Karen Brooks Hopkins – ‘BAM…And Then It Hit Me’

Kelly connects with Karen Brooks Hopkins, the former president of the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), to discuss her book “BAM…And Then It Hit Me”

“In an odd way, there is a kind of nobility in fundraising.” 

“The first thing you need to know about fundraising is that it’s not brain surgery. It’s harder than brain surgery.” 

“Good service is everything. No one gives you money to sit in lousy seats.”