The Power of Connectivity and Collaboration Through Art
With Subject Matter Experts
Rusty Zimmerman - Portrait/Poster Artist
Matt Sitter - CEO, AFN
Rusty Zimmerman
Rusty is a portrait/poster artist. His 200 portraits from life and recorded oral histories of Crown Heights have been exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Children's Museum, Brooklyn Borough Hall, and the permanent collection of Poster House NYC.
Zimmerman's work has been featured in London's New York Times, CityLab, and Saatchi Gallery Magazine. He has lectured at Wellesley and Long Island University and was offered an Ellson grant at Harvard. Zimmerman lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
Portrait/Poster Artist
Matt Sitter
Matt focuses on helping organizations approach, develop and execute co-creative solutions to strategic challenges of all kinds. A veteran visual thinker and consultant, Matt works shoulder to shoulder with leaders and their teams to provide the insights, skills and tools to keep pace with increased complexity and accelerated change. He is also a co-author of The Art of Opportunity (John Wiley & Sons), a practical guide to identifying, developing and seizing growth opportunities through strategic innovation.
Matt’s clients have included: American Express, Coca-Cola, Elsevier, Intel, Intercontinental Hotels Group, Microsoft, Mozilla, Nike, Oracle, the Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development, RackSpace, Red Bull, Under Armour, UNESCO, and VF Corporation.
CEO, AFN