Our Team
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Ebony Abel
Academic Support
Coordinator -
Nicole Marie Alexander
Executive Communications Manager &
Executive Assistant -
Isaac Fowler
Academic Support
Coordinator -
Raquisha Harris
Finance & Operations Strategy
Manager -
Dr. Nadia Lopez
Chief Impact Officer
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Kate Ogonek
Director of Development &
Innovative Capacity Building -
Minerva Pascual
Recruitment and Partnerships
Manager -
Marlon Peterson
Executive Director
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Whitney Vairin
Director of Higher Education &
Fellowships
Our Board of Directors
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Onyekachi “Kachi” Akoma
Executive Director of Facilities and Planning, CUNY York College
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Cynthia Alberts
Vice President, Macquarie Group
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Irene Branche
Vice Chair
Chief Development and Evaluation Officer, The HOPE Program -
Barbara Calderoni
Executive Director, Head of Human Resources Communications, JP Morgan Chase
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Ruth Casseus
Investor Relations, FVLCRUM Funds
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Barat Dickman
Senior Vice President, ADP
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Liza Eaton
Director of Talent Development and Recruitment, NBC
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Yolanda Johnson-Peterkin
Executive Director, Housing Initiatives, Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice
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Jacki Kelly
Deputy Executive Director of Development & External Relations, Hudson Guild
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Maura Kernan
Governance Committee Chair
Heidell Pittoni, Murphy, and Bach, LLP -
Mandy Nguyen
Secretary
Heidell Pittoni, Murphy, and Bach LLP -
Jane Pauls
Finance Committee Chair
Chief Accounting Officer, Bloomberg LP -
Stefen R. Short
Supervising Attorney, The Legal Aid Society, Prisoners’ Rights Project
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Helen “Skip” Skipper
Founding Executive Director, NYC Justice Peer Initiative
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Joy Thoma
Chair
Senior Vice President, Counsel, Business Conduct Office, Mastercard (Ret.) -
Dawn Walker
Associate Vice President of Communications & Marketing, SUNY Downstate
Our Advisory Board
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Michelle Fine, Ph.D
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Julie Johnson Staples
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Diane Stevens Liotta
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Susan P. Sturm, J.D
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Founder
Barbara Martinsons
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Past Executive Director
Vivian D. Nixon
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Chair Emeritus
Peter Bakstansky