Gail Dexter Lord

Gail Dexter Lord is co-founder and co-president of Lord Cultural Resources, an international consulting firm. With Ngaire Blankenberg, she is co-author of Cities, Museums, and Soft Power (2015).

With Barry Lord, she is co-editor of The Manual of Museum Planning (1991, 1999, 2012), co-author of The Manual of Museum Management (1997 and 2009) and Artists, Patrons and the Public: Why Culture Changes (2010).

She is also co-author with Kate Markert of The Manual of Strategic Planning for Museums (2007). Gail has led cultural and tourism plans for cities as well as planning, management and exhibition assignments for museums, galleries and cities throughout Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, continental Europe, North America and Asia.

In 2014, Gail was appointed Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters by the Minister of Culture of France.