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Louise Mirrer

President and CEO · New York Historical Society

President and CEO at New York Historical Society. Listed as an officer, director, or key employee across 1 organization on the Form 990 record.

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Organizations
1
Roles reported
1
Reported compensation
$894K

Who this is

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Reported as President and CEO of New York Historical Society, based in New York, NY.
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Received $894K in total reported compensation on the most recent Form 990 (Part VII).
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Biography Web-sourced

President and Chief Executive Officer of the New York Historical Society since June 2004. Historian with expertise in historical narrative and medieval Castilian history.

Under her leadership, the Society completed a $100 million renovation, launched major exhibitions on slavery and Civil War history, and created educational programs including the Saturday Academy and Graduate Institute on Constitutional History.

Compiled from public web sources (6 cited), grounded to the filed record.

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Tenure here
2004–present
Education
  • Stanford University · Double Ph.D.
  • Cambridge University · Graduate Diploma
  • University of Pennsylvania · B.A. magna cum laude

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Women, Muslims, and Jews in the Texts of Reconquest Castile (University of Michigan Press)

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Affiliations

Organizations

New York Historical Society President and CEO · $43.1M revenue · New York, NYTHE FOUNDING MISSION OF THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY ("THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL "TNYH") IS TO COLLECT, PRESERVE, AND INTERPRET, FOR THE BROADEST…pay $626K → $894KFiled FY2024, FY2023, FY2022, FY2021 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
$894Kreported comp

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Serves alongside

Other officers, directors & key employees at this person's organizations, by latest reported compensation.

F
Secretary, EVP & General Counsel · FY2024
$320K
R
Assistant Treasurer & CFO (end 9/2023) · FY2023
$305K
M
Assistant Treasurer and CFO · FY2024
$297K
V
SVP and Library Director · FY2024
$281K
J
Sec, EVP, COO · FY2019
$261K
M
VP Development · FY2022
$242K
M
VP Library Director · FY2019
$225K
F
VP Human Resources · FY2024
$221K
M
VP Museum Director · FY2022
$214K
M
VP History Exhibits (end 12/2023) · FY2023
$210K
A
Director of It · FY2024
$206K
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CCO & VP Strategic Partnerships (end 1/2024) · FY2023
$200K

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