Moca Los Angeles Picks Longtime Public Media Executive as Next Director

Moca Los Angeles picks longtime public media executive as next director

Jonathan Abbott takes the helm at the museum after 15 years as chief executive of GBH in Boston

Jonathan Abbott to Lead Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, has named Jonathan Abbott as its new director and CEO. Abbott arrives to the institution from public media company GBH, the country’s largest producer of multiplatform content for PBS and partner to NPR and PRX (Public Radio Exchange), where he spent fifteen years as director. He succeeds interim […]

MOCA Names Jonathan Abbott CEO, Director

The Museum of Contemporary Art announced Thursday that Jonathan Abbott, the former president and CEO of public media organization GBH, has been appointed CEO and Maurice Marciano Director of the Los Angeles museum. Abbott’s appointment is effective immediately following an international search by MOCA’s Board of Trustees. He succeeds Ann Goldstein, who has served as […]

MOCA finally names new director after lengthy search, years of leadership turmoil

The Museum of Contemporary Art has appointed Jonathan Abbott, formerly of GBH in Boston, as its new chief executive and director. Abbot will be the institution's sixth leader since 2008.

Jonathan Abbott named CEO and director of LA MOCA

Jonathan Abbott. Photo: Owen Kolasinski. Courtesy MOCA, Los Angeles Jonathan Abbott has been named CEO and director of Los Angeles’s Museum of Contemporary Art, the museum has announced. The appointment followed an international search conducted by the board of trustees. Abbott succeeds Ann Goldstein, who was interim director from August 2025. Abbott was most recently president and CEO of GBH, the largest content producer for PBS, from 2007 to 2…