Blair Winn

About Blair Winn

Blair joined the Exploratorium staff after serving as the director of advancement for Illuminate the Arts, which completed the fundraising necessary to ensure that The Bay Lights were reinstalled permanently on the San Francisco Bay Bridge in 2015. Blair has more than 20 years of for-profit and not-for-profit arts management and fund-raising experience in New York City and the Bay Area. Among his professional accomplishments, Blair served as the deputy director of development and director of development at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), and as the associate director and development director of Headlands Center for the Arts, an international artist residency program in the Marin Headlands. A native of San Francisco, Blair also served as development director for the New Museum of Contemporary Art and The Drawing Center, both in New York City. Blair has a B.A. in art history from San Francisco State University, and an M.A. in non-profit administration from New York University.

Experience

1. Director of Special Projects for Institutional Advancement

   Exploratorium

   Aug 2015 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US

Education

• New York University

  M.A, Non-profit Adminstration

  1996 — 1998

• San Francisco State University

  B.A., Art History

  1991 — 1993

Skills

• Arts Administration
• Prospect Research
• Grants
• Management
• Stewardship
• Fundraising
• Event Management
• Philanthropy
• Annual Giving
• Public Speaking
• Non-Profit Administration
• Social Media
• Planned Giving
• Grant Writing
• Museums
• Non-Profits
• Nonprofits