For 25 years, Gail Anderson & Associates has helped museums navigate pivotal moments with clarity, steadiness, and an understanding of how cultural organizations function day-to-day.
Our practice is tailored to each client, allowing us to define an approach that reflects the institution’s history, aspirations, and operational realities. From institutions facing uncertain futures to museums preparing for expansions, we bring a grounded perspective shaped by decades of hands-on museum leadership and national knowledge of the field, standards, and contemporary realities.
Clients value our ability to surface underlying issues, build alignment around difficult choices, and translate complex conditions into practical, achievable pathways forward. Every engagement is supported directly by the firm’s principal and a highly experienced team whose expertise spans strategic positioning, organizational restructuring, financial modeling, capital readiness, fundraising analysis, contemporary museum trends, and change management.
With a long-standing track record of returning clients and deeply trusted relationships, GA&A serves as a steady partner for museums seeking not only direction but confidence, resilience, and renewed purpose.
Gail Anderson
President
Gail Anderson leads the strategic and organizational consultancy practice at GA&A. She is a nationally respected museum strategist, author, and leader with more than four decades of experience across museum governance, administration, operations, and organizational change.
She is proud to have partnered with more than 95 museums and cultural organizations across the United States and Canada, guiding institutions through major transitions, leadership change, and moments of reinvention.
Before launching GA&A in 2002, Gail held leadership roles at the Southwest Museum, The Mexican Museum, and the Museum of Northern Arizona, and served for more than a decade as Chair and Professor of Graduate Museum Studies at John F. Kennedy University.
An influential voice in the field, having authored and edited five publications, including Reinventing the Museum plus 24+ articles, presented over 75 lectures and panel discussions, and served the museum field as a board member of AAM, President of Western Museum Association (WMA), and a member of The Museum Group.
Lexie Smith Kliebe
Lead Associate
Lexie Smith Kliebe supports GA&A’s strategic and feasibility projects, undertaking operational analysis, survey development, competitive benchmarking, and industry research that inform stronger institutional performance and public impact for our clients.
Over the last 26 years, Lexie has worked in museums and arts organizations with extensive experience in nonprofit accounting, fundraising, grant administration, capital campaigns, traveling exhibitions, project management, and museum education. Before joining GA&A, Lexie served as the Executive Director at Exhibit Envoy and Development Coordinator at the California State Railroad Museum Foundation, and presented research at CA Museum Association and WMA conferences.
Project Associates
GA&A teams often include trusted subcontractors when specialized expertise is needed to meet the unique requirements of each project, including:
- John Chiodo, Principal, chiodo.Design
- Mike Devine, Chief Strategy Officer, Gallagher & Associates
- Barbara Felix, Founder, Woven Architecture
- Nic Honeysett, CEO, Balboa Park Online Collaborative
