Dr. Jocelynne Rainey
President & CEO
She/Her | Bedford-Stuyvesant
Our Team
Senior Team
Brenda Catalano
Chief Development Officer
She/Her
Nicole G. Epps
Chief Operating & Financial Officer
She/Her | Midwood/East Flatbush
Liane Stegmaier
Chief of Staff
She/Her | Flatbush
Jilian Cahan Gersten
Vice President of Philanthropic Initiatives
She/Her | Park Slope
Sabrina Hargrave
Vice President of Programs
She/Ella | Midwood
Staff
Maggie Bautista
Donor Services Associate
She/Her | Park Slope
Ramlah Boadi
Marketing Manager
She/Her
Keyla Davis
Grants Associate
She/Her
Sabine Frid-Bernards
Program Officer
She/Her | Bedford-Stuyvesant
Janine Gibbs
Senior Accountant
She/Her | Crown Heights
Donna Lennon
Program Officer
She/Her | Clinton Hill
Noel McKenzie
Nonprofit Engagement Manager
He/Him | Prospect Heights
Marlon Myers
IT Manager
He/Him | Brownsville
Elana Nussbaum Cohen
Communications Associate
They/Them | Prospect Heights
Melissa Pawlak
Donor Services Manager
She/Her | Greenpoint
Jameela Syed
Communications Manager
She/Her | South Brooklyn
Nathalie Taveras
Operations Manager
She/Her | Midwood
Board of Directors
Michael Gillespie, Co-Chair
Debevoise & Plimpton
He/Him
Nicole Gueron, Co-Chair
Clarick Gueron Reisbaum LLP
She/Her
Hilary Ley Jager, Vice Chair
A Better Way
She/Her
Andi Phillips, Treasurer
Maycomb Capital
She/Her
Katharine Darrow, Secretary
Retired, The New York Times Company
She/Her
Thomas Bettridge
NY Congregational Community Services Congregational Home Legacy Fund
He/Him
Michelle DeFossett
Girls Who Invest
She/Her
Peter Furci
Debevoise & Plimpton
He/Him
Tanya Friedman
Hunter College
She/Her
Lesleigh Irish-Underwood
Vibrant Emotional Health
She/Her
Zul Jamal
Moelis & Company
He/Him
Mamie Kanfer Stewart
Meeteor
She/Her
Lawanna Kimbro
Stardust
She/Her
Vivian Liao Korich
Totem
She/Her
Lorena Kourousias
Mixteca
She/Her
Harsha G. Marti
Warburg Pincus
He/Him
Noa Meyer
BDT & Company
She/Her
Carley Roney
The Knot
She/Her
Shaheen Rushd
Retired, Pomerantz LLP
She/Her
Connie Sargent
She/Her
Vishal Sheth
Global FIG at Apollo
He/Him
Timothy Simons
Forethought Advisors, LLC
He/Him
Shelley Stewart III
McKinsey & Company
He/Him
Susannah Taylor
READ 718
She/Her
Rabbi Rachel Timoner
Congregation Beth Elohim
She/Her
Carmencita Whonder
Brownstein Hyatt Faber Schreck
She/Her
Sarah Williams
Propel Capital
She/Her
Advisory Council
Guided by our belief that those who are closest to the challenges are closest to the solutions, we center residents with lived experience and expertise as key decisionmakers in reviewing grant proposals, conducting site visits, and selecting nonprofits for funding.
Alyssa Belle
She/Her | East New York
Jo-Ena Bennett
She/Her | Bushwick
Monique Brizz-Walker
She/Her | Prospect-Lefferts
Melanie Hart
She/Her | Bed-Stuy
Xavier Ifill
He/Him | East Flatbush
Farrah Lafontant
She/Her | East New York
Traci Lester
She/Her | Flatbush/Prospect Park South
Jackie McKinney
She/Her | East Flatbush
Nicole Robinson-Etienne
She/Her | Canarsie
Jordan Smoczyk
She/Her | Williamsburg
Bonnie Sultan
She/Her | South Brooklyn
Adrien Lorenzo Weibgen
They/Them | Flatbush