Beth Kean

The granddaughter of Holocaust survivors, Holocaust Museum LA’s Chief Executive Officer Beth Kean joined the museum Board of Trustees in 2004, served as the Museum’s Board treasurer from 2006-2016 and as Board Chair before becoming interim CEO in 2016. Beth was appointed permanent CEO in March 2017.

In 2010 as Treasurer, she was part of the team guiding the Museum’s transition from a small space on Wilshire Boulevard to its current award-winning campus in Pan Pacific Park. Now, as CEO, Beth is spearheading the Museum’s campus expansion, “Building Truth” which will double the footprint, creating more space for exhibits, classrooms and public programs. She has led the capital campaign efforts in raising $44 million towards the project.    

Prior to joining the Museum, Beth has over 25 years of experience working in the finance sector, focusing on fixed-income and social-impact finance. She worked at Capital Group Companies in Los Angeles and Salomon Brothers in New York, serves on the University of Pennsylvania’s Southern California Regional Advisory Board and Trustees’ Council for Penn Women, JCC Krakow Board of Directors, and is a member of the Women Presidents’ Organization’s West LA Chapter.

Beth resides in Santa Monica with her husband Jon, a filmmaker, and has 2 kids, Jenny, 25 and Joseph, 23, and enjoys yoga and early morning trail runs in the Santa Monica Mountains.