Montserrat President Stepping Down to Take Leadership Role at Peabody Essex Museum

Dr. Kurt T. Steinberg, who has served as president of Beverly’s Montserrat College of Art since July of 2018, is stepping down in January to assume the position of chief operating officer of the Peabody Essex Museum.

Dr. Steinberg, who successfully led the college through the Covid-19 pandemic just over a year after arriving on campus, has been hailed by the trustees as a strong and conscientious leader who has helped to diversify the college’s Board of Trustees, tripled the college’s endowment, and strengthened the institution’s finances while hiring new and innovative faculty, expanding the curriculum, and focusing on career options and affordability for Montserrat students. “It is with a sense of accomplishment and sadness that I depart this wonderful college which is such an important cultural driv…