Ellen V. Futter

[2] She spent two years at the University of Wisconsin–Madison before transferring to Barnard College, where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa magna cum laude in 1971.

In 2014, Futter received the prestigious Rachel Carson Award from The National Audubon Society for her environmental leadership at the Museum.

[3] In June 2022, Futter announced that she plans to step down as president of the American Museum of National History in March 2023, when the new Gilder Center opens.

In 2012, Futter came under criticism as one of the three members of JPMorgan Chase's Risk committee after the bank has been under siege since CEO Jamie Dimon said May 10 that the firm’s chief investment office suffered a $2 billion loss trading credit derivatives.

Futter headed the audit committee of Bristol-Myers, a New York-based drugmaker, during an accounting scandal that began in 1999 and that the company settled for $300 million to avoid criminal prosecution.