Art Collector/Attorney Yelena Ambartsumian Joins AMA Board of Trustees

Yelena Ambartsumian

We are proud to extend a warm welcome to Yelena Ambartsumian as the newest member of the Board of Trustees of the Armenian Museum of America in Watertown, MA.
 
A dynamic professional, Yelena brings a combination of professional expertise, cultural advocacy, and a passion for supporting artists. As the founder of AMBART LAW plc., a New York–based law firm focused on privacy law, AI governance, and art law, she has established a distinguished career at the intersection of law, technology, and creative expression. An active Museum member, Yelena has been featured in The New York Times for her passion for collecting artwork by emerging contemporary artists.
 
Yelena played a key role behind the scenes of our recent exhibitions, assisting in identifying and personally reaching out to Arshile Gorky collectors, efforts that resulted in several prominent loans now on view.

Beyond the Museum, Yelena champions Armenian artists and displaced artisans from Artsakh. In 2022, Yelena founded QAMI JAN, a design studio that creates contemporary homegoods, through collaborations with women-owned ateliers located in the Republic of Armenia. Yelena has provided hundreds of hours of pro bono legal and advocacy services related to preserving and protecting Armenian cultural heritage, through the Armenian Bar Association. Her writings about the destruction of cultural heritage in Artsakh have been published several times by Hyperallergic, and she has presented these issues on panels at Fordham Law School, Columbia Law School, and at numerous legal conferences.

In addition to her professional commitments, Yelena serves on the Advisory Council of Fordham University's Orthodox Christian Studies Center. She is a charter member and a global chapter lead for Women in AI Governance, and a co-chair of IAPP's New York Knowledge Net chapter. Yelena is also active in the Connecticut Chapter of Chamber of Mothers, serving on its Legal & HR and Communications subcommittees.
 
"We are honored and excited to have an ambitious, creative, and deeply committed person like Yelena to join our Board of Trustees," said President Michele M. Kolligian. Her involvement in cultural endeavors around contemporary art and cultural heritage in Artsakh is admirable, and we look forward to her involvement in our leadership team.

Please join us in welcoming Yelena Ambartsumian to our Board of Trustees.