Bio

Kate Conroy founded Conroy Media, Inc. a Manhattan-based s-corporation servicing corporate clients with media solutions for promotion, training, and business development. After 9/11, Conroy took a second home in the western Catskills town of Liberty. The needs of her newfound community redirected her capitalistic trajectory to community development. Driven by the tendency to fix things, Conroy reduced her professional time and began committing philanthropic hours to her 2nd-home community by organizing and consulting for the Village of Liberty, Catskill Regional Medical Center, and Catskill Art Society.

Conroy joined the board of Catskill Art Society as Chair and was elected its President in 2004. Tapping into Kate's education in art history and gallery work, CAS seized all her attention. In the few years since, Kate has implemented a successful organizational turnaround. She has re-built the board, recruited and hired new staff, renewed confidence of membership, the public, and arts agencies. Currently, CAS is rolling out a $350K long-range re-development plan including; self-study, mission, values, grant and donor development to facilitate a complete relocation and scope-of-service expansion.

Conroy attributes her successes to rigorous consensus building, dogged dedication, and a heavy dose of levity.