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Board of Directors and Senior Leadership

Executive Team

James Winans
President & CEO
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Laurie-Anne Bentley, MPA
Chief Development Officer

Karen E. Gaines, MBA
Chief Financial Officer

Cheryl Mitchell, LMSW
Chief Program Officer

Isabella White
Chief Human Resources Officer

Edward Morgan
New York, NY

Robert DeGuzman
Senior Director, Program Effectiveness & Strategy

Kristy Fils-Aime
Program Director, Make Progress/Sustain & Grow

Thomas Jones
Director, Mont Lawn Camp

Deborah Smith
Program Director, Choose Help

Elizabeth Caraballo, Esq.
General Counsel, Senior Director, Risk Management

Brian Ourien
Director, Brand Marketing & Communications

Emily Reasor
Director, Human Resources

Karl Chan
Director, Partnerships

Kim Collins
Director, Campaign & Major Gifts

Melanie Donato
Director, Direct Response Marketing

Ellen Hwang
Director, Volunteer Services & Events

James Macklin
Director, Outreach

Emily Solway
Executive Advisor

Scott Stephenson, Chair
Former Chairman, CEO and President of Verisk Analytics
Chairman of Buckle
Jersey City, NJ

Jamie Baker Knauss, MD, Vice Chair
Pediatrician
New York, NY

Bryan Cho
Executive Vice President
Related Companies
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

Addison Hardy
Senior Program Financial Analyst
MAG Aerospace
Tinton Falls, NJ

Pamela Leggett
Upper Montclair, NJ

Olga Statz, Esq.
Deputy Commissioner & General Counsel
NYC Office of Administrative Trials & Hearings
New York, NY

Alexandra Vassilaros
President
Vassilaros & Sons Coffee Company
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