New York Nonprofit Media's 2015 40 Under 40 Rising Stars

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How do you measure success? It’s a question that those in the nonprofit industry grapple with constantly. How can we effectively demonstrate – and then communicate – the good that is being done?

The strength of the industry rests heavily on the answer to this question. However, it also rests on our ability to fully support and encourage those performing the day-to-day tasks that bring about positive change.

So it is our honor to shine a light on 40 young professionals whose accomplishments might otherwise be hidden behind the metrics of meals served, grade levels increased, or people housed.

Some of our rising stars were born into this work. One honoree immigrated to the United States from Guatemala as a young boy and, inspired by that experience, has gone on to work for one of the city’s leading immigration services nonprofits. Others were drawn to their work after personally experiencing the gross inequities that they now help to correct.

Those motivated by a need for personal attention or who are looking for cushy jobs with high salaries are rarely found here in the nonprofit world. The challenges faced are too immediate, desperate and personal.

To even begin to address them, you have to corral individuals with expertise in disparate areas ranging from – well, it is evident from our 2015 40 Under 40 class – legal services, social work, public health and education, amongst many concerns. And you must be able to consistently do more with less.

More often, the common motivating factor is an internal commitment to a purpose-driven career. It is nonprofit professionals who make us aware of how people on the ground are affected by society’s worst – and best – intentions. Then they innovate, communicate and advocate to set things right. None of the positive outcomes that society relies on nonprofits to provide would be possible without their efforts.

And since there aren’t enough platforms dedicated to measuring and acknowledging these individuals’ successes, please join us in celebrating these rising stars. Be inspired by their accomplishments. We are confident that this is just the beginning for all of our esteemed honorees.

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YMCA of Greater New York

Jewish Board of Family and Children Services, Inc.

Leake & Watts

Good Shepherd Services

The Children's Aid Society

The Children's Village

Sheltering Arms Children and Family Services

BronxWorks

Graham Windham

Enterprise Community Partners

Win (previously Women in Need)

Federation of Organizations

Catholic Charities Community Services of the Archdiocese of NY

Phipps Neighborhoods

Mental Health Association of New York City

Make The Road New York and Make The Road Action Fund

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How many employees are in your organization?

Our honorees work for organizations that exemplify the diversity of size within the nonprofit industry.

With two employees or 4,500, these individuals are getting it done for the communities they serve.

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New York Cares

Covenant House International

DoSomething.org

Long Island Cares, Inc.-The Harry Chapin Food Bank

Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies

McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research at New York University Silver School of Social Work

Legal Action Center

Coro New York Leadership Center

Lawyers Alliance for New York

Academy of Medical & Public Health Services

United Neighborhood Houses

Breakthrough New York

"I Have A Dream" Foundation

Human Services Council of New York

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Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York

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SPEAKERS

Commissioner Steven Banks

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Mayor Bill de Blasio appointed Steven Banks as Commissioner of the New York City Human Resources/Department of Social Services (HRA) on February 28, 2014, and he has served in that position since April 1, 2014. As Commissioner, Banks serves as chief executive of the largest local social services agency in the country, which serves over three million New Yorkers through the administration of more than 12 major public assistance programs, with 15,000 employees and an operating budget of over $9 billion.

Commissioner Banks is a key leader in implementing Mayor de Blasio’s agenda to expand opportunity for more New Yorkers, address income inequality and ensure that New Yorkers receive the benefits and assistance to which they are entitled.

Commissioner Banks has dedicated his entire career to improving the lives of low-income New Yorkers and is recognized as one of New York City’s leading public interest lawyers. Throughout his 33 years with the Legal Aid Society, Banks developed an extensive track record of working productively with a unionized workforce and helping the city’s most vulnerable residents – including seniors, survivors of domestic violence, immigrants, and people living with HIV/AIDS – navigate HRA’s programs and services. From 2004 until his appointment, Banks was the Attorney-in-Chief of the Legal Aid Society, the country’s oldest and largest not-for-profit legal services organization.

