Dennis Szakacs
Dennis Szakacs is Chief Operating Officer of the New Museum. He oversees operations, security, visitor services, retail, and capital projects. Szakacs was Director and CEO of the Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA) in Newport Beach, California from 2003-2013, and prior to OCMA was Deputy Director of the New Museum, and Managing Director of MoMA PS1. At OCMA, Szakacs led the development and organization of over 60 exhibitions of modern and contemporary art, many of which toured throughout the United States and Europe, expanded the museum’s scholarly publications, and added more than 200 major works to the museum’s collection. During his tenure the museum’s operating budget and endowment doubled, visitation tripled, and the museum’s public spaces were renovated and expanded.