“Transforming Museum Culture: Reinventing our Institutions and Ourselves.”

Mike is an Independent Consultant, Change Leader, Author, and Illustrator. He is the former Director of Learning and Community Partnerships at the Portland Art Museum, and he has over 20 years of experience in education and museums.

Mike has created a unique career dedicated totransforming cultural institutions and non-profits to become more equitable and community-centered. He is the Co-Producer of Museums Are Not Neutral, a global advocacy campaign aimed at exposing the myth of museum neutrality and calling for equity-based transformation across museums.

Since 2011, he has also served as Founding Editor of Art Museum Teaching, a collaborative online forum reflecting on critical issues in museums. Mike is currently finishing his first book, Museums As Agents of Change, about the work we need to do—as museum professionals, visitors, civic leaders, community organizers, and the broader public—to take action and change museum culture

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The Launch-U Speaker Series is presented by InnovationX, OSU's Center of Excellence for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the College of Business and by the College of Liberal Arts.