During his tenure, he led the organization through a complete financial and managerial restructuring to save it from bankruptcy in 2004. With an annual budget of $225 million, he managed a staff of 1,900 – including some 1,100 lawyers – and was responsible for all aspects of the legal practice and operations of the organization’s criminal, juvenile rights and civil programs in New York City. Prior to becoming the Attorney-in-Chief, Banks held the positions of Associate Attorney-in-Chief, Deputy Attorney-in-Charge of the Civil Practice, Coordinating Attorney of the Homeless Rights Project and Director of Government Relations for the Civil Practice. He began his career at Legal Aid in 1981 as a Staff Attorney in the organization’s Staten Island Neighborhood Office. He has also previously served as counsel to the Coalition for the Homeless, and he was the lead attorney in major class action litigation requiring the provision of lawful shelter and services to homeless New Yorkers.

He is credited with helping reach a landmark settlement with the City in 2008 over its treatment of homeless children and adults, which resulted in the establishment of a permanent enforceable right to shelter for homeless families in New York City.

The American Lawyer has listed him as one of the top 45 public interest lawyers in the United States, The Daily News described him as “perhaps the City’s most legendary Legal Aid attorney in this generation,” and New York Magazine called him one of the most influential New Yorkers.

Banks graduated from the New York University School of Law in 1981, and from Brown University in 1978.

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Gabrielle Fialkoff Senior Advisor to the Mayor of New York City Director of the Office of Strategic Partnerships

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Gabrielle Fialkoff has served as Senior Advisor to the Mayor of New York City, Bill de Blasio, since March 2014. In that post, she serves as the Director of the Mayor’s Office of Strategic Partnerships, overseeing the City’s many city-affiliated non-profits including The Mayor’s Fund, the Fund for Public Schools, the Fund for Public Health and the Gracie Mansion Conservancy, as well as serving as a principal liaison to the business community for the Administration.

Fialkoff served as the Inauguration Chair for Mayor de Blasio, overseeing all aspects of the five-day inaugural festivities, including the swearing-in ceremony at City Hall and an open house at Gracie Mansion. She was the Finance Chair for de Blasio’s winning campaigns for Mayor in 2013 and Public Advocate of New York City in 2009.

From 2002-14, Fialkoff served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Haskell Jewels, LLC, a leading designer, marketer and distributor of costume jewelry and watches. During her tenure as president and COO, the company experienced rapid growth as she and the leadership team executed a strategic vision of acquiring new brands through acquisition and pursuing licensing opportunities. Under her leadership, the company signed licensing deals with Kenneth Cole, Vera Wang, Betsey Johnson and Diane Von Furstenberg among others, while developing the company’s proprietary brand Miriam Haskell and acquiring MW Samara and Robert Lee Morris. Haskell is the industry leader in the fashion jewelry category to the department store channel and other national retailers throughout the U.S. Prior to joining Haskell Jewels, Fialkoff was a top political aide to numerous Democratic officials, including serving as Finance Director for Hillary Rodham Clinton's historic Senate race in 2000.

Fialkoff was also active in the Clinton/Gore campaigns of 1992 and 1996.

Fialkoff continues her involvement in politics today, regularly volunteering with fundraising efforts for Democratic candidates during election times.

Fialkoff formerly sat on the Board of the Accessories Council, a nonprofit national advocacy organization established to stimulate consumer awareness and demand for fashion accessory products and the Board of the Fashion Jewelry and Accessories Trade Association (FJATA). Fialkoff is involved in several charitable organizations including serving on the Advisory Council of the Adaptive Sports Center which serves the disabled through challenging outdoor experiences. Fialkoff holds a degree in History and Political Science from Colgate University and resides in New York City with her family.

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Melkis Alvarez-Baez Director of Programs Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York

Melkis Alvarez-Baez was born in the Dominican Republic, and grew up in Williamsburg, Brooklyn (before it was cool). She received a B.A. in Biology from Harvard College. After graduation, Melkis joined Advocates for Children of New York as a case manager, working directly with families and ensuring their children received an appropriate education. She later served as co-director of AFC's Education Helpline. While at AFC, Melkis obtained her M.S. in Nonprofit Management from the Milano School of International Affairs, Management, and Urban Policy. In September 2011, Melkis joined the Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York as associate director for special programs. Presently, she is director of programs, and oversees all of NPCC’s programs and program-development activities, including The New York Community Trust Nonprofit Excellence Awards program.

