Eric Motley

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Eric Lamar Motley

CitizenshipUnited States
Education Robert E. Lee High School, Samford University (1996)
Alma materPh.D, Political Philosophy/International Rel., 1996–2000, University of St. Andrews
OccupationNonprofit Executive
Employer National Gallery of Art

Eric Lamar Motley (born 1972) [1] is the Deputy Director of the National Gallery of Art, located in Washington, D.C.

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Early life and education

Eric was born near Montgomery, Alabama, United States and grew up in the Madison Park community (Montgomery, AL). [2]

Motley earned his bachelor's degree in Political Science and Philosophy from Samford University in 1996, where he graduated Omicron Delta Kappa. There he served as president of the Student Government Association. As a Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholar at the University of St Andrews, he earned a Master of Letters in International Relations and a Ph.D. in International Relations as the John Steven Watson Scholar.

Career

Since August 2021 he has served as Deputy Director of the National Gallery of Art. From 2007 to 2021 he worked at the Aspen Institute, most recently as Executive Vice President and Corporate Secretary. [3] He formerly served as Executive Director of National Programs, Vice President and Managing Director of the Henry Crown Fellows Program [4] as well as the Executive Director of the Aspen-Rockefeller Foundation's Commission to Reform the Federal Appointments Process. [5]

Prior to joining the Aspen Institute, he served as director of the Office of International Visitors in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. State Department. The office had a 100-person staff and a budget that exceeded $80 million. Prior to that, he had served as a Special Assistant to President George W. Bush for Presidential Personnel, where he managed the appointment process in the White House for over 1,200 presidentially-appointed advisory board and commission positions. He joined the White House staff as Deputy Associate Director, Office of Presidential Personnel in 2001 at the age of 27 immediately after receiving his Ph.D. from the University of St Andrews in Scotland. He was the youngest appointee by the George W. Bush Administration. [2]

Motley sits on numerous national and Washington, DC boards. He is involved in the arts and humanities and is a book collector. In June 2006, his life story was featured in The Washington Post as part of the series "Being a Black Man in America."

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References

  1. Motley, Eric. Madison Park: A Place of Hope (1st ed.). Zondervan. p. 15.
  2. 1 2 Haygood, Wil (June 11, 2006). "A Path All His Own For Eric Motley, the Measure of a Man Isn't His Politics". The Washington Post. p. A01.
  3. "Eric Motley Joins National Gallery of Art as Deputy Director". www.nga.gov. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
  4. "Henry Crown Fellowship".
  5. "Eric Motley".