Bob Lehman is Executive Director of the San Diego Museum Council. He is Vice Chair of the San Diego County Arts & Culture Commission, the current Chair of San Diego ART Matters, and serves on the statewide board of CA Arts Advocates and CA for the Arts. As the leader of the San Diego Museum Council, Lehman advocates on behalf of 80+ museums and cultural institutions throughout San Diego County. The Council is one of the nation’s largest associations of regional museums and cultural institutions.

For more than 25 years, Bob has been a nationally recognized leader in the fight for LGBTQ+ equality. As a combat U.S. Marine veteran, he helped end “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and was the first openly gay veteran on a U.S. Congressional military advisory board. He founded San Diego’s American Veterans for Equal Rights chapter and co-founded the Stonewall Citizens’ Patrol. He and his husband led San Diego’s initiatives for marriage equality and made history as the first two men to legally marry in California.

When Bob has time off from advocating for the arts and museums in San Diego County, he and his husband enjoy hiking, Padres games, going to the beach and exploring Balboa Park.

Bob thanks his sponsors Laura Mitchell, Andrea da Rosa and Corey Polant.