MLI Testimonials

• "My most important professional experience ever. Individuals in leadership positions hardly ever receive such significant feedback. Thanks to wonderful colleagues, experienced and generous faculty, and an amazing environment providing an absolutely safe and creative situation, we all could grow, assess and be humbled by the trust we were given. I have benefited enormously personally, and love sharing gained knowledge and ideas with my staff and beyond."  MLI 2010 participant.
• "MLI is not just about learning, it is also about belonging. MLI has created a worldwide network that is of incomparable value. MLI is arguably the GLI's most transformative contribution to the museum field." - MLI 2009 participant.
• "I wasn't aware of the extent to which it was my responsibility, and within my power, to direct process by asking the right questions at the right time of the right people." - MLI 2006 participant

Blogs and articles about MLI:

• Visit Pierre Arpin's blog, "My Getty Experience," about his participation in MLI 2007. 
• Read what past participants have to say in a 2007 New York Times article. 

Watch videos of alumni talking about their experience at MLI:

• Leslie Bedford, Director, Museum Leadership Program, Bank Street College of Education Graduate School and MLI Alum class of 1993
• Phillip Bahar, Chief of Operations and Administration, Walker Art Center and MLI Alum class of 2003
• Susan H. Edwards, Executive Director and CEO, Frist Center for the Visual Arts and MLI Alum class of 2005
• Michael F. Ryan, Director and Librarian, Chester Beatty Library and MLI Alum class of 1997
• Julie Johnson, Distinguished Chair of Museum Leadership, Science Museum of Minnesota and MLI Alum class of 2001

Leslie Bedford, Director, Museum Leadership Program, Bank Street College of Education Graduate School and MLI Alum class of 1993

Interview at the AAM Conference, Chicago, 2007, (0:38)
© J. Paul Getty Trust

Phillip Bahar, Chief of Operations and Administration, Walker Art Center and MLI Alum class of 2003

Interview at the AAM Conference, Chicago, 2007, (1:02)
© J. Paul Getty Trust

Susan H. Edwards, Executive Director and CEO, Frist Center for the Visual Arts and MLI Alum class of 2005

Interview at the AAM Conference, Chicago, 2007, (2:19)
© J. Paul Getty Trust

Michael F. Ryan, Director and Librarian, Chester Beatty Library and MLI Alum class of 1997

Interview at the AAM Conference, Chicago, 2007, (1:04)
© J. Paul Getty Trust

Julie Johnson, Distinguished Chair of Museum Leadership, Science Museum of Minnesota and MLI Alum class of 2001

Interview at the AAM Conference, Chicago, 2007, (0:43)
© J. Paul Getty Trust