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Meet the people that make The Gund, The Gund.

Daisy Desrosiers

David and Francie Horvitz Family Foundation Director and Chief Curator

Daisy joined The Gund as Director and Chief Curator in June 2021 to reimagine the role of Keyon’s arts-learning museum and steer the institution’s growth as it enters its second decade. She collaborates with faculty, students, and staff to offer programs and exhibitions that foster curiosity toward new ideas, people, and experiences while uplifting those left out of the canon. She is also responsible for managing care for The Gund’s growing collection, which includes over 200 pieces of contemporary art.

Daisy earned a bachelor’s degree in art history from the Université de Montréal and a master’s degree in art history from the Université du Québec à Montréal. Her thesis work focused on the cultural, post-colonial, and material implications of the use of sugar in contemporary art.

When she isn’t with her team at The Gund or traveling to visit another museum or artists in their studio, Daisy enjoys listening to spy podcasts and gathering with friends to share ottolenghi-esque home-cooked meals.

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Sydney Fender

Executive Assistant

Sydney manages our budget, coordinates our programming and exhibition schedules, and ensures that everyone on our team has what they need to succeed. Outside of her work with The Gund, she serves on the Pomerene Center for the Arts board of directors in Coshocton, Ohio.

Sydney earned her BA in Fine Arts with a minor in business from Mount Vernon Nazarene University and a Professional Administrative Certification of Excellence from the American Society of Administrative Professionals.

In her free time, Sydney enjoys reading on her porch swing with a cup of tea and expanding her collection of teacups and houseplants.

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Jodi Kovach

Pamela and Christopher Hoehn-Saric Deputy Director of Curatorial Affairs and Education

As the Pamela and Christopher Hoehn-Saric Deputy Director of Curatorial Affairs and Education, Jodi partners with Kenyon faculty across disciplines to integrate art into the curricula. She earned a PhD in Art History from Washington University in St. Louis, and her scholarly pursuits concentrate on international modernism and global contemporary art, specializing in Mexican art.

In June of 2023, Rowman & Littlefield released Language Learning in Academic Museums: New Paradigms for Cultural Study, Language Acquisition, and Campus Engagement, which Dr. Kovach co-edited with Heather Flaherty, Curator of Education at The Trout Gallery, Dickinson College. Inspired by her work at Kenyon, this book is a compilation of case studies and analyses that can be used as a resource guide for professors and academic museum educators collaborating to develop new pedagogical approaches to teaching foreign language with and through objects in the academic museum.

Aside from visiting art museums any chance she gets, Jodi loves playing Classical piano, training for triathlons, and experiencing all of life’s adventures with her three sons, Sam, Nathan, and Ben.

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Robin Goodman

Exhibitions and Collections Registrar

As Exhibitions and Collections Registrar, Robin manages the care and logistics for our permanent collection, the Art Loan program, and temporary domestic and international loans, including shipping, insurance, and storage. Along with consulting preparators and other staff at The Gund, she oversees all installations in our 6,000-square-foot exhibition space.

Before joining The Gund, Robin served as registrar for the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts for eight years and interned with the Kingman Museum and the Penn Museum. She holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Evansville, where she pursued dual majors in archaeology and art history, and a master's degree in art history from the Pennsylvania State University.

Robin is a member of Kenyon's staff council and the Ohio state representative for the Midwest Registrars Committee. When she's not trying to keep up with her two active children, she relaxes by reading romance novels.

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Diana Flatto

Post-Doctoral Fellow for Museum Practices and Scholarly Engagements

In her role as Post-Doctoral Fellow, Diana collaborates with Kenyon faculty to support course engagements with the museum and conducts research on the Gund’s permanent collection. Diana earned a PhD in the History of Art and Architecture from University of Pittsburgh in 2025, with a Certificate in Latin American Studies. She holds an MA from CUNY Hunter College and a BA from Brandeis University. Her research interests include the relationships between visual culture, politics, and gender in modern and contemporary art, with a specialization in Argentina and Uruguay.

