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Gary Steuer
Vice President of Private-Sector Affairs, Americans for the Arts, New York, New York

Gary Steuer serves as vice president of Private-Sector Affairs at Americans for the Arts and is executive director of the Arts & Business Council of Americans for the Arts. He is responsible for leading efforts to stimulate more private-sector support for the arts, including promoting partnership between the arts and business, as well as overseeing services to the national network of Arts & Business Councils and United Arts Funds. He served as president and CEO of the Arts & Business Council from 1996 to 2005, when the council merged its operations with Americans for the Arts.

From 1993 to 1996, Gary was director of New York programs for the council. Under his leadership, the council’s budget grew by more than 400 percent and included the creation of such programs as the National Arts Marketing Project, with a total of over $4.5 million in support from American Express to date; the MetLife Foundation National Arts Issue Forums; and the New York State Cultural Tourism Initiative. Gary has written, lectured, and taught extensively on arts management and policy issues.

He has a bachelor's degree in politics and dramatic literature from NYU, attended NYU’s Stern Graduate School of Business Administration, as well as NYU’s master's program in performing arts management. He has served on many boards of directors and funding and advisory panels for local, state, and national organizations.

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