Sphinx Board of Directors

Maxine Frankel is Founder of the Maxine and Stuart Frankel Foundation and an internationally recognized art collector and philanthropist. She is a graduate of University of Michigan and is married to real estate developer Stuart Frankel. Maxine and Stuart Frankel's renowned private collection consists of important works by seminal modern and contemporary artists, and their collection of contemporary ceramic works is among the most important in the world. Maxine Frankel currently serves on the boards of several nonprofit and charitable organizations, including Independent Curators International, the national advisory boards for Storm King Art Center in Mountainville, N.Y., the Noguchi Museum and the Socrates Sculpture Park Board, both in Long Island City, N.Y., the University of Michigan Museum of Art, and the U-M President's Advisory Group. Maxine also chairs the board of governors for the Cranbrook Academy of Art and the Cranbrook Art Museum, and is a member of University Musical Society's National Advisory Council.