Jim Cuno was born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1951. He moved around as child because of his father’s career in the United States Air Force, and lived in Louisiana, Ohio, Florida, Washington, California, and Bermuda. He attended Air Force Academy Prep School after graduating from high school but withdrew and moved to London with his parents before beginning his college education at Willamette University. He did his graduate studies in art history at the University of Oregon and earned his PhD. from Harvard University. Cuno began his career as Assistant Curator of Prints at Harvard Art Museum and was an Assistant Professor at Vassar before moving into museum leadership roles. He served as the director of the Grunwald Center for Graphic Arts at the Hammer Museum, director of the Hood Museum of Art, the Elizabeth and John Moors Cabot Director of the Harvard Art Museums, director of The Courtauld Institute of Art, the Eloise W. Martin Director of the Art Institute of Chicago, and the President and Chief Executive Officer of the J. Paul Getty Trust, where he worked from 2011 until his retirement in July 2022. In this interview, Cuno discusses: his early life; his mother, Florence, and her background; his father, Francis, and his background; his father’s experience during the Korean War and time as a Prisoner of War; the impact of father’s imprisonment on his mother and family; move to Ohio; move to Florida; move to Washington; move to California; interest in sports; move to Bermuda; football career; experience in the Air Force Academy Prep School and decision to withdraw; experience living in Europe; undergraduate education at Willamette University; involvement in theater; meeting wife, Sarah, and their marriage in 1977; graduate program at University of Oregon; developing an interest in poetry; doctorate program at Harvard University; working as Assistant Curator of Prints at Harvard Art Museum; move to New York for Assistant Professorship; birth of first daughter; move to Los Angeles and position at the Grunwald Center for Graphic Arts; move to New Hampshire for position at Hood Museum; birth of second daughter; director position at Harvard University Art Museum; special projects; move to London for position at The Courtauld Institute of Art; decision to leave The Courtauld for the Art Institute of Chicago; friendship with Jim Wood; working with donors; writing projects and publishing several books; transition to the Getty Trust; projects as President and CEO of the Getty Trust; colleagues; challenges and successes; special projects and initiatives; navigating the COVID-19 pandemic; leadership style; decision to retire; reflections on his long career; and hopes for the future.