Museum move. The Children’s Museum of Denver launched an extensive nationwide search for its new head honcho and found him in its own playground.
Mike Yankovich, the museum’s chief operating officer and interim president, was tapped to fill the top job. The vacancy came after former president and chief executive Tom Downey left after 4 1/2 years to take a new gig as head of the Timothy and Bernadette Marquez Foundation.
Yankovich, 42, has been with the Children’s Museum of Denver since 2003 in positions that have included director of education, vice president of guest experience and COO.
The board was unanimous in choosing Yankovich as the museum’s next leader, said Deborah Wapensky, chairwoman of the museum’s board of directors.
Eavesdropping A woman to a man about aging:
“Try going to your 40th high school reunion. Man, those people are old!”
