Louise Henry Bryson

Louise Henry Bryson is Chair Emerita of the J. Paul Getty Trust. She is also a co-founder and chair of the Getty Conservation Council and serves as trustee emerita of Pomona College. With over 35 years of experience in private and public media, she began her career as a documentary filmmaker and later took on management roles, including president of distribution for Lifetime Entertainment Services and general manager of Lifetime Movie Channel. She is a former trustee of American Funds and has served on boards of several organizations, including the California Community Foundation, Huntington Memorial Hospital, Second Stage Theatre, and PBS SoCal, as well as PPIC’s board of directors from 2014 to 2024. She is a current member of PPIC’s Statewide Leadership Council. She is a founder of Southern California Public Radio, now known as LAist, and has served on the national PBS Board. In 2010, she was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and was a member of the Trust and Board. She is a member of the Collectors’ Council with the Huntington Library, as well as a trustee to The National Gallery of Art and a board member for the Segerstrom Center for the Arts. She holds an MBA and MAT from Stanford University and BA from the University of Washington.