The Chicago History Museum announced Wednesday that its president and CEO Donald E. Lassere is resigning.
Lassere had held the post since April 2021, coming to Chicago from the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, Kentucky.
According to the announcement from the museum’s board of directors, Michael Anderson, currently vice president of external engagement and development, will serve as interim president and CEO as the board conducts a national search for a successor. Anderson has worked at the CHM for 12 years.
“We appreciate Donald’s stewardship, and know he will thrive in whatever path he chooses,” board chair Warren Chapman said in part in a statement.
The museum, located at 1601 N. Clark St., most recently opened the new exhibit “Aquí en Chicago,” devoted to Chicago’s Latino communities.
Also, staff there voted in April 2025 to unionize as part of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 31, joining a recent wave of labor organizing at Chicago-area museums.
This story has been updated with more information about the museum.
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