Leader Qualifications

Alice Sachs Zimet, President, Arts + Business Partners, is a pioneer in the field of corporate sponsorship in the United States.

During nearly 20 years at The Chase Manhattan Bank, she created and ran the Cultural Affairs Marketing Group in 14 countries and 20 U.S. cities -- doing good, raising visibility and helping to generate over $2 billion.

Ms. Zimet founded Arts + Business Partners in 1999 to consult on issues related to corporate marketing and sponsorship.

Ms. Zimet teaches regularly at Columbia University, New York University and the University of Pennsylvania.

For the U.S. Department of State, she trains Cultural Attaches at American Embassies how to more effectively approach corporations to fund American culture abroad.

Ms. Zimet has degrees in art history from Syracuse University (BA), Sorbonne University and New York Universityıs Institute of Fine Arts (MA). She is a member of the American Association of Museumıs Task Force on Corporate Giving and the Collections Committee of the Harvard University Art Museums.

Having read thousands of proposals and managed millions of "donor dollars", Ms. Zimet provides a rare glimpse into the funderıs mind. What makes a strong proposal? How do corporations read? What benefits are most important? Every nonprofit will leave this class as a more effective and successful fundraiser with the ability to turn a corporation into a sponsor.