Board of Directors

BOARD CHAIR
Jill Braufman

CHAIR EMERITUS
Laurie M. Tisch

BOARD VICE CHAIR
Jody Gottfried Arnhold

SECRETARY/TREASURER
Christina Mason

Richard Anderman
Lawrence B. Benenson, Partner, Benenson Capital Partners, LLC
Aidan Connolly
Judith K. Dimon, Chairman, Education Advisory Board, Children's Aid Society
Cyrus E. Driver; Deputy Director, Education and Scholarship; Ford  Foundation
Peter Duchin, President, Peter Duchin Orchestras, Inc.
Frederick J. Frelow, EdD, Program Officer, Ford Foundation
Arthur Greenberg, EdD
John J. Hannan, Apollo Management, L.P.
Michael Lofton
Kavitha Mediratta; Program Officer; Arts, Education, and Human Justice;
The New York Community Trust
David J. Pollak, Senior Strategic Advisor and Independent Consultant, McKenna, Long & Aldridge
David Sherman, American Federation of Teachers
David Shookhoff, Director of Education, Manhattan Theatre Club
Bruce Silverstein, Owner/Founder, Silverstein Photography
Shari Misher Stenzler, President, London Misher Public Relations
Jennifer Sucov, Prevention Magazine
Charles Traub, Photographer; Chair, Photography and Related Media Dept., School of Visual Arts
Marlene Wallach, President, Wilhelmina Kids and Teens

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Richard Kessler

EMERITUS
Richard A. Barasch, Chairman and CEO, Universal American Financial Corporation
Blair Effron

NEW YORK CITY EX OFFICIO
Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor
Joel I. Klein Chancellor, Chancellor, Department of Education
Kate D. Levin, Commissioner, Department of Cultural Affairs

IN MEMORIAM
Kitty Carlisle-Hart
Schuyler Chapin, Former Commissioner, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs