James Shulman

James Shulman serves as Artstor's President. Working with his colleagues, he developed and implemented plans for creating an organization that now serves over 1,500 colleges, universities, schools, and museums around the world. He writes and speaks about issues associated with the educational use of images and digital technology, innovative non-profits, and high impact philanthropy. During his 9 years at the Mellon Foundation before creating Artstor with other colleagues at the Foundation in 2001, he participated in the construction of large databases, wrote about educational policy issues and the missions of not-for-profit institutions, and worked in a range of research, administrative, and investment capacities. At the Foundation, he oversaw the building of the College and Beyond database with 34 participating colleges and universities, survey teams at Mathematica Policy Research and NORC, and Foundation colleagues. From 1997-2001, he assisted in the management of the Foundation's endowment. He also worked with the Financial Vice President with the Foundation's internal budgeting. For the first half of 2000, Shulman managed these functions while the Financial Vice President was on sabbatical. Shulman received his BA and Ph.D. from Yale in Renaissance Studies. He serves on the board of Smith College.