Feb. 15, 2025 ~ Gene Gargaro grew up in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, and earned a B.A. from Georgetown University and a J.D. from the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law. From 1993 to 2008, he was the vice president and corporate secretary of the Masco Corporation, and from 2003 to 2023, he was the Detroit Institute of Arts Board Chair. The DIA, one of the premier art museums in the U.S., is home to more than 65,000 works that comprise a multicultural survey of human creativity from ancient times through the 21st century.