Ken Grossinger

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Ken Grossinger is Chairman of the CrossCurrents Foundation, a non-profit foundation supporting social and economic justice. Grossinger worked for more than twenty years in the labor movement prior to entering the world of philanthropy. He represented the Service Employees International Union for ten years, running organizing, legislative and political campaigns.  During the next decade he directed legislative field operations for the AFL-CIO.  He is widely regarded as an expert in pioneering national field strategies for labor and non-profit organizations and he is well known for building long-enduring community/labor alliances. Formerly a community organizer in the early eighties, Grossinger co-launched the Human SERVE Fund, a national advocate organization that initiated and led the successful decade-long fight for passage of the National Voter Registration Act, commonly known as Motor Voter.

Grossinger holds a Masters degree from Columbia University and his published work analyzes labor and community organizing strategy.  In addition to managing CrossCurrents, Grossinger serves as a strategic consultant to unions and non-profit organizations. Grossinger is a commissioner on the Washington, DC Housing Authority Board of Commissioners and serves on several boards of directors including the Alliance for Justice and the Center for Health Environment and Justice.