Focus on contemporary art, politics and nonprofits. Former CEO and Co-Founder of Blogit, Electrifier and ArtLinked. Co-author of the Dual City (Oxford University Press). Appeared in the Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, USA Today, San Francisco Chronicle, CNN, Artnet News, and Art Newspaper.
Served as Technology Co-Chair for John Edwards for President 2008. Served as National Finance Chair, Will Rollins for Congress 2024, one of the top R2B (Red to Blue) congressional challengers. Raised the highest amount ($12M+) in the history of California congressional politics.
Until 2022, First Chair of the Hammer Museum’s Board of Advisors. Current Member of International Patrons at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection and Rice University’s Public Art Committee. Former Board Member of SITE Santa Fe, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, GLAAD, and Harvard Alumni Association. Former Member, International Leadership Council at the New Museum, Contemporary Art Council at MoMA, and Media Arts Committee at SFMOMA.
Collect contemporary art with an emphasis on abstraction, text, conceptual photography, and media arts, including Glenn Ligon, Byron Kim, Wolfgang Tillmans, Liz Deschenes, Lisa Oppenheim, Analia Saban, Marilyn Minter, EJ Hill, Jim Campbell, Leo Villareal, John McCracken, and Trevor Paglen. Donated 60+ artworks to institutions such as LACMA, MOCA, Berkeley Art Museum, Palm Springs Art Museum, Hammer Museum, UCLA Grunwald Center, Getty Research Institute, and J. Paul Getty Museum.
AB from Harvard College with a concentration in Visual & Environmental Studies (VES). Masters in Architecture (MArch) from Rice University's School of Architecture.
Live in Rancho Mirage (in the Coachella Valley) with husband Scott Murray (Collective Health, eBay) and two golden doodles, Auggie and Cooper. Found on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mihail/.