New York City

Alice Sachs Zimet, president of Arts + Business Partners, a sponsorship consulting boutique, is one of the chief architects and a leading pioneer in the field of corporate sponsorship. Nonprofit clients include The Actors’ Fund of America, Opera Boston, Harvard University Art Museums, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. During 20 years as director, worldwide cultural affairs at The Chase Manhattan Bank, she worked with performing and visual arts groups in 14 countries and 20 U.S. cities. Alice is an adjunct professor at New York University and teaches regularly for the U.S. Department of State with recent trips to Russia, Hungary, Serbia, and Macedonia. Alice has been involved annually in the National Arts Marketing Project (NAMP) Conference since its inception in 2001.