PR 25-0284 — Board of Trustees of the University of the District of Columbia Ken Grossinger Confirmation Resolution of 2023

MURIELENROLLED BOWSERORIGINAL MAYORA JuneRESOLUTION 15,25-247 2023IN TheTHE HonorableCOUNCIL PhilOF MendelsonTHE ChairmanDISTRICT CouncilOF ofCOLUMBIA theSeptember District19, of2023 ColumbiaTo Johnconfirm A.the reappointment of Mr.

Wilson Building Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 504 Washington, DC 20004 Dear Chairman Mendelson:

In accordance with section 2 of the Confirmation Act of 1978, effective March 3, 1979 (D.C.

Law 2- 142;

D.C.

Official Code § 1-523.01), and pursuant to section 201 of the District of Columbia Public Postsecondary Education Reorganization Act, approved October 26, 1974 (88 Stat.

1424;

D.C.

Official Code § 38-1202.01), I am pleased to nominate the following person:

Mr.

Ken Grossinger N Street, NW Washington, DC 20007 (Ward 2) for reappointment as a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of the District of Columbia, for a term to end May 15, 2028.

Enclosed you will find biographical infonnation detailing the experience of the above-mentioned nominee, together with proposed resolution to assist the Council during the confirmation process.

I would appreciate the Council’s earliest consideration of this nomination for confirmation.

Please do not hesitate to contact me, or Steven Walker, Director, Mayor’s Office of Talent and Appointments, should the Council require additional information.

Since’ Murie Bowker Mayo \ Chairman Phil Mendelson at the request of the Mayor A PROPOSED RESOLUTION IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA To confirm the reappointment of Mr.

Ken Grossinger N Street, NW Washington, DC 20007 (Ward 2) as a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of the District of Columbia, pursuantestablished toby section 201 of the District of Columbia Public Postsecondary Education Reorganization Act, approved October 26, 1974 (88 Stat.

The Council of the District of Columbia shall transmit a copy of this resolution, upon its adoption, to the nomineenominee, andthe toBoard of Trustees of the University of the District of Columbia, and the Office of the Mayor.

Ken Grossinger Experience - Present DEMOCRACY PARTNERS, Principal and Director, Impact Washington, DC Philanthropy Division • Senior strategic advisor to select group of non-profit advocacy, arts and philanthropic organizations • Hired for strategic planning, governance, board development and fundraising strategy • Sample Client listing:

Women’s Donor Network, New Israel Fund, NatT Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, Communications Workers of America (CWA), Telluride Arts District - Present CROSSCURRENTS FOUNDATION - Co-Founder and Chairman Washington, DC Launched and led family foundation dedicated to promoting social and economic justice through non­ partisan civic engagement and arts funding • Developed mission, goals, strategy and funding guidelines • Built and managed all operations, including governance, legal, accounting, investments and distribution of 40-50 annual grants in DC and nationwide • Formed close personal alliances with other key funders to advance grant-making goals • Core DC grant recipients include DC Int’l Film and Jazz Festivals, Mosaic Theatre, AU Katzen Arts Ctr., Open Arms Housing, the Phillips Collection, Alliance for Justice 1997-2005 AFL-CIO - Director of Legislative Field Operations Washington, DC • Managed field operations for all issue and legislative campaigns for America's largest labor federation • Organized wide-ranging coalitions to win policy victories at the national and state level • Provided strategic direction to 50 internal staff and scores of labor and non-profit allies • Led dozens of campaigns related to Social Security, healthcare, trade policy, labor law and more 1987- 1996 SEIU - Legislative Field Director Washington, DC and San Francisco, CA • Designed and organized legislative field operations for the fastest growing union in the country • Built strategic alliances with affiliates and community groups to advance legislative agenda • Liaison to the White House, Congress, national and community organizations.

Appointed member.

President Clinton’s Health Care Task Force - 1986 FUND FOR OPEN INFORMATION & ACCOUNTABILITY - Executive Director New York, NY • Led all aspects of advocacy organization working to strengthen public access laws • Managed programs, operations, Board development, fundraising • Trained over 200 labor, religious and community groups to use FOIA and Right to Know laws - 1984 HUMAN SERVE FUND - Founding Staff and New York State Director New York, NY • Co-launched advocacy organization that paved the way for passage of the National Voter Registration Act ("Motor Voter") • Built low-income and minority voter registration coalitions in 15 cities throughout New York • Led prototyping of field and media strategy in New York, then rolled it out across the country • Supervised staff, field research for litigation against voter suppression, training programs Affiliations • Board of Trustees, Hirshhorn Museum & • Board of Directors, (Chair), CrossCurrents Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Foundation • Board of Trustees, UDC • Board of Directors, People’s Action • Board of Directors, Skylight Pictures Institute Education 1980- 1982 COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK New York, NY • M.S.W., C.S.W.

1972- 1976 S.U.N.Y.

Brockport Brockport, NY • B.S., Psychology and Philosophy ★ ★ ★ WE ARE WASHINGTON Executive Office of the Mayor - Office of Talent and Appointments John A.

Wilson Building | 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 600 | Washington, DC 20004 Ken Grossinger Ken Grossinger is a principal at Democracy Partners (DP), a strategic consulting firm where he directs the Impact Philanthropy and Donor advising division.

Mr.

Grossinger works with institutional and individual donors and advocate organizations to maximize the strategic use of their resources to advance policy and program priorities.

In addition to serving as a principal at DP, Mr.

Grossinger is co-founder and Chair of the CrossCurrents Foundation and its sister affiliate in London, CrossCurrents-UK.

The funding portfolios of both foundations focus on non-partisan civic engagement, civil liberties, human rights and the arts.

Prior to entering the world of philanthropy, for two decades Mr.

Grossinger was one of the labor movement’s leading strategists.

He represented public and private sector workers at Service Employees International Union for ten years, and for the next decade he directed legislative field operations for the AFL- CIO.

Formerly a community organizer, Mr.

Grossinger co-launched the Human SERVE Fund, a national advocate organization that initiated and led the successful fight for passage of the National Voter Registration Act, commonly known as Motor Voter.

Mr.

Grossinger is active or has served on several governing boards including the Alliance for Justice (Chair), Washington DC Housing Authority Board of Commissioners (formerly Vice­ Chair), the Environmental Grantmakers Association, and the Grantmakers in the Arts.

He is also on the advisory board of the NY New School for Social Research Center for Art and Politics.

A Ward 1 resident, Mr.

Grossinger received his Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Philosophy from S.U.N.Y.

Brockport and his Masters in Social Work from Columbia University.