American architecture organisation The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation has announced its president and CEO Stuart Graff will step down after eight years of acting as the head executive.
The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, an organisation dedicated to preserving the intellectual and physical legacy of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright, announced that Graff would be stepping down from the role to pursue a new role with arts consulting firm CulturalMaterial.
Graff, trained as an intellectual property lawyer, has held the position since 2016. According to the Foundation, he was at the helm of the organisation longer than anyone since the Wright family managed it.
Wright himself established the Foundation in the 1940s and it was managed by his family until the 1980s. "Longest-serving" president since the Wrights
"As the longest-serving president since the Wrights, Stuart has been a transformative leader for the Foundation, and his work will continue to be impactful in the years to come," said the chair of the Foundation's board Mark Dreher.
Graff is credited with the "growth of the Foundation's revenue sources", as well as the establishment of an endowment for the foundation.
He also led preservation projects at Wright's headquarters at Taliesin West and Taliesin, which were both added to the UNESCO World Heritage list in 2019.
"The Foundation also opened the Taliesin Institute during Stuart's tenure, to train architecture students and facili...