Our Team

Our Board of Directors

  • Onyekachi “Kachi” Akoma

    Executive Director of Facilities and Planning, CUNY York College

  • Cynthia Alberts

    Vice President, Macquarie Group

  • Irene Branche

    Vice Chair
    Chief Development and Evaluation Officer, The HOPE Program

  • Barbara Calderoni

    Executive Director, Head of Human Resources Communications, JP Morgan Chase

  • Ruth Casseus

    Investor Relations, FVLCRUM Funds

  • Barat Dickman

    Senior Vice President, ADP

  • Liza Eaton

    Director of Talent Development and Recruitment, NBC

  • Yolanda Johnson-Peterkin

    Executive Director, Housing Initiatives, Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice

  • Jacki Kelly

    Deputy Executive Director of Development & External Relations, Hudson Guild

  • 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

  • Helen “Skip” Skipper

    Founding Executive Director, NYC Justice Peer Initiative

  • 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

  • Michelle Fine, Ph.D

  • Julie Johnson Staples

  • Diane Stevens Liotta

  • Susan P. Sturm, J.D

  • Founder

    Barbara Martinsons

  • Past Executive Director

    Vivian D. Nixon

  • Chair Emeritus

    Peter Bakstansky