. A native of San Francisco, she has been an active collector and champion of contemporary artists for decades.
“For close to 10 years, Eric successfully guided The Aldrich as the chair of the Board of Trustees, steering the museum into its sixth decade. In recent years he has been ably supported by Diana in the role of vice chair and I am thrilled to work with her now as she steps into this new role as the chair of the board,” said Cybele Maylone, The Aldrich executive director.
“”¦The Aldrich is on a great upward trajectory, with renewed excitement in our programs along with the critical acknowledgement the museum deserves. I look forward to this next phase, working with the board to help make The Aldrich the best it can be,” said Bowes.
Andrew J. Pitts, a Greenwich resident and partner at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, has been elected vice chair and will support Bowes in her role leading the museum”™s trustees.
Founded by Larry Aldrich in 1964, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum is one of the oldest contemporary art museums in the United States, one of the few independent, noncollecting institutions in the country and the only museum in Connecticut solely dedicated to the presentation of contemporary art.
