OUR LEADERS
STAFF TEAM
Ameen Akbar
Chief Mission Officer
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Justin Bangs
Chief Operating Officer
Randy Butler-Tillotson
VP of Program Operations & Impact
Christian Diaz
Manager of Enrichment
Yael Futer
Chief of Staff
Samantha Heliodoro
Director of Impact & Evaluation
Simonne Jordan
Coordinator of Enrichment
Angel Lopez
Development Coordinator
John Owens
Director of Basketball Programs
Jennifer Sierra
Development Manager, Foundations
AJ Thompson
Accounting Coordinator
Eric Worley
Co-Founder & VP of Basketball Programs
Zach Anderson
Coordinator of Basketball Programs
DaTwan Bolden
Manager of Basketball Programs
Maggie Connolly
Manager of Revenue
Thomas Faulstich
Chief Financial Officer
Julia Green
Manager of Development
Kenny Holdsman
Co-Founder & CEO
Kyle Lafferty
Director of People Power
James Luciano
Manager of Guest Experience & Administration
Nicole Pender
Vice President of Development
Zuri Stone
Director of Enrichment
Edgar Valentin Jr.
Content Creation Coordinator
Cynthia Wright-Whitley
Manager of Enrichment
Ellen Bair
Manager of Enrichment
Jasmine Brown
People Power Coordinator
Nahijee Cross
Marketing & Communications Manager
Flora Feldman
Manager of Strategy
Troy Harper
Coordinator of Basketball Programs
Angeliqué Israel
Program Operations Manager
Alicia Lake
Earned Revenue Coordinator
Billie Owens
Guest Experience Coordinator
Max Raiken
Vice President of Revenue
Greg Thomson
Director of Skilled Building Trades
Byron Void
Accounting Manager
CJ Yeboah-Afari
Coordinator of Basketball Programs
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Brooke Queenan
Chairperson
Isaiah Nathaniel
Vice Chairperson
Strategic Planning Committee Chair
Tyneeha Rivers
Secretary
Personnel Committee Chair
Alan Gubernick
Treasurer
Budget and Finance Committee Chair
Paul Aschkenasy
Property Committee Chair
Dr. Jayme Banks
Michael Cohen
Erinn Corbett-Wright
William Ellerbee
Dr. Helene Glassberg
Kenneth B. Holdsman
CEO
Bob Kothari
John Langel
At-Large
Kafi Lindsay
Joel Litvin
Marshall Mitchell
Marlene Mo Olshan
Bishop Devin Park
Albert P. Parker
Brian Peterson
Program Committee Chair
Robert Quint
Craig Scott
Mark Silow
Governance and Nominating Committee Chair
Samuel Silvers
Ad Hoc - Generator
Michael Spolan
Dr. David Thomas
James Thompson
Howard Widra
Debbie Zumoff
At-Large
NEXTGEN COMMITTEE
Carinthia Bank
Nick Browne
Nahijee Cross
David Fenster
Flora Feldman
Aijea Fowler
Liam Gillespie
Will Kane
Chris Leporati
Jack Levu
Torri LaSmith - Diversity Equity Inclusion & People Power Co-Chair
Avery Marz
Justin Mcfadden
Morgan Pastner Jaffe - Diversity Equity Inclusion & People Power Co-Chair
Blair Pie - Events & Development Chair
Jake Paul
Nicholas Poplizio
Phil Share - Program & Professional Development Chair
Bryan Shapiro
Matthew Sherman
Deniz Tunceli
Ousman Joof
CJ Wolfe