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Educational Background
Rebecca Carew is the Director of Strategic Partnerships & Corporate Relations at the New York Public Library (NYPL). With over 17 years of experience in the field of cultural nonprofit development, she has worked in nonprofit communications, membership acquisition and engagement, fundraising, and in the conceptualization and management of strategic partnerships at a variety of arts, research, and historical institutions including Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) and the Levine Museum of the New South.
Throughout her career, Rebecca has amassed a broad portfolio of integrated collaborations—building bases of support for nonprofit institutions, local communities, and the wider cultural ecosystem. In addition, she has consulted a variety of arts and culture institutions on communication, fundraising, and small business engagement practices, with the objective of developing effective and impactful strategies in New York City and beyond; and, remains actively engaged in the ever-evolving dialogue on the relationship between the arts and corporate funding. Her devoted tenure in the arts and culture sector allows her to fulfill a lifelong passion for art and philanthropy in service of her unwavering belief that art is a major catalyst for social change.
Rebecca graduated from Appalachian State University, where she majored in Cultural Anthropology.