Maja Grajski

By Lyz Soto on January 7, 2024

Maja Grajski, a board member since 2019, currently holds the position of Vice President, Collections & Research at the Bishop Museum following her role as Associate Director of Philanthropy at the Trust for Public Land, Hawai‘i office. She previously served as Executive Director of the Donkey Mill Art Center on Hawaiʻi Island. Maja found her strength as an “expert generalist” in understanding and responding to and communicating the needs of multiple stakeholders as Head of Collection Information & Digital Assets at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.  A longtime resident of Honolulu, she previously held the position of Collections Manager at the Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture & Design. Maja holds a BFA from The Cooper Union, School of Art; a Graduate Certificate in Museum Studies and a Master’s in Library & Information Science from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. She is deeply inspired by the sea change in philanthropy today in recognizing the power of ground level, cross-sectoral networks to build community resilience.