Stanford University

Board of Trustees

Serves on the University's Board of Trustees since 2015. Board committees include: Land & Buildings; Athletics; and Student & Alumni Affairs.  Also serves on the National Arts Council, the NY and LA Arts Councils and the Varsity Golf Alumni group.

Municipal Art Society

Chair of the Board of Directors

MAS is a 125 year old preservation organization in New York City which contributed to the founding of the Landmark Preservation Council, many of NYC's zoning laws and the start of many neighborhood preservation organizations.  Having saved Grand Central and managed many city monuments, MAS is now using "big data" from the city to look at future sites for supertalls, proper aggregation of air rights and zoning gerrymandering to overbuild.  We manage city tours and focus on the livability of our city for the next century.

Speaking & Panels

Christy has lectured at Universities such as Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Princeton, and Boston Architectural College on the subjects of Strategy in Creative Fields.  She has been a speaker on the topic of Strategic Planning, Managing Estates, Image Rights and Disruption in the Arts Industry in Barcelona, Beijing, Berlin, Chicago, Dallas, London, Los Angeles, Maaschtrict, New York, Paris, San Francisco and Shanghai.

Books & Articles

Christy has lead the publication of a number of books to enhance the scholarship on historic sites and artistic legacies. Additionally, she has written forwards for books in the fields of Design and Architecture and written chapters for the leading guides on Artist Estate and Legacy Planning. She has authored op-eds on preservation topics and will be writing 2 articles during her winter 2019 tenure at the American Academy in Rome.