Podesta, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, is an avid collector of contemporary art.[18]
Named by ARTnews as one of the 200 top collectors in 2012 and 2013,[19] [20] she was also named one of the “Philanthropic 50” by Washington Life in 2010.[21]
In 2009, Podesta donated Shepard Fairey’s iconic Barack Obama “Hope” poster to the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC.[22]