Kimberly “Kim” Noble is the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens’ new George W. and Kathleen I. Gibbs executive director and CEO, according to a Sept. 2 news release from the museum’s board of trustees.

Noble has been the institution’s interim director and CEO since May 2025 after the retirement of Andrea Barnwell Brownlee.

“Under Kim’s exceptional leadership as interim, the museum surpassed its performance measures along with many peer benchmarks bringing unbridled joy to so many while they explored and experienced the museum galleries, exhibitions and its historic and remarkable gardens and grounds,” Michael Munz, chair of the board of trustees, said in a news release.

Noble, a Jacksonville native, worked in both the nonprofit sector and in financial leadership at Fortune 500 companies befo

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