Mr. Bourscheidt is the president of the Alliance for the Arts, a New York-based arts advocacy organization. His longtime professional involvement in the arts in New York has included serving as deputy commissioner of cultural affairs in the 1980s and as chairman of the New York City Advisory Commission for Cultural Affairs in the 1990s.

Under his leadership, the Alliance has published a number of studies on the cultural community in the city, state and region including: Arts as an Industry: Their Economic Impact on New York City and New York State; NYC Arts Audiences: Attendance at NYC Cultural Venues; Culture Builds New York: The Economic Impact of Capital Construction at New York City Cultural Institutions and Who Pays for the Arts: Income for the Nonprofit Cultural Industry in New York City. The Alliance also publishes the newly designed promotional Web sites, NYC-ARTS.org and NYCkidsARTS.org.

Mr. Bourscheidt is a trustee of the American Friends of the Paris Opera and Ballet, City Center of Music and Drama, the George Balanchine Foundation, the Landmarks Preservation Foundation, and Moving Theater. He is a former chairman of the Committee for the Dance Collection of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, and a former trustee of Creative Time. He is a member of the National Committee of Glimmerglass Opera, on the advisory committee of Chez Bushwick and chairman of the Brendan Gill Prize jury of the Municipal Art Society.

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