Board of Directors

(Pictured left to right: Matthew Cohen, Vice Chair, Bethany Jankunis, JD, MSW, Secretary, Lanita A. Ward-Jones, Chair, and Geremy Kawaller, Treasurer)

Lanita A. Ward-Jones, Chair
Senior Coordinator
Madison Square Garden Arena

Matthew Cohen, Vice Chair
Vice President
Signature Bank

Geremy Kawaller, Treasurer
Director
BlackRock

Bethany Jankunis, JD, MSW, Secretary
Chief of Staff, Executive Director of Development and Strategic Projects
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

Jimmy Asci
Senior Managing Director
Teneo

Giselle Byrd
Assistant
The Katz Company

Blane Charles
Design Consultant
Founder/President, Blane Charles Design

Will Craig
Founder and CEO
ELDR

Carl Gaines
Founder
C Gaines Communications & Content

James T. Evans, JD, PhD
Director, Dispute Resolution
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

Daniel McGee
Managing Director
National Lawyers Guild Foundation

Lisa Ayn Padilla, JD, LL.M.
Beryl Therapeutics, Inc.

William Pagano, MD, MPH
Retired Internal and Preventive Medicine Physician

Shane S. Spicer, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Columbia University

June Stafford, RN
Registered Nurse
New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center