Kate Levin is a principal of and leads the cultural assets management team at Bloomberg Associates, a philanthropic consulting firm working with mayors to improve their citizens’ quality of life with clients including Atlanta, Chicago, London, and Newark. She also oversees Bloomberg Philanthropies’ arts program, supporting artists and organizations nationally and internationally. From 2002 to 2013, Levin was commissioner of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, where she increased support for cultural organizations and expanded creative-sector participation in economic development, tourism, human services, and education initiatives. The inaugural fellow of SMU DataArts and a former professor at City College/CUNY, she also served in former New York City mayor Ed Koch’s administration. Levin was named one of Crain’s New York Business Women of Influence for 2023.
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