Julián Zugazagoitia is the fifth director of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Born in Mexico and educated at the Sorbonne Paris IV in France, he speaks six languages and has worked in the Americas, Europe and Africa. For the past seven years, Zugazagoitia has been the director/CEO of El Museo del Barrio in New York. He led the institution through a $44 million renovation project that resulted in new gallery spaces, a refurbished facility and a popular restaurant.