Pamela Joyner

Pamela J. Joyner (born 1957/1958) is an American businesswoman and art collector, and has been called an "activist collector" by ArtReview, for her focus on African-American art from the 1940s onwards.^[2]

Pamela Joyner
Born	Pamela J. Joyner 1957 or 1958 (age 66–67)[1] Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Education	Dartmouth College Harvard Business School
Occupation(s)	Businesswoman and art collector
Known for	Joyner/Giuffrida Collection of African-American art
Spouse	Alfred J. Giuffrida ​ (m. 2004)​

Early life and education

Joyner is the daughter of teacher Gloria O. Joyner and psychologist Lewis B. Joyner.^[1] She was raised in Chicago, Illinois, where her mother taught English at a Catholic high school, and her father taught history at a local junior college.^[3] She attended the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools.^[4]

She earned a bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College in 1979.^[5] She received her MBA from Harvard Business School.^[1]

Career

Joyner is the founding partner of Avid Partners,^[6] a San Francisco-based marketing firm providing consulting services for private equity and venture capital funds.^[1]

She is the creator and co-founder of the Joyner/Giuffrida Collection of Abstract Art,^[2] which was documented in “Four Generations: The Joyner/Giuffrida Collection of Abstract Art,” edited by Courtney J. Martin.^[3] The Joyner/Giuffrida Collection was showcased at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans, Louisiana, in October 2017.^[3]

In 2019, the Smart Museum of Art honored her and the Joyner/Giuffrida Collection of Abstract Art as part of the museum's annual Shapiro Award dinner and gala.^[4]

Boards and affiliations

Joyner serves and has served on leadership committees and boards for several prominent institutions.

• Chair, Tate Americas Foundation^[2][4]
• Board member, Art & Practice Foundation^[6]
• Board member, Art Institute of Chicago^[2][4]
• Board member, J. Paul Getty Trust^[6][7]
• Board member, School of American Ballet^[6]
• Board member, MacDowell Colony^[6]
• Director, First Republic Bank and chair of its investment committee.^[6]
• Member, Director’s Circle, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art^[6]
• Member, Modern and Contemporary Art Visiting Committee, Metropolitan Museum of Art^[6]
• Member, President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities^[4][6]
• Member, Board of Overseers, Hood Museum of Art / Hopkins Center^[5]
• Trustee, Dartmouth College and Chair of the Investment Committee^[6]
• Trustee, New York City Ballet^[6]
• Trustee and co-chair, San Francisco Ballet Association^[6]
• Trustee, Asian Art Museum ^[6]

Personal life

Joyner has a daughter with her first husband, Gary Love. The couple separated in 2001, and later divorced.^[8] In September 2004, she married Alfred J. "Fred" Giuffrida in San Francisco.^[1] Gavin Newsom, who was then the Mayor of San Francisco, officiated their wedding.^[8]