Diana was previously Assistant Curator at Americas Society, New York, and a Fulbright Research Fellow in Argentina. She has presented and published her research in venues across South America and the United States, and has curated exhibitions of modern and contemporary art in New York, Pittsburgh, and Buenos Aires.

When she isn’t spending time with art, Diana can be found devouring the latest literary fiction or working on a puzzle with her spouse and three cats.

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Wynne Morgan

Coordinator of Engagement and Public Programs for The Annex

Wynne brings a passion for community organizing and contemporary art to her role as Coordinator of Engagement and Public Programs for The Annex. She facilitates programming at The Gund’s experiential arts-learning space in downtown Mt. Vernon and fosters collaborative connections between local partners, Knox County residents, and the Kenyon community.

After graduating from Denison University in 2011, Wynne worked in various alternative education settings before beginning her museum career in 2018 as Education Coordinator for the world-renowned Pizzuti Collection of the Columbus Museum of Art. There, she enjoyed organizing art activities for the museum’s free access days and training their small but mighty team of docents in the museum’s upcoming exhibitions. During the pandemic, her focus shifted to research and writing, and she wrote detailed artist biographies for the online print retailer HaystackArt.com.

Wynne is also an organizer with Tempo Music & Arts Camp (formerly Grrrls Rock Columbus), an educational summer experience for girls, trans, and nonbinary youth. In her spare time, she enjoys painting with watercolors and taking long walks with her white pit bull mix, Roxy Yuki Morgan.

¡Wynne también se habla español!

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Board of Directors

The Gund operates as a separate 501(c)3 organization from Kenyon College, and our board provides insight and support essential to the health of our institution. In partnership with our Director and Chief Curator, this rotating group of Kenyon parents, alum, and art advocates serves as trusted advisors and allies in our work by offering a range of perspectives, expertise, and connections in service to our vision.

2024-2025 The Gund Board of Directors

JULIE KORNFELD
President, Kenyon College (ex officio)

AILEEN C. HEFFERREN '88, H'12
Chair, Kenyon College Board of Trustees (ex officio)

PAUL J. GOLDBERGER P'04, H'05

GREGORY V. GOODING '83
Treasurer

GRAHAM GUND '63, H'81

PAMELA HOEHN-SARIC '80, P'10, '14
Chair

DAVID HORVITZ '74, H'98

GILBERT C. MEISTER JR. '74

DAN PATTERSON '74

RON PIZZUTI P'98

LISA BETSON RESNIK '89
Secretary

MARK ROSENTHAL '73, H'98

TIMOTHY WHEALON '88

DAISY DESROSIERS
Director and Chief Curator, The Gund

SAMIE FALVEY '96

halley k harrisburg P'24

KIM DAVIDSON '18

STEWART PECK '74

STEFANIE REED

GREG NOSAN '90

KATE AUFSES '08

SUSAN GENCO

PENNY DAULTON

Advisory Committee

The Gund Advisory Committee consists of campus and community partners:

Katherine Calvin Assistant Professor of Art History

R. Jordan Crouser Professor and Founding Director of Interdisciplinary Program in Computing

Ian Curtis Assistant Professor of French

Daisy Desrosiers Director and Chief Curator for The Gund

Kathleen Fernando Assistant Professor of English

Lynn Hampton Director of Diversity Equity and Inclusion

Amy Henricksen Philander Chase Conservancy Project Coordinator Steward, Kokosing Nature Preserve

Manami Ishimura Assistant Professor of Studio Art

Zachary McGee Assistant Professor of Political Sciences

Leah Miller Director of Human Resources

Susan Morse President's Chief of Staff

Lauren Rudolph Assistant Professor of Neuroscience

John Rufo Assistant Professor of American Studies

Wendy Singer Special Assistant to the President for Strategic Initiatives

Jamie Lyn Smith-Fletcher * Deputy Director of Development, Special Projects and Writing Programs Public Library of Mount Vernon & Knox County

Janis Stone * Business Director/ Treasurer for MTVarts

Kim Wallace Development Officer, Athletics and Affinity

Hao Zhou Assistant Professor of Film

*Community Members and Partners