Elizabeth Frost Pierson
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​Pierson made her career in the art world as a curator, advisor and gallerist. She started with Sotheby’s and old master specialists Richard Feigen and Nando Peretti before working as a director in galleries in New York, Rome, Paris and London. She founded her advisory, Elizabeth Frost Pierson Fine Art, in the 1980’s, working as an international art advisor for corporate and private collections including Chase Bank. She has curated scholarly exhibitions and cross-sectoral collaborations and events for over three decades using her broad network in the worlds of business, diplomacy, media, and the arts to facilitate deepened conversations and engagement.​
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Serving on the Board of Directors of the Atlantic Council in Washington D.C. and the Board of Visitors of the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art in her native Oklahoma, Elizabeth is a founding partner of the Europe Cordiale Circle (ECC), a UK-based bipartisan, cross-sectoral forum established in 2016 dedicated to fostering thoughtful and informed debate. She is the founding benefactor of a program at the American Hospital of Paris, “Healing through Music,” and organized and hosted musical events for the hospital’s Cancer Center for over a decade.
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Pierson has spoken and written on the arts, moderating panel discussions for companies, such as, investment communication firm, Africonomie Group, on the impact of the African art market, and has worked as a consultant for media groups, including U.S. News & World Report, and more recently for BBC Radio 4’s Today. A cultural diplomat and activist by nature, her vision and orientation in the world of politics and diplomacy first took root during her formative years in Washington, D.C.. She is a vocal advocate for the role that the arts play in societies today.​
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Elizabeth received her B.A. in political science and history at Colorado College; studied fine art in graduate programs at Columbia University, New York; and at The British Institute in Florence, Florence, Italy. She studied photography at The Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.; jazz at the Berklee College of Music; and is a classically trained pianist.
With a distinct transatlantic orientation Elizabeth has lived and worked in Europe - Italy, France, England and Spain - for over two decades. She is fluent in Spanish, French, and Italian.
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