Nancy R. McGaw Nancy R. McGaw was born on Feb. 16, 1952 in the Bronx of New York. She has two sons, Landon and Madison, and currently resides in New York. McGaw graduated in 1974 from Jacksonville University in Jacksonville, Fla., with a double major in Art History and Humanities, a minor in English with internship concentration for Museology Studies. She has taken the curriculum, leadership programs and courses at Landmark Education New York and the School of Practical Philosophy. After graduation from Jacksonville University, McGaw worked in galleries in the New York metropolitan area and held a position in the Ancient Near East Department of the Metropolitan Museum of Art for three years before co-founding Bruce McGaw Graphics in 1978. The fine-art publishing business began from an apartment in Brooklyn that rapidly grew, moved to Manhattan and now is headquartered in West Nyack, N.Y., with additional offices in England and Canada. The principles of quality, incredible service and strong team building have endured throughout the company’s 30 years in business. Today, Bruce McGaw Graphics is widely recognized as a market leader with more than 100 employees worldwide and a customer base of galleries, museums, frameshops, designers, hospitality specifiers and various industry retailers and wholesalers. Worldwide distribution includes exclusive representation of the Museum of Modern Art and other museums, the Warhol estate, Disney and noteworthy artists and collections. Bruce McGaw Graphics is a privately held company under the sole ownership of Nancy and Bruce McGaw. A strong and vital part of McGaw’s life is community service and the desire to make a difference in the world. She is the co-founder and executive director of The McGaw Foundation, established in 1992 as a non-profit foundation that gives back to the arts community with the purpose of bringing aid to organizations whose mission is to support quality of life issues with individuals living with and affected by AIDS/HIV. McGaw is a founding director and served six years for the Irvington Education Foundation in Irvington, N.Y., the mission of which is to enhance the educational environment throughout Irvington Public Schools. She has also held a six-year post on The National Trust for Historic Sites, Lyndhurst Council in Tarrytown, N.Y., and was active in the local PTA and PTSA organizations. For five years, McGaw served as program leader for Landmark Education New York and participated as a speaker at Entrepreneur Day at New York University in 2005. McGaw has received numerous awards for her outstanding service to the communities, charities and organizations that she has served. A love of art and design, expertise in business and joy in serving others is the spirit of this industry leader.
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