Board Officers

John Craig, Chair; The Commonwealth Fund
Michael Clark, President
Ian Benjamin, Vice Chair; McGladrey & Pullen LLP
Richard Burns, Esq., Vice Chair; Arcus Foundation
Gregory Cohen, Vice Chair; Cause Effective
Carol Kurzig, Vice Chair; Avon Foundation
Charlene Laniewski, Vice Chair; KPMG Metro New York Public Sector
Ilene Mack, Vice Chair; The William Randolph Hearst Foundations (retired)
Robert J. Vanni, Esq., Vice Chair; New York Public Library
Merble Reagon, Secretary; Women's Center for Education & Career Advancement
Shin Richard Miyoshi, Treasurer; Westport/Weston Family Y
Howard Dressner, Esq., Founding President (deceased, December 2002)
John Temple Swing, Esq., Founding Chair
Peter Swords, Esq., President Emeritus


Board Members

Seema Agnani, Chhaya Community Development Corporation
Fran Barrett, The Atlantic Philanthropies
Miriam Buhl, Esq., Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Bill Chess, Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide (retired)
Leslie Goldman, New York Academy of Medicine (retired)
Sandra Lamb, Lamb Advisors
Sheila Lewandowski, The Chocolate Factory Theater
Rhonda A. Lewis, Bridge Street Development Corporation
Carolyn McLaughlin, BronxWorks
Cao K. O, Asian American Federation of New York
Caroline Kim Oh, iMentor
Stephanie Palmer, New York City Mission Society
Isaiah Sheffer, Symphony Space
Michele Smalley, Wachovia Bank, Atlantic Tax-Exempt Advisory Group
Emily Smith
G. Robert Watts, Care for the Homeless

Directors Emeriti

Natalie Abatemarco, Citigroup
William Aguado, Bronx Council on the Arts
Lucy Cabrera, Food Bank for New York City

Sean Delany, Lawyers Alliance for New York
James Greilsheimer, Esq., Blank RomeTenzer Greenblatt LLP
Barry Grove, Manhattan Theatre Club
Lewis Harris, Queens Community House
Carla Hunter, Weizmann Global Endowment Management Trust
Martha Johns
John Kaiteris, Hellenic American Neighborhood Action Community
Gregory King, Strategic Philanthropy Advisors
Jessica Lee
Nancy Lublin, Do Something
Howard Mantel, Institute of Public Administration
Prema Mathai-Davis
Mary McCormick,
 Fund for the City of New York
Harvey Newman
Nicholas Platt, Asia Society
Margarita Rosa, Grand Street Settlement
Andrew Schaffer, Esq.
J. David Seay, Cerebral Palsy Associations of New York State
Patricia Smalley
Ellen Stewart, La Mama Experimental Theatre Club (deceased, 2011)
Walter Sweet, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors


Nov 09 2011