Mort SajadianVirginia

Dr. Mort Sajadian is founder, president, and chief executive officer of Amazement Square, The Rightmire Children’s Museum, positions he has held since 1997. Dr. Sajadian was director and chief executive officer of Seattle Children’s Museum and director of the Museum of Art and Archaeology at the University of Missouri. He is a member of the board of directors of the Association of Children’s Museums. Under Dr. Sajadian’s leadership, Amazement Square was a 2015 Recipient of the National Medal for Museum and Library Service. Dr. Sajadian received a B.A. from the University of New York, Albany, and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.