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President and CEO | Historic New England
Appointed in 2020, Vin Cipolla is the President and CEO of Historic New England. He has served as Chairman, President, and CEO across public and private organizations in New York, Washington, D.C., Boston, and London, including serving as President and CEO of the National Park Foundation, President and CEO of The Municipal Art Society of New York, Executive Director of David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center, the home of the New York Philharmonic, Chairman and President of the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, and as a President and CEO with Fidelity Capital of Fidelity Investments. Earlier in his career, he was Executive Vice President with the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and the founder of companies providing new media and philanthropic technologies and services. Other leadership includes serving on over 30 nonprofit and private boards, including as citizen Chair of the National Park Foundation following his tenure as CEO, Co-Chair of the National Parks of New York Harbor Conservancy, serving with founder Marian Heiskell, and Chairman of The Arts Arena Paris. He has been a professor at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University, a lecturer in preservation at many colleges, and is the recipient of numerous honors for his civic and business leadership. A lifelong preservation and arts advocate, he has been on the forefront of protecting and sustaining our cultural fabric.
