Oct, 21, 2025
Board of Trustees and Leadership
Phoenix Art Museum names newest class of appointments to its Board of Trustees
New Board members bring deep expertise in finance, marketing, hospitality, the arts, and non-profit leadership
PHOENIX (October 21, 2025) – Phoenix Art Museum announces the election of Oliver Badgio, Alexander Bradley, and Jennifer Condas to its Board of Trustees. Chaired by Donald C. Opatrny, Jr., a private investor and philanthropist, the Museum’s Board of Trustees serves as fiduciaries and stewards of the largest visual-arts organization in the American Southwest. The new Trustees bring a range of professional expertise and philanthropic leadership that will strengthen the Board’s capacity to guide Museum growth, advance its strategic priorities, and expand its reach to new audiences. Serving a three-year team renewable up to three terms, the new Trustees will continue to empower the Museum, under the leadership of Jeremy Mikolajczak, the Sybil Harrington Director and CEO, to impact the Valley’s ever-evolving community, while also helping to bolster the Museum’s reputation as a vital arts institution and resource for regional and national audiences.
“We are truly honored to welcome Oliver, Alexander, and Jennifer to the Phoenix Art Museum Board of Trustees,” said Jeremy Mikolajczak, the Museum’s Sybil Harrington Director and CEO. “With their esteemed careers across finance, marketing, hospitality, the arts, and non-profit leadership, they bring an abundance of unique experience and invaluable insight that will prove impactful to our strategic priorities of advancing community impact, fostering cultural growth, and strengthening the Museum’s role as a cultural cornerstone in the Southwest.”
Oliver Badgio is the Chief Brand Officer of Prime Steak Concepts, a renowned restaurant group behind luxury dining brands such as Steak 44, Steak 48, Dominick’s Steakhouse, Ocean 44, Ocean 48 and Durant’s Steakhouse. Based in Scottsdale, Badgio began his career in 1992 under the mentorship of James Beard-nominated restaurateurs Michael and Jeffrey Mastro and their father, Dennis. Rising through the ranks from a bar-back to his current leadership role, he has been instrumental in helping to shape the company’s brand and public relations strategies. Badgio is deeply involved as the steward of the Mastro Family’s generosity in philanthropy and community service, representing Prime Steak Concepts and the Mastro Family’s interests and serving on the boards of directors for Make-A-Wish Arizona, Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago, Charlotte Ballet in North Carolina, and Phoenix Suns Charities. He is also a Trustee of the Charlotte Regional Business Alliance and a member of both the Orange County Business Commission and Greater Phoenix Leadership (GPL). Along with his new term of service on the Board of Phoenix Art Museum, Badgio has also joined the board of Phoenix Theatre to deepen support of the performing and visual arts, which have been a long-time passion of the Mastro family. Badgio is a member of The Union League Club in Philadelphia and Balboa Bay Club in Newport Beach, CA. He resides in Scottsdale with his wife and two children.
Alexander Bradley is the Chief Financial Officer of First Solar, Inc, a leading American solar technology company and global provider of responsibly produced, eco-efficient solar modules. He joined First Solar in May 2008 and previously served as Vice President of both Treasury and Project Finance, leading or supporting the structuring, sale, and financing of more than $10 billion and approximately 2.7 GW of the company’s worldwide development assets, including several of the largest PV power plant projects in North America. From 2016 to 2018, Bradley also served as an officer and board member of 8point3 Energy Partners, a publicly listed company that owned and operated PV assets. Prior to joining First Solar, Bradley worked at HSBC in investment banking and leveraged finance in London, Hong Kong, and New York, covering the energy and utilities sector. He received his Master of Arts from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Bradley resides in Phoenix with his wife and two children.
Jennifer Condas is an art historian, philanthropist, and dedicated Museum supporter with decades of leadership experience in the arts and non-profit sectors. At PhxArt, Condas serves as co-chair of the Circles of Support Advisory Committee, committed to making the premier membership program one of the most dynamic and inspiring museum support groups in the country. She also serves on the Board the Arizona Costume Institute as the 2025–2026 Membership Chair and is an active Docent, specializing in student tours and co-editing The Docent Times. Condas’ philanthropic impact extends well beyond Phoenix. In Orange County, CA, she co-founded The Dream Guild where she supported the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (now Breakthrough T1D) for 25 years. She also served three terms on the Orange County Chapter Board of Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, chairing four major galas. Additionally, Condas held a 10-year leadership role with Visionaries, the largest support group of the Orange County Museum of Art, where she co-chaired Art Studies. Along with this experience, Condas has chaired and hosted more than 30 charitable fashion shows, galas, luncheons, and in-store events for organizations including The Harvesters and UC Irvine’s Friends of Art History (FOAH). She has hosted more than 20 events and lectures in her home, supporting causes from student art grants to food insecurity. Condas holds a BA in Art History and an MA in History with an emphasis in Visual Studies from the University of California, Irvine. Her graduate thesis on Abby Aldrich Rockefeller and the founding of the Museum of Modern Art inspired an ongoing passion project, a book called Mother’s Museum – Abby Aldrich Rockefeller: Modern Art Matron and Museum Builder, which she hopes to publish one day.
The Board of Trustees of Phoenix Art Museum has served as the governing body of the Museum since its founding in 1959. All Trustees are nominated by the Board’s nominating and governance committee and are elected by the general Board. Each Museum Trustee serves a minimum of one three-year term, with the opportunity to renew up to three terms. The Museum’s Board of Trustees now numbers 45 total Trustees, including five Honorary Trustees and one ex-officio member.
For more information about the Museum’s Board of Trustees or to schedule interviews with incoming Trustees or other Museum representatives, contact the Museum’s Communications Office at samantha.andreacchi@phxart.org or press@phxart.org.
About Phoenix Art Museum
Since 1959, Phoenix Art Museum (PhxArt) has engaged millions of visitors with the art of our region and world. Located in Phoenix’s Central Corridor, PhxArt creates spaces of exchange and belonging for all audiences through dynamic exhibitions, collections, and experiences with art. Each year, 300,000 guests on average engage with critically acclaimed national and international exhibitions and the Museum’s collection of more than 21,000 works of American and Western American, Asian, European, Latin American, modern, and contemporary art and fashion, along with vibrant photography exhibitions made possible through the Museum’s landmark partnership with the Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona in Tucson. PhxArt also presents live performances, outstanding examples of global cinema, arts-education programs and workshops, a monthly live-music series, and more for the community. To learn more about Phoenix Art Museum, visit phxart.org, or call 602.257.1880.