Melkis is a member of Job Path’s Board of Directors, Program Committee Chair of Advocates for Children’s Junior Board, and Co-Chair of the Professional Development Committee of the NYC Alumni Committee of Harvard’s Center for Public Interest Careers. Melkis has served as a mentor to Harvard alumni pursuing public interest careers.

Melkis lives in Glendale, Queens, with her husband, daughter and one really cute dog.

Congratulates New York Nonprofit Media’s 40 Under 40 Rising Star

Melkis Alvarez-Baez Director of Programs

on all of her accomplishments and hard work to strengthen the New York nonprofit sector!

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Walter Barrientos

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Walter Barrientos joined Make The Road New York in 2014 and currently serves as the Long Island Coordinator where he leads the organization’s issue campaigns and membership building strategy, including the Long Island Youth Power Project. Walter also oversees the Long Island strategy for Make The Road New York’s sister organization the Make The Road Action Fund (MRAF). He comes to MRNY with extensive experience working with immigrant communities, both as a grantmaker and an organizer. Walter first came to Make the Road as a youth organizing intern in the summer of 2005 and has since served on staff at Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees and the North Star Fund. He is a founding board member of the United We Dream Network and the New York State Youth Leadership Council.

Walter is currently completing a master’s degree from the Baruch College School of Public Affairs. Originally from Guatemala, Walter was raised on Long Island after arriving there with his parents and sister at the age of 11. He currently serves as the board co-chair of Resource Generation.

Long Island Coordinator Make The Road New York and Make The Road Action Fund

Mike McNee and the Nonprofit and Government Group at Marks Paneth Congratulate the 40 Under 40 Rising Stars

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United Neighborhood Houses Congratulates

Gregory Brender on his recognition as a 40 Under Forty Rising Star Thank you for your work keeping New York’s Communities Strong!

UNH is the member organization of 38 independent settlement houses and community centers serving over a half million New Yorkers annually. Our members provide essential services such as senior centers, meals on wheels, summer youth employment, after school programs, immigrant services, and child care in all 1 0 boroughs. five

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Co-Director of Policy & Advocacy United Neighborhood Houses

Moria Cappio Vice President for Early Childhood Programs The Children's Aid Society

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Gregory Brender

Gregory Brender is co-director of Policy & Advocacy at United Neighborhood Houses – New York City’s federation of settlement houses and community centers. He is responsible for the shared development and execution of UNH’s overall budget and policy priorities and engagement strategies. Gregory works closely with UNH member agency staff and program participants as well as government to advocate for neighborhood-based services for New York City’s children and communities.

Gregory plays a leadership role in much of UNH’s coalition work including serving on the steering committee of Campaign for Children, a coalition of more than 150 organizations working towards ensuring high-quality early childhood education and after-school for every child in New York. He has helped lead effective coalitions yeilding substantial new investments in high-quality human services including New York City’s expansion of universal pre-kindergarten and after-school programs.

Before UNH, Gregory worked at the Manhattan Borough President’s Office as part of the Community Affairs Team on former Borough President Scott Stringer’s initiative to reform and empower Manhattan’s community boards.

Prior, Gregory served as assemblymember Deborah Glick’s community liaison to the neighborhoods in the Village and SoHo, working to fight mass eviction of middle to low-income tenants and helping constituents in need obtain public benefits.

As Vice President of Early Childhood Programs, Moria Cappio leads a dedicated group of teachers, family advocates and support staff toward keeping the Children’s Aid promise that all our youngest children, up to age five, will be ready to be successful when they enter kindergarten.

Moria first joined CAS in 2006 as the Head Start Director at the East Harlem Center and has held a variety of positions within the Early Childhood Division.

During her tenure, the Division’s footprint has tripled in size with expansions related to City, State and Federal opportunities. Currently, Moria oversees CAS’s high quality early childhood programming for almost 1,200 children and families, which is supported by 250 staff members, across 14 sites in NYC’s neediest neighborhoods.

