Mariko Silver

Mariko Silver is the president and CEO of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Previously, she was president of the Henry Luce Foundation and president of Bennington College, and held roles in state and federal government working in international policy, economic development, and higher education. Prior to her government service, Silver was instrumental in the transformation and expansion of Arizona State University, leading economic development policy and metrics, science, technology and innovation policy, state K-12 and higher education policy, sustainability science, and global health. An elected fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and National Academy of Public Administration, she is a board member of the Council on Foreign Relations and Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art.