Founded in 1876, the School of the Museum of Fine Arts is a division of the world-renowned Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The School is led by Christopher Bratton, who serves as both the President of SMFA and as the Deputy Director of the MFA, as well as the Museum School Board of Governors, made up of experienced administrators and trustees.

The Museum is led by Malcolm Rogers, Ann and Graham Gund Director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA).

Mission
The mission of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston is to provide an education in the fine arts—for artists of all levels—that is interdisciplinary and self-directed. This education values cultural, artistic and intellectual diversity; it embraces a wide range of media; it stresses the development of individual vision and its relation to culture in general; it values equally the knowledge gained by thinking and doing; it is deeply engaged with the world as a whole. If the mission is constant, its practice is always transforming.

2012–2013 Board of Governors

SMFA Trustees
Cathy M. Bennigson, Chair
Jody Gill
Nicholas P. Greville
Stephen Fine
Joyce Linde
Richard Lubin
Katherine R. Kirk
Sandra O. Moose
Carol Noble

Elected SMFA Governors
Lucille Aptekar
Annette L. Born
Julie Callaghan
Carol Daynard
Lee E. Doyle
John Ellis
Negin Riahi Ewald
Charles M. Farkas
Todd Finard
Joseph Freeman
Abigail Ross Goodman
Cathryn Griffith
Melville T. Hodder
Susan B. Kaplan
Francesca Piper Koss
Judith Scott Larsen
Faith Michaels
Phyllis Anina Moriarty
Robert Nagle, Chair-elect
Marsha Perreault
Chris Rifkin
Andrea Notman Sahin
Sheila Smithie
Jeannie Suk
Demetra Taleghani
Rosamond B. Vaule

Honorary Governors
Barbara L. Alfond
Brigitte Bradford
Martin M. Hale
Lorie Hamermesh
David P. Handlin
Gay Hapgood
Portia Harcus
Barbara Cole Lee
Anthony Lucas
Ann D. Macomber
Emiko Nishino
William B. Osgood
Robert E. Remis
Ruth Scheer
Ann Schwarz
Stanley Snider
Alan J. Strassman
Jack H. Vernon


Administration
Christopher Bratton
President of the School and Deputy Director of the Museum
Stephanie Boyé
Director of Alumni Relations and Special Projects
David Lloyd Brown
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Graduate Programs
Greg D'Angelo
Associate Vice President for Academic Administration
Barbara Donnellan
Vice President, Director of Financial Operations
Anne Cowie
Vice President, Institutional Advancement and External Relations
Christopher Fox
Vice President, Director of Budget and Finance
Elizabeth Goreham
Director of Financial Aid
Taylor Horner
Registrar
Amanda Karr
Director of Marketing and Communications
Susan Lush
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Undergraduate Programs
Sarah McKinnon
Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the School
Darin Murphy
Librarian
Mary Roetzel
Associate Vice President of Operations and Research
Debra Samdperil
Associate Vice-President, Non-Degree Programs
Joanna Soltan
Curator
Eric Thompson
Vice President and Dean of Enrollment