[BCMA] Announcing the New CEO at the Museum of Vancouver

[Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv]

*Announcing the New CEO at the Museum of Vancouver Ryan Hunt to Take the
Helm of Vancouver’s Oldest Cultural Organization *

*For Immediate Release: April 7, 2025 — *The Vancouver Museum Society’s
Board of Directors is happy to announce that Ryan Hunt has been selected as
the new CEO of Vancouver’s oldest cultural institution, the Museum of
Vancouver (MOV).

Following Mauro Vescera’s retirement at the end of 2024, the MOV underwent
an extensive search to find a new CEO. Ryan Hunt was selected from a wide
range of candidates. Ryan has worked in GLAM (Galleries, Libraries,
Archives, and Museums) sector roles in Ontario, Korea, and his home
province of BC, including at the London Arts/Heritage Council, Oil History
Museum of Canada, the Local Government Management Association of BC, and as
the Co-Founder of Canada’s first mobile makerspace, the MakerBus.

Since 2019, Ryan has worked as the Executive Director of the BC Museums
Association (BCMA). Notable achievements include:
• supporting more than 50 First Nations communities access repatriation
funding through the 2020 Repatriation Grant program;
• partnering with the BC Heritage Emergency Response Network on emergency
response training for museums and heritage sites across BC;
• and contributing to having the BCMA named Charity Village’s Best
Not-for-Profit Employer for Workplace Mental Health (Under 20 staff) in
2023.

“I am thrilled to have Ryan Hunt as our incoming CEO,” the MOV’s Board
Chair, Bruce Granville Miller says. “He has a deep knowledge of the museum
sector from his time as executive director of the BC Museums Association.
Ryan is noted for his energetic and collaborative approach to management
and has valuable experience with all levels of government and First
Nations.”

Read the full press release:
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