About . Leadership . Office of the President . Past Presidents
The Cleveland Institute of Art was founded in 1882. Since then, CIA has been led by 11 presidents, not including those who served interim roles.
CIA President Kathryn Heidemann with former presidents Grafton Nunes and David Deming '67.
2022-Present | Kathryn Heidemann |
2010-2022 | Grafton J. Nunes |
1998-2010 | David L. Deming ‘67 |
1997-1998 | Paul Eickmann, interim president |
1990-1997 | Bob Mayer |
1989-1990 | Joseph McCullough |
1988-1989 | Roger DesRosiers |
1954–1988 | Joseph McCullough |
1946–1954 | Laurence Schmeckebier |
1931-1946 | Henry Hunt Clark |
1919–1930 | Henry Turner Bailey |
1891–1919 | Georgie Leighton Norton |
1882–1891 | Harriet Kester |
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