Prior to joining The Children’s Aid Society, Moria was a New York City public elementary school teacher at P.S. 7 in East Harlem. She holds both elementary and special education teaching certifications. A proud graduate of Boston College and Harvard University, Moria is a steadfast advocate for the youngest children served by Children’s Aid.

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NYN 40 under 40 - Rising Stars Elizabeth Clay Roy Chief Strategy Officer Phipps Neighborhoods

Elizabeth Clay Roy is an entrepreneurial leader of social change initiatives for economic justice and participatory democracy. Currently she is the Chief Strategy Officer at Phipps Neighborhoods and Co-Director of South Bronx Rising Together, a collective impact partnership to improve outcomes for youth and families. Prior to this, she was the Deputy Director of Opportunity Nation, a national campaign to expand economic mobility through policy, research and strategic partnerships.

Elizabeth is the co-author of Shaping Vibrant Cities, a guidebook on effective community-led urban planning based on her work with Janaagraha in Bangalore, India. She also served in the Office of Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick as the Director of Grassroots Governance, a pioneering position to engage citizens in policymaking. She holds degrees from Columbia University and MIT and was an IGNITE Leadership Fellow at NYU’s Wagner School for Public Service.

An active community member in Harlem, where she lives with her husband and daughter, Elizabeth also serves with Black Women for Black Girls, Community Voices Heard and the International Commission for Dalit Rights.

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Tara Colton

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Tara Colton is Senior Vice President of Programs at Seedco, where she is responsible for developing, implementing and overseeing all of Seedco’s programs nationally, with staff in New York, Georgia, Maryland and Tennessee and a national network of partners and subcontractors. Tara has over 15 years’ experience in government and nonprofit leadership, workforce development, human services and adult education. Prior to joining Seedco, Tara was Associate Vice President for Program Development and Planning at FEGS Health & Human Services; Managing Director, NYC Office of Human Capital Development; Executive Director, Mayor’s Office of Adult Education; Director of Strategy and Partnerships, NYC DOE Office of Adult and Continuing Education; and Deputy Director, Center for an Urban Future. She received an M.P.A. from the Baruch College School of Public Affairs, a B.A. from Wesleyan University and completed the Coro Leadership New York program. She lives in Maplewood, New Jersey with her family.

Senior Vice President of Programs Seedco

CONGRATULATIONS

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NYN 40 under 40 - Rising Stars Michael Coughlin

Michael Coughlin is a Licensed Masters Level Social Worker and received his M.S.W. from Columbia University. He has been with Big Brothers Big Sisters of NYC for 10 years and currently serves as Chief Quality Assurance Officer, overseeing strategic planning and program evaluation.

Michael implemented two new mentor evaluation tools measuring risk behavior and goal setting in mentored youth and created a targeted volunteer recruitment technique utilizing Volunteer Affinity Groups. Resulting in a 60 percent increase in volunteer inquiries, the technique is now recognized as a national best practice in the field of mentoring. He also developed a centralized volunteer processing and screening center and is the founder of the Bronx Volunteer Coalition, a coalition made up of 50 nonprofits working to increase volunteerism in the Bronx. These innovations have generated more than $2 million in new funding for the organization.

Chief Quality Assurance Officer Big Brothers Big Sisters of NYC

Congratulations to Tara Colton for all of her good work!

You make us so proud!

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Amy Cruz Chief Operations Officer Breakthrough New York

Lisa Crook

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Amy Cruz, the Chief Operations Officer at Breakthrough New York, is motivated by the idea of educational equality and has dedicated her career to increasing student educational opportunities. Originally from Long Beach, California, she received her B.A. with a major in Urban Studies from Columbia University. Since completing her degree, she has held positions with a number of growing nonprofit organizations in the city of New York. Her interests lie in scaling proven innovative educational strategies and developing human capital within the nonprofit sector. At Breakthrough New York she serves as a member of the senior management team, is a key advisor to the Executive Director, oversees all of the human resources and business operations of the organization and leads the development, execution and evaluation of organizational strategy. Before joining Breakthrough New York, Amy worked with innovative organizations in various capacities including operational strategy, staff and volunteer management, outcome evaluation and working directly with students in the classroom. Outside of her work in the nonprofit sector, Amy’s interests include a former term as the treasurer of the Latino Alumni Association at Columbia University, playing never-ending games of monopoly, playing with her dog Bailey and exploring her Bronx neighborhood.

