Kevin R. Brine is an artist, writer and philanthropist living in New York City; Water Mill, New York and Patmos, Greece. Mr. Brine received a MBA in 1981 from New York University Leonard N. Stern School of Business and a MA in English and American Literature in 1993 from New York University’s Graduate School of Arts and Science.

A member of the Sir Harold Acton Society, Mr. Brine is active in supporting the Elmer Holmes Bobst Library where he established the Brine Commons and a fund for 18th Century Literature. In the English Department, Mr. Brine funds programs for doctoral students and for graduate English colloquium. In 1999, he was honored with the Alumni Meritorious Service Award. Mr. Brine also served as trustee from 2003-2007.

Mr. Brine’s foundation, The Jessica E. Smith and Kevin R. Brine Charitable Trust, founded in 1989, supports cultural education, medical and environmental institutions. Mr. Brine is a co-founder of Artemis IV, LLC, which is a fund for sustainable agriculture. Mr. Brine is a director of Delphi Financial Group, an insurance company listed on the New York Stock Exchange. He is a trustee of SCB, Inc. (formerly Sanford C. Bernstein, & Co, Inc.), The Whitney Museum of American Art, The World Monuments Fund and CalArts. He is also a member of the Chairman’s Council of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.