David Ross was the SFMOMA Museum Director from 1998 to 2001. He took over the museum from Jack Lane in 1998 during the period that the museum had really begun to come into its own. Ross had a relationship with the museum long before he became director, starting in 1976 while he was still working at the Long Beach Museum of Art. Prior to starting at SFMOMA, he was involved in video and was appointed as curator of video art at Everson. Ross was also part of moving video into the mainstream of contemporary art. Ross spent four years at the SFMOMA before he moved on in 2001 and went to work for Artists Pension Trust. In this interview, Ross discusses his arrival at SFMOMA, management, work at Long Beach, Whitney, Berkeley Art Museum, student years at Syracuse, thoughts on SFMOMA trustees, acquisition of art for the museum, Haring,Viola, Calder and Diebenkorn exhibits at the Whitney and SFMOMA, money, the art market, and museums, thoughts on critics, lack of Russian paintings, role of a museum director, departure from SFMOMA, and work with David Resnicow at Artists Pension Trust.