NEW YORK.-The Frick Collection is pleased to welcome Jessica W. London to its staff as the new Vice Director for External Affairs, a role which involves overseeing the institution’s Development Department in conjunction with a range of ongoing fundraising and outreach initiatives. Among the areas of focus under her purview are major and individual giving, annual campaigns, planned giving, foundation and government grants, corporate sponsorship, membership, special events, and media relations and marketing.

Comments Director Anne Poulet, "We are pleased to add Jessica W. London to our staff as the Vice Director for External Affairs. She comes to this position at The Frick Collection with an impressive range of experience cultivating relationships between cultural institutions and the organizations, corporations, and individuals that can support them. We are very proud of the legacy that the institution represents as well as the current level of activity under way at the Frick — from special exhibitions to education programs to the growth of the collections and resources of the museum and library — and we look to Jessica London and her staff to help ensure that funding is found to support these initiatives and the care of our holdings. Furthermore, the home of our founder, the former Frick mansion, is now over 90 years old. With Ms. London’s perspective and accomplishments, we also hope to forge and fortify relationships that will assist us in its preservation.”

Jessica W. London comes to the Frick with an extensive background in cultural fundraising, public relations/communications, audience development, and special events. Most recently, she held the position of Vice President at Ruder Finn Arts & Communications Counselors, in New York, and among the clients with whom she worked were The Orange County Performing Arts Center and the Beverly Hills Cultural Center. She also assisted in the promotion of Ashes and Snow, a major touring photography exhibition by Gregory Colbert. Its American debut was held in New York this spring at the Nomadic Museum, a structure designed by architect Shigeru Ban. During its three-month run, the exhibition attracted some 500,000 visitors. Previously, she served as Vice President, Capital Campaign & External Affairs for the Museum of Arts & Design, New York City, where she directed solicitation of a $50 million capital campaign and fundraising from a wide range of sectors. For eleven years, she acted as Senior VP for Arts & Communications, one of Canada’s leading sponsorship consulting firms. In that capacity, she worked with a significant list of that country’s non-profit organizations, including the Art Gallery of Ontario, Canadian Centre for Architecture, Canadian Film Centre, Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards, Honens International Piano Competition, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, National Ballet of Canada, National Ballet School, National Gallery of Canada, TV Ontario and Young Peoples Theatre, and with leading Canadian corporations, such as Canada Trust, Cisco Systems, Goldman Sachs Canada, Merrill Lynch, and Xerox.