Kate Mirand Calleri is a nonprofit and museum leader committed to thoughtful content and space development, centering constructivist learning, accessibility, care, and engagement for all people. Calleri joined Brooklyn Children’s Museum in 2016 as manager of collections interpretation. She became curator and manager of collections interpretation in 2019, and then assumed the role of director of education in 2022, where she oversaw the museum’s entire educational ecosystem. Starting in May 2025, Calleri joined the Brooklyn Bridge Park as the Director of Education, where she will shape a new education center and the Park’s next educational chapter.

Outside of these roles, she was a 2023 Women inPower Fellow at the 92Y Belfer Center for Innovation and Social Impact and a member of the National Art Education Association’s 2024 School for Art Leaders at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. She was a dedicated mentor for the New Museum’s New INC. 2024-2025 incubator program and is currently on the board of directors for the Museum Educator Roundtable nonprofit and journal, where she is a Co-Chair of the Editorial Committee. Calleri has an MFA in photography from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Board member since: 2024

Current position: Editorial Co-Chair and Board Mentor