The Getty Conservation Institute


Director's Office
Timothy P. Whalen, John E. and Louise Bryson Director
Timothy P. Whalen, John E. and Louise Bryson Director

Tim Whalen is John E. and Louise Bryson Director of the Getty Conservation Institute. His professional association with the Getty dates to 1983, when he was appointed assistant director of the Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities (now Getty Research Institute), and then associate director of the Getty Building Program. In 1991 he assumed the position of senior program officer in the Getty Foundation overseeing the Foundation's conservation grant making activities. In December 1998 he was named the GCI's third director. Whalen is a trustee of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, a member of the international advisory board of studies for the Courtauld Institute of Art's MA program in the conservation of wall paintings, and a former member of the United States National Commission to UNESCO. A California native, he holds a BA in art history as well as an MA in museum studies and art history from the University of Southern California.

Maria Cummings, Executive Assistant
Phyllis Lapin, Manager, GCI Council