Children’s Museum Names CEO

Kate Wells has been named CEO of the Children’s Museum of Phoenix. She will assume her position Dec. 2, 2013.

Wells is a co-founder of the museum, serving as one of the original members of the grassroots campaign that led to the Museum’s opening in 2008, and leading the capital campaign, raising $12.3 million. From 2001 to 2009, she served as the Museum’s director of development and communications.

In 2009, Kate took a sabbatical from the Museum to travel around the world with her husband and two children. Returning from her world tour, she joined Eight, Arizona PBS as associate general manager of marketing and development. During her tenure at Eight, Kate oversaw 51,000 current donors (realizing a 22 percent increase) utilizing one of the most comprehensive and complex development portfolios in Arizona.

Kate Wells holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from San Diego State University and is a graduate of Arizona State University’s Non-Profit Management Institute.