Leadership

OUR TEAM

Executive Team

Sam Schaeffer

Chief Executive Officer
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Christopher Watler

Executive Vice President
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Yuri Okumura

Chief Legal Officer
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Julia Burns

Chief Financial Officer
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Sarah Glenn-Leistikow

Vice President, Learning & Performance
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Mary Bedeau

Deputy Executive Director, NYC
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Patience Lewis-Walker

Vice President, Vocational Programs
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Valerie Greenhagen

Vice President, Social Enterprise
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Amber Greenleaf

Senior Director, Employee Experience
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Pamela Lachman

Chief Strategy Officer
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Nate Garcia

Chief of Staff
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Senior Leadership Team

Courtney Adkinson

Director, Campaigns
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Leah Bacon

Director, Investment Advocacy
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Claire Brown

Director, Compliance
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Ashley Cheng

Director, Culture and Engagement
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Thailia Elcock-Bowen

Deputy Director, Legal and Compliance
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Nadra Dennis

Director, Talent Development
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Noely Drummond

Director, Learning and Impact
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Victor Ellis

Regional Director, New York State
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Hillary Facchine Williams

Director, Coverage & Coaching
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Christina Johnson-Click

Director, Program Performance (Regional)
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Caitlin Kennedy

Assistant General Counsel
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Rebecca Lang

Director, Strategic Implementation
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KaShonda Lawson

Regional Director, Northern California
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Marcus Mills

Director, Program Services
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Olu Martins

Regional Program Director, Midwest
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Maurice Motley

Director, Strategic Implementation
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Casey Pheiffer

Director, Policy
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Simone Price

Director, Organizing
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Bill Reese

Director, Salesforce
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Brad Reesman

Director, Financial and Grants Management
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Melissa Riccio

Director of Inclusive Hiring
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Genevieve Rimer

Senior Director, Inclusive Hiring
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Camila Rodriguez

Senior Counsel
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Matt Sutton

Director of Communications
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Ayanna Teesdale

Director, Financial Operations
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Johanna King-Vespe

Senior Director, Program Services
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Pat Viklund

Vice President, Program Advancement
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Aaron Walling

Regional Director, Southern California
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Jamal Williams

Director, Program Improvement
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Dane Worthington

Director, Economic Opportunity
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Arlene Yang

Senior Counsel
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Marlene Cedeno

Director, Contracts Reporting
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James Martin

Director, IT
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Samuel Hanna

Director, Policy and Business Development
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Rochelle Trujillo

Regional Director, Program Delivery
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Board

Emary Aronson

Chief Knowledge Officer and Senior Advisor to the CEO
The Robin Hood Foundation
New York, NY

Travis Baird

Executive Director
Maverick Capital Foundation (MCF)
New York, NY

Elizabeth Balfour

Partner
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
San Diego, CA

Brandon Belford

Chief Commercial Officer
Applegreen Electric
New York, NY

Melanca Clark

President and CEO
Hudson-Webber Foundation
New York, NY

Joli Cooper

Strategic Advisor
Commonwealth National
BankMobile, AL / Tampa, FL

Khalil Cumberbatch

Director of Engagement & Partnerships
Council on Criminal Justice

Bruce Evans

Head of Mergers and Acquisitions
Deutsche Bank
New York, NY

Ellen V. Holloman

Litigation Partner
Kaplan Martin LLP
New York, NY

Abd’Allah Lateef

Deputy Director
Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth
Philadelphia, PA

Kathryn Mannes

Vice President
Jobs For The Future
Washington, DC

Michael Mendoza

National Criminal Justice Director
LatinoJustice PRLDEF
Los Angeles, CA

David Moskovitz

Senior Managing Director
Accenture
New York, NY

Andrew van der Vord

Global Co-Head of Consumer Retail
Deutsche Bank
New York, NY
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