Joanne Heyler is founding director of The Broad, a contemporary art museum co-founded by philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad in downtown Los Angeles, and a member of the museum's board of directors. In addition to her role at The Broad, she serves as the director and chief curator of The Broad Art Foundation, which was created in 1984 as a pioneering lending library dedicated to increasing public access to contemporary art through an enterprising loan program and is now headquartered at The Broad. Committed to fulfilling the Broads' longtime mission of making contemporary art accessible to the widest possible audience, Ms. Heyler leads development of innovative approaches to museum programming, audience engagement, visitor services, marketing, advertising, public relations, social media and digital platforms at The Broad. The museum has drawn over 2.8 million visitors from around the world since opening in September 2015.