The Board of Trustees of Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library appointed Carol B. Cadou as the first Charles F. Montgomery Director and CEO of Winterthur.
The newly endowed title is named in honor of the first director of Winterthur.
Founded by Henry Francis du Pont, Winterthur, located in Delaweare’s Chateau Country, is a museum of American decorative arts, a naturalistic garden and a library used for research.
Cadou, senior vice president, Historic Preservation, and Collections at George Washington’s Mount Vernon, will succeed David P. Roselle in late spring, when Dr. Roselle retires after ten years as director. Roselle earlier served as president of the University of Delaware.
Cadou has more than two decades of experience in the museum field and earned her master’s degree from the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture, co-sponsored with the University of Delaware.
Cadou said, “I am honored and delighted to be chosen for this position. Henry Francis du Pont had a remarkable vision for the role of his collections in telling the American story. I look forward to working with the highly engaged Board of Trustees and talented staff to bring these compelling stories to a wide range of visitors, and to broaden Winterthur’s educational outreach as we build a future for the study of America’s past.”
Cadou began her career at Mount Vernon in 1999, subsequently holding the positions of Robert H. Smith Senior Curator, Vice President of Collections, and, since 2014, Senior Vice President, Historic Preservation and Collections.
She has championed and directed Mount Vernon’s preservation and collections goals and objectives to ensure the long-term physical and financial sustainability of George Washington’s historic architecture, collections, gardens, landscapes, and rare breeds, a release stated.
Cadou has also worked at the Historic Charleston Foundation and with the Maryland Commission on Artistic Property, part of the Maryland State Archives.
In addition to her masters degree at Winterthur, she holds a bachelor of arts degree from Wellesley College and will complete the MBA program at Ohio University College of Business in 2019.
