Catherine Abrams has more than 16 years experience in fundraising and development in NYC. She raises funds for projects in education, arts & culture and human services organizations, including museums, historic sites, non profits for youth and families as well as the homeless. Ms. Abrams writes and obtains grants routinely for Federal, State, City, Foundation and Corporation funding sources. She is a NYU alumna with both a M.A. in Education and a Certificate in Fundraising. Her current employer is Praxis Housing Initiatives.
Gail Koelln is President of GK Grant Writing, a grant writing consulting firm established in 2006. As the former Development Director at Queens Theatre in the Park from 1999 to 2006, Gail has many years of experience researching sources of funding and preparing proposals and reports for foundations, corporations and government agencies. She also worked as the Grants Specialist for Queens Borough President Claire Shulman, where she provided technical assistance regarding fundraising to nonprofit organizations in Queens and processed grant awards from the Borough President for nonprofits. Gail has a Master’s degree in Zoology, a Bachelor’s degree in Biology and a passion for environmental causes. She is currently the Chair of Gotham Green, a business and social networking group for green businesses in New York, a former Chair of the New York City Sierra Club’s Endangered Species Committee and a former docent for the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Bronx Zoo.
In her current position, Linda oversees operational management, strategic planning, and fundraising—including grant-writing, corporate gifts, and special events. Linda has also served as the senior director of communications for Consumer Reports and Consumers Union, the national nonprofit consumer organization, where her responsibilities included collaboration with the development office. Her earlier career in public radio included promotion and development activities such as grant writing, corporate underwriting sales and on-air fundraising. A graduate of the State University of New York at Buffalo, Linda will be awarded a master`s degree in public policy and public administration (MPA) from Columbia University in May 2008.
The Summit will take place at NYU's Kimmel Center located at Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village. The Kimmel Center is just minutes away from subway and train lines (see directions below). The full address is: Kimmel Center Eisner & Lubin Auditorium 60 Washington Square South New York, NY 10012 Directions by Subway Lexington Avenue Subway (6 Train) Local to Astor Place Station. Walk west on Astor Place to Broadway, then south on Broadway to Waverly Place, and west on Waverly Place to Washington Square. Broadway Subway (R,W Trains) Local to Eighth Street Station. Walk south on Broadway to Waverly Place, then west on Waverly Place to Washington Square. Sixth or Eighth Avenue Subway (A, C, E, F, V Trains) Express to West Fourth Street-Washington Square Station. Walk east on West Fourth Street or Waverly Place to Washington Square. Seventh Avenue Subway (1 Train) Local to Christopher Street-Sheridan Square Station. Walk east on West Fourth Street to Washington Square. By Bus Fifth Avenue Bus Buses numbered 2, 2A, 3 and 5 to Eighth Street and University Place. Walk South to Washington Square. Bus numbered 1 to Broadway and Eighth Street. Walk south on Broadway to Waverly Place and west to Washington Square. Eighth Street Crosstown Bus Bus numbered 8 to University Place. Walk south to Washington Square. Broadway Bus Bus numbered 6 to Waverly Place. Walk west to Washington Square. By PATH Train Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) To 9th Street Station Walk south on Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Avenue) to Waverly Place, then east to Washington Square. By Car From Brooklyn Take the Manhattan Bridge. Off the Bridge, take Canal Street West to Avenue of the Americas (6th Avenue). Take 6th Avenue North to West 4th Street and travel East to Washington Square. From Queens Take the 59th Street Bridge. Travel West to Fifth Avenue. Turn South on Fifth Avenue. Fifth Avenue ends at Washington Square. From Staten Island Take the Staten Island Express across the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge crossing into Brooklyn. Take the Belt Parkway (West). Continue on the Belt Parkway to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (East). Take the Manhattan Bridge exit and follow the instructions above to Washington Square. From the Bronx, Westchester County, and Upstate N.Y. Take The New York State Thruway (I-87), which becomes the Major Deegan Expressway in the Bronx. Continue to the Willis Avenue (Third Avenue) Bridge. Then cross to the FDR Drive in Manhattan. Travel South on FDR Drive to Houston Street, then west to La Guardia Place and North 3 blocks to Washington Square. From New Jersey by way of the New Jersey Turnpike Holland Tunnel: Travel North on the Avenue of the Americas (also known as 6th Avenue) to West 4th Street. Turn Right onto West 4th Street to Washington Square. Lincoln Tunnel: Travel East to 5th Avenue; turn Right, going South. Fifth Avenue ends at Washington Square. From George Washington Bridge Take the Henry Hudson Parkway South to 14th Street. Then East to 5th Avenue. Turn South on 5th Avenue which ends at Washington Square. From Long Island Take the Long Island Expressway (also known as the L.I.E. or I-495) to the Queens-Midtown Tunnel. Drive East on 37th Street to 5th Avenue. Take 5th Avenue South to Washington Square
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