Omar Sharif Jr. Joins Holocaust Museum LA as Chief Advancement Officer

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Omar Sharif Jr. has joined Holocaust Museum LA as the new chief advancement officer, announced by Beth Kean, the museum’s CEO. For the last five years, Sharif Jr. served as a leading fundraiser for the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, completing the museum’s $388 million capital campaign. Previously he was a vice president at JP Morgan Chase and a national spokesperson for GLAAD, the LGBTQ media advocacy organization. In his new role at the oldest survivor-founde