Stephanie Antoinette Franziska Stebich (born January 26, 1966, in Mülheim) is a German-born American art historian and curator.

Born in Germany to Gehard and Ute, Stebich's family immigrated to Scarsdale, New York, when she was three years old.^[1] She graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1984.^[2] Stebich then continued on to receive degrees in art history: a Bachelor of Arts from Columbia University in 1988 and a Master of Arts from New York University Institute of Fine Arts.^[3]

Stebich began her career in museum directorship in Assistant Director positions:

• Brooklyn Museum from 1992 to 1995
• Cleveland Museum of Art from 1995 to 2001
• Minneapolis Institute of Art from 2001 to 2004.

In 2005, she became Executive Director of the Tacoma Art Museum.^{[citation needed]}

In 2017, Stebich was named the Margaret and Terry Stent Director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, succeeding Elizabeth Broun.^[4] In 2024, Stebich became a Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary for Museums and Culture at the Smithsonian.

On August 14, 2016, Stebich married fellow art historian and museum director Anne-Imelda Radice.^[5]

• List of Columbia College people
• List of female art museum directors
• List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people: Sj–Sz
• List of New York University alumni
• List of Phillips Exeter Academy people
• List of people from Scarsdale, New York

• Smithsonian profile