
OUR LEADERS

STAFF TEAM

Ameen Akbar
Chief Mission Officer

Jasmine Brown
People Power Coordinator

Nahijee Cross
Marketing & Communications Manager

Flora Feldman
Manager of Strategy

Sam Heliodoro
Director of Impact & Evaluation

Simonne Jordan
Program Operations Coordinator

Angel Lopez
Development Coordinator

Billie Owens
Guest Experience Coordinator

Zuri Stone
Director of Older Years

Jayson Tischler
Chief Operating Officer

Eric Worley
Vice President of Basketball Operations

Ellen Bair
Program Manager - Career Readiness

Randy Butler
VP of Program Operations & Impact

Christian Diaz
Program Manager - Financial Empowerment

Julia Green
Manager of Development & Events

Kenny Holdsman
Co-founder & CEO

Kyle Lafferty
Director of People Power

James Luciano
Manager of Guest Experience & Administration

Max Raiken
Vice President of Revenue

AJ Thompson
Accounting Coordinator

Edgar Valentin Jr.
Content Creation Coordinator

Cynthia Wright-Whitley
Program Manager - Early Years

DaTwan Bolden
Program Manager - Middle Years

Maggie Connolly
Manager of Revenue

Thomas Faulstich
Chief Financial Officer

Troy Harper
Program Coordinator - Middle Years

Emily Jordan
VP of Development

Alicia Lake
Earned Revenue Coordinator

Lamont Mayers
Director of Facilities

Jennifer Sierra
Development Manager, Foundations

Greg Thomson
Director of Skilled Building Trades

Byron Void
Accounting Manager

CJ Yeboah-Afari
Program Coordinator - Middle Years
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














