Alexandra Wheeler, Deputy Director for Development, Whitney Museum of American Art
April 21, 2014
Pay: $329,738 in 2011
Years in current job: 7
Years in fundraising: 22
How much she and her colleagues raised: $15.5-million in 2011; $16-million last year
Number of fundraisers at the museum: 38 full-time and 2 part-time assistants
Current campaign: In a drive to raise $665-million by June 2015
Education: B.A. in history from Brown University
Biggest gift during tenure: $131-million for the museum’s endowment from Leonard Lauder, president of the American Art Foundation
