The Boston Public Library Foundation, which raises public awareness and philanthropic support for the BPL's Central Library and 24 branches, has named Lisa Bevilaqua, a former Isabella Steward Gardner Museum fundraising official, to serve as its next executive director.
"Lisa's dynamic understanding of development strategies, ranging from events to major gifts to government fundraising, will be incredibly useful to the Library Foundation as it works to expand its support of the BPL," Jeff Hawkins, the foundation's chairman, said in a statement about the appointment released by the library.
