Board of Directors/ Advisory Board

Board of Directors

Francine Cournos, MD, Ph. D. - Chair
Acting Director of New York State Psychiatric Institute
Director, Washington Heights Community Service
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

Sean Bolser, Esq.
Deputy Federal Public Defender, Office of the Federal Public Defender

Deborah Hayes, Psy.D - Treasurer
Psychologist, North Central Bronx Hospital

Mitchell Hurley
Partner, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer, & Feld

Jeremy Kohomban
President/CEO, Children's Village

Umang Kajaria
Associate, Silver Lake Partners

Evette Soto-Maldonado, Esq. - Secretary
Attorney

Advisory Board

Len Elmore, Chair
Attorney; Basketball Analyst

Jonathan Adler
Owner/Designer, Jonathan Adler New York

Michael Dal Bello
Managing Director, The Blackstone Group

Lauren Bank Deen
President/Executive Producer, Cake Productions

Siman Doonan
Creative Director, Barneys

Kikka Hanazawa
Business Partner, VPL Studio

Seth Hendon
Partner, Tinicum Incorporated

James Markey
Partner, Duane Morris LLP

Tony Petitti
President/CEO, MLB Network

Richard Plepler
Senior Vice President, HBO Corporate Communications

Claire Reed
Community Activist

C. Curtis Ritter
Director of External Communications & Media Relations, CIT Group, Inc.

Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta
Commissioner, NYC Fire Department

Sheldon Stein
Managing Partner, Ranger Properties, LLC

Joseph Wayland
Partner, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett