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Board of Directors and Senior Leadership

Executive Team

James Winans
President & CEO
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Karl Chan
Chief Development Officer

Karen E. Gaines, DBA, MBA
Chief Financial Officer

Cheryl Mitchell, LMSW
Chief Program Officer

Isabella White, MSc-HRM, SHRM-SCP
Chief Human Resources Officer

Robert DeGuzman
Senior Director, Program Effectiveness & Strategy

Thomas Jones
Director, Mont Lawn Camp

Deborah Smith
Senior Director, Adult Programs

Clarissa R. Malibiran
Director, Finance

Emily Reasor, SHRM-SCP
Senior Director, Human Resources

Victor Ruiz, MBA, MPA
Director, Accounting

Kim Collins
Senior Director, Major Gifts & Development Operations (Interim)

Melanie Donato
Director, Direct Response Marketing

Ellen Hwang
Director, Volunteer Services & Events

James Macklin
Director, Outreach

Emily Solway
Executive Advisor, Development

Scott Stephenson, Chair
Founder of SGS Capital
Former Chairman, CEO and President of Verisk Analytics
Chairman of Avetta
New York, NY

Summer Ellis
Certified Public Accountant, Retired
New York, NY

Gini Elmore
Bloomington, IN

John P. Goetz
Managing Principal & Co-Chief Investment Officer
Pzena Investment Management
New York, NY

Pamela Leggett
Upper Montclair, NJ

Ed Morgan
President Emeritus at The Bowery Mission
Founder and President at Inspirational Leadership
Trumbull, CT

Prof. Dr. Zach Pouga, Esq.
Partner at Ernst & Young, LLP.
Law Professor at NYU
New York, NY

Charles W. Veth
Founder & President
CVM, Inc.
Madison, CT

Rev. Dr. Leon D. Williams, Jr.
Senior Pastor, Praise Tabernacle, Albany, NY
Executive Director, Stand Ministries Outreach Center
Brooklyn, NY

Laura Woodard
Consultant
New York, NY