We partnered with the J. Paul Getty Trust on the search for an Associate Director of the Getty Foundation. Daniel Reid was selected after a comprehensive international search. Reid will begin his role at Getty this August, where he will oversee local, national, and international grantmaking and manage programmatic operations.
Reid’s primary responsibility will be to guide the Getty Foundation as it expands into additional focus areas, including sustainability in the arts, expanded partnerships, and new approaches to grantmaking. He will also steward evaluation and learning processes to assess the impact of Getty’s grantmaking activities and will contribute to strategic priorities across the Getty.
Reid previously served as executive director of the Whiting Foundation in New York, where he revitalized the foundation’s programs and operations. During his decade of leadership, Whiting launched multiple new programs dedicated to literature, the humanities, and education. This included the first national prize to advance the role of nonprofit literary magazines in nurturing individual artists’ careers, providing
publications with financial support, and cohort-based professional development to build long-term organizational strength.
Reid also led the development of Whiting’s first international program to support the preservation of endangered cultural heritage. In addition to creating a portfolio of grants to protect manuscripts, inscriptions, and other documentary heritage, he co-founded and co-led Grantmakers for Cultural Heritage Preservation, a global network of over 20 funders dedicated to coordination and collaboration
across the sector.
Prior to the Whiting Foundation, Reid helped launch the CUNY Institute for Education Policy, a think tank for K-12 and higher education, as its inaugural chief of staff. Earlier in his career he was an engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company in Chicago, where he led teams to provide strategic, organizational, and operating consulting to corporations and NGOs. He has also provided pro bono strategic support to arts nonprofits and served as a consultant to UNESCO.
Reid is a graduate of Yale Law School, where he completed a thesis on “Harnessing Informal Art-Making to Revitalize Local Communities.” He received a Bachelor of Arts in English and Political and Social Thought from the University of Virginia.