PHILANTHROPIC EXPERT JOINS ART CENTER

The KinoSaito Board of Directors welcomed philanthropic expert and Westchester County resident Suzanne Grossberg to its nonprofit art center in Verplanck. She became the organization”™s inaugural director of arts. 

A novel 501(c)(3) nonprofit rooted in the creation and practice of abstract art and committed to nurturing experimentation in every form and medium, KinoSaito Inc. opened in 2021 upon the completion of the renovation of its 1921 former St. Patrick”™s School building located in the Hudson River hamlet. It houses two galleries, two artist-in-residence studios, an 80-seat theater, 35-seat classroom, café and garden. 

Collaborating with the Board of Directors in its efforts to advance KinoSaito”™s unique mission, Grossberg will be responsible for strategic growth planning, board and advisory council expansion, donor relations, fundraising, grant writing, program/event creation and execution and public/community relations. 

Most recently, Grossberg was president and CEO of her own consulting company and helped numerous nonprofits with planning, board development, fundraising, grant writing and public relations. She earned a Master of Arts degree in creative arts interdisciplinary from San Francisco State University and a Bachelor of Science degree, magna cum laude, in communication arts from SUNY New Paltz.