karen kiss
Director of Institutional Giving
Prior to joining the Venice Arts team in 2012, Karen served as the Managing Director of Reading to Kids. Prior, she spent seven years with Inside Out Community Arts, first as Development Director, then Managing Director. Karen produced the award-winning documentary film Last Call at Maud’s, the Independent Television Service’s Pride Divide (with funds from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting) and a film festival short Xmas Past. She was the Research and Training Director for Lettuce Amuse U’s Corporate Division, where she wrote training programs and worked with professional comedians who delivered them to clients including Vons, Disneyland, Pennzoil, Amtrak among others. Karen also spent several years working with corporate communications at the investment banking firm Dresdner, Kleinwort, Wasserstein. She currently sits on the Advisory Board of the Venice Heritage Museum and holds Master’s degree from San Francisco State University.