Board of Directors

  • Mrs. Lawrence Herbert, Co-Chair
  • Kate Spade, Co-Chair
  • Nancy Novogrod, Vice-Chair
  • Michael Caplin, President
  • Kerry J. Sulkowicz, MD, Vice-President
  • Kenneth Mersel, Treasurer
  • Lyn Paulsin *, Secretary
  • Martin Richards *, Chairman Emeritus
  • Stacy Ruchlamer Bernheim
  • Pilar Guzman
  • Heidi Mitchell
  • Christine Rales
  • Laura L. Scheuer
  • Lauren Vanoni Vernon
  • George T. Votis
  • Ali Wing
  • Emeritus
  • James E. Burke
  • Joanne Leonhardt Cassullo
  • Alexander D. Forger
  • Mrs. Kenneth Langone
  • Jewell Jackson McCabe
  • Georgette Mosbacher *
  • Katie Jacobs Robinson
  • Carolyne Roehm
  • Mrs. Edmond J. Safra
  • Charlotte St. Martin
  • Paola Schulhof
  • Mrs. Henry Silverman
  • * Co-founders

Board of Advisors

  • Lilliam Barrios-Paoli,
    Chief Executive Officer, Safe Space
  • Eric Brettschneider,
    Director, Agenda for Children Tomorrow
  • Beverly Brooks,
    Beverly Brooks Consulting
  • Ann Marie Connell,
    Deputy Inspector, New York Police Department Special Victims Division
  • The Hon. Michael J. Corriero,
    Judge, Court of Claims, New York State Supreme Court
  • James R. Dumpson, Ph.D.,
    Visiting Professor of Graduate School of Social Service, Fordham University
  • Edward Hayes, Esq.
  • Joshua Marquez,
    Citywide Coordinator, Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Program, NYC Department of Education
  • John B. Mattingly,
    Commissioner, Administration for Children’s Services
  • Mel Schneiderman, Ph.D.,
    Director, Vincent J. Fontana Center for Child Protection
  • Iona Siegel,
    Executive Director, Mount Sinai Sexual Assault and Violence Intervention Program
  • Louise Sommers, Esq.
  • Nancy Wackstein,
    Executive Director, United Neighborhood Houses, Inc.