Office of the President

"Burnette’s vision for Newfields is ‘lofty and big,’ she said. However, she has no doubt she can make her vision a reality. Although her time here will likely be a small window in the long history of the institution, Burnette said she hopes people will look at her tenure as a ‘true renaissance moment."

"I feel very strongly that we’re living in a time [of] renaissance, and it’s personally rewarding to be at Newfields in this time in its history and the role we can play to make that renaissance be remembered."

"When I was a little girl, my mother got two weeks of vacation, during which she would take my sister and me to every museum in Cleveland…When I think about that, she was positioning us in a world that we weren’t a part of by showing us that we could be integrated into it."

"I'm very community minded and I'm committed to what Dr. King called building a beloved community and people will expect to see some really exciting and new and different programming."

"I have an affinity for education. Looking for all kinds of ways to educate people, open minds, and warm hearts. And art and nature are definitely vehicles for that."

"In my day-to-day life, equity is a primary focus for me, and it takes work to diversify my workplace and workforce, to diversify our collection, to diversify our programming. As long as I’m using my gift in this assignment, our driving force will be to enrich lives with equity in mind."