2026-2027 Board of Directors

Officers/Executive Committee

President: Melissa Kerbel, Kerbel Philanthrophy

 VP Programs: Tiffany Christopher, Marist University

VP of Membership: Jennifer Levine, Stony Brook University

Treasurer: Jamie Abbott, JAZZ HOUSE KiDS

Secretary: Linda Ortiz, Consultant

Board of Directors

Roberta Albert, Columbia University

Kristen Barrett, New 42

Joanne Curry, Creative Fundraising Advisors

Jackie Garcia, The Partnership To End Homelessness

Jess Gorman, CCS Fundraising

Souzan Hanna, Northwell Foundation

Pam Heller, Montefiore Einstein

Lisa Lager, Lisa Lager Consulting

Josie Marescot, Columbia Business School

Amanda Riley, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Amy Sigona, CFRE, CAMBA

Katie Tynes, DoSomething.org

Yulia Zhernovaya, Giveffect

Past Presidents

Betty Becker
Barbara Bonner
Brooke Bryant
Maggie Buchwald
Patricia M. Foster
Susan Fulwiler
Marguerite Gilpatric

Marcela Hahn

Linda C. Hartley
Margaret Holman
Harriet Inselbuch
Yolanda F. Johnson

Jane Karlin
Barbara I. Leshinsky
Poonam Prasad
Brenna Sheenan Mayer
Svetlana Mostovsky
Shelia Stanford
Virginia Strull
Nicole Thigpen Felix
Susan Ulin
Kerry Walsh
Sally Yarmolinsky