Thomas Krens is Director and Trustee of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York and the Director of the Guggenheim Museum SoHo, New York, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice Italy, Deutsche Guggenheim Berlin, Germany and the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Spain. Prior to his current position, Mr. Krens was Adjunct Professor of Art History at Williams College, Chairman of the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art and Professor of Art History at the University of Karlsruhe, Germany. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Williams College, a Master’s Degree in Art from the State University of New York at Albany and a MBA from the Yale University School of Management. Currently he is a member of the Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD), serves of the Advisory Boards of the Yale School of Management and the Council on Foreign Relations, and serves on the Board of Directors of the Aspen Institute Italia in Rome, the Reunion des Musees Nationaux in Paris and the Societe Kandinsky of the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris