Emily Rafferty

Emily Kernan Rafferty was the first woman to serve as president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, a position she held from 2005 to 2015 as part of a forty-year career at the museum. Currently the museum's president emerita, she also serves on the American Museum of Women's History Congressional Commission, and was a Board Chair of the New York Federal Reserve Bank from 2012 to 2016.[1]

Rafferty was born and raised in New York City and earned a bachelor's degree from Boston University.[2] Rafferty began working at the Met in 1976 in the development department and as she rose through the ranks, became the first woman to hold a vice president's role at the museum.[3][4][5]

References
  1. "Emily Rafferty". American Museum of Women's History Congressional Commission. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  2. Maloney, Jennifer (2014-07-29). "Met Museum President Emily Rafferty Announces Her Retirement - WSJ". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  3. Rattey, Julie. "How the Met Got its Groove Back". Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  4. McMillan Portillo, Caroline (2014-06-30). "Emily Rafferty, first female president of the Met Museum, to retire". Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  5. Sutton, Benjamin (2014-07-29). "Met President Emily Rafferty Retiring". Retrieved 2022-06-27.


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