Carol B. Cadou will step down as Charles F. Montgomery Director and CEO of Winterthur Museum, Garden, and Library on June 1, 2021. Chris Strand, Brown Harrington Director of Garden and Estate, will assume the role of interim CEO immediately to facilitate the transition. Strand has been a director at Winterthur for 16 years. His career includes work at the Green Spring Gardens in Alexandria, Va., the Denver Botanic Gardens, Callaway Gardens, and the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Cadou, a graduate of the prestigious Winterthur Program in American Material Culture, took the reins at Winterthur in May 2018 and guided the institution through one of the most challenging periods in its history due to the impact of the global pandemic. My three-year tenure at Winterthur has provided me with the greatest satisfaction to have worked with the Board of Trustees to set a strategic path for the future. It has been an honor and privilege to serve the institution, guide it through the Covid-19 pandemic, and spend time with my husband and children at Winterthur, Cadou said in a statement. My husband and I have made the difficult decision to return to our home in Maryland so that we can better meet the needs of our young family. We are grateful to Carol for the important contributions she has made to Winterthur, said Katharine P. Booth, chair of the Board of Trustees. We especially appreciate her role in leading the institution through the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic. Nobody could have worked harder or with more determination for Winterthurs success than she did.