Catherine Fukushima joined The Wallace Foundation in October 2005 as a Program Officer with the arts team. Her work centers on the Foundation’s programs that build participation in the arts, including the Wallace Excellence Awards and the Arts for Young People initiative.

Prior to joining Wallace, she was a museum educator at The Metropolitan Museum of Art where she oversaw programs and publications for K-12 teachers. Previously, she was Manager of School, Youth and Family Programs at the Brooklyn Museum. She began her museum career at the American Folk Art Museum.

Ms. Fukushima has served on the board of the Museum Association of New York. She has been an active member of the Development Committee of the National Art Education Association’s Museum Education Division. Additionally, she served for several years as a Steering Committee member and then chair of the New York City Museum Educator’s Roundtable. From 2000 to 2006 she was an adjunct professor in the Museum Professions program at Seton Hall University. Ms. Fukushima holds a B.A. in Art History from Connecticut College and an M.A. from New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study.