Chevy Humphrey, DBA, has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry (Griffin MSI) since January 2021. In this role, she oversees the institution’s strategic vision, including guest experience, transformational exhibits, education programming, community engagement, and financial sustainability and growth. Dr. Humphrey is an international leader in informal science education. Before joining Griffin MSI, she served for 15 years as CEO of Arizona Science Center. She is Past Chair of the Board of the American Alliance of Museums, the world’s largest museum association, representing 35,000 members, and Past Chair of the Board of the Association of Science and Technology Centers, which serves more than 500 science centers in more than 50 countries. She has also served as Chair of the Selection and Annual Review Committee for the National Science Foundation’s Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network (NISE-Net). Dr. Humphrey has a long history of board and community leadership. She currently serves on the Board of Governors for Argonne National Laboratory and the boards of the Economic Club of Chicago, Choose Chicago, the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library, the Sandra Day O’Connor Institute, Helios Education Foundation, and Education Forward Arizona. She is also a Director and Chair of the Compensation Committee for Grand Canyon Education, Inc.

A compassionate business leader and mentor, Dr. Humphrey has been named a Visionary Leader by the Women’s National Basketball Association. The Phoenix Business Journal named her one of its Most Admired CEOs and its 2017 Mentor of the Year. She also received the ATHENA Award from the Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce. In Chicago, she was named to Crain’s Chicago Business’s 2023 Notable Women in STEM and 2023 Who’s Who lists and received Girls Inc. Chicago’s 2023 Strong Smart Bold Award and the 2022 Business Leader of the Year Award from the Illinois Black Chamber, Cook County Black Chamber, and Garfield Park Chamber of Commerce.

Originally from Houston, Texas, Dr. Humphrey earned a Doctorate in Business Administration from Grand Canyon University and an honorary Doctor of Science and Technology degree from the University of Advancing Technology. She holds an MBA with specializations in innovation entrepreneurship and marketing from Northeastern University and a Bachelor of Science in Business with a concentration in Marketing from the University of Phoenix.