Our Keynote Speaker: Karen Brooks Hopkins
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Karen Brooks Hopkins is the president of BAM, where she oversees the Academy's employees and facilities, including the 2100-seat Howard Gilman Opera House and 874-seat BAM Harvey Theater, the four-theater BAM Rose Cinemas and the BAMcafé.
Hopkins served for two years as the Chair of The Cultural Institutions Group (CIG), which consists of 33 prominent New York City cultural institutions. She has served as a member of the Mayor's Cultural Affairs Advisory Commission and is currently a member of the Board of NYC & Company, New York's Convention and Visitor's Bureau. She also serves on the Board of the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership, an economic development advocacy organization devoted to promoting the growth of the greater Downtown Brooklyn area. She is an active member of the Performing Arts Center Consortium, a national association of performing arts centers.
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In 2006, Hopkins was elected by the New York State Legislature to the Board of Regents for a four-year term representing Brooklyn and Staten Island. In 2007, she was named one of the "100 Most Influential Women in New York City Business" by Crain's.
Hopkins was an adjunct professor for the Brooklyn College Program for Arts Administration for four years. Her widely read book, Successful Fundraising for Arts & Cultural Organizations, is available in its second edition through Greenwood Publishing. A graduate of the University of Maryland, she received her MFA from George Washington University in Washington, DC. Hopkins resides in Park Slope, Brooklyn.
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