Lisa Crook has made reforming juvenile justice her life’s work. While in graduate school, she began working at New York City’s Division of Juvenile Justice, and after its merger with the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS), she ultimately became ACS’ Executive Director of Juvenile Justice Performance Evaluation and Monitoring. In that role, she led ACS’ development of the Close to Home initiative, a pioneering approach to juvenile justice.

In 2013, Lisa joined Leake & Watts, one of the few New York City nonprofit agencies that support delinquent youth in both secure and nonsecure settings.

She developed the agency’s new limited secure program and launched a respite program for youth in crisis to prevent their return to the juvenile justice system.

A licensed social worker, Lisa earned a B.S.W. from the University of Kansas School of Social Welfare, and an M.S.W. from Columbia University School of Social Work.

Director of Juvenile Justice Programs Leake & Watts

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NYN 40 under 40 - Rising Stars Nicole Cuttino Staff Attorney Lawyers Alliance for New York

Nicole D. Cuttino is a Staff Attorney at Lawyers Alliance for New York, the leading provider of business and transactional legal services for nonprofit organizations in New York City. Lawyers Alliance helps nonprofits to develop affordable housing, stimulate economic development, promote community arts, strengthen urban health and operate and advocate for vital programs for children and young people, the elderly and other low-income New Yorkers.

Nicole leads the Children and Youth Services program area, representing child care providers, after-school programs, charter schools and organizations serving older or at-risk youth. In addition, she advises Lawyers Alliance's substantial client base of community-based and nonprofit groups about business and transactional law issues, including incorporation, tax exemption and fundraising regulations. Last year, Nicole worked with volunteer attorneys from major law firms and corporate legal departments to represent more than 300 nonprofit clients on more than 480 matters.

Prior to joining Lawyers Alliance in 2011, Nicole was an associate at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, where she worked on complex commercial real estate and financial restructuring matters. She received her J.D. from Howard University School of Law in 2005 and a B.A. from the University of Virginia in 2002.

Nicole is the Co-Editor of the Sixth Edition of “Getting Organized,� a publication that provides comprehensive guidance to nonprofit leaders and their attorneys on the formation and initial operations of nonprofit organizations, with an emphasis on starting nonprofit corporations in New York.

Lawyers Alliance for New York congratulates

Nicole Cuttino and all the New York Nonprofit 40 Under 40 Rising Stars

www.lawyersalliance.org

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Jess Dannhauser

Jess Dannhauser is the President & CEO of Graham Windham, a mission-driven organization focused on building the foundation for success in life with New York City children and youth, in close partnership with families and communities. Graham Windham serves approximately 4,500 children and their families each year. Graham, including the affiliated Greenburgh Graham UFSD, is focused on achieving its vision where each of its children has a safe loving permanent family and a living-wage career, no matter the challenges of their early life. The Graham team employs evidence-informed practices and curricula, integrating its programs to create a holistic and continuous community of care and innovating to provide opportunities for kids and families to thrive.

Mr. Dannhauser earned his M.S.W. at University of California, Berkeley and his B.A. at Duke University. He is married to the Rev. Adrian Dannhauser and they are the proud parents of their lovely daughter, Callaway.

President & CEO Graham Windham

Aria Finger CEO, DoSomething.org President, TMI

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As CEO and Chief Old Person of DoSomething.org, the largest organization for young people and social change in the world, Aria Finger uses her expertise on all things young people and tech to lead a diverse, impact-driven team. She has been an instrumental part of scaling DoSomething.org from less than 100,000 members to over 4.3 million members in 125 countries today. Starting at DoSomething.org as an associate 10 years ago, Aria created their Teens for Jeans campaign which has clothed over five million homeless teenagers to date.

With her cause-related marketing experience, Finger has spearheaded partnerships with Johnson & Johnson, H&M, Sprint, American Express and other top brands.

In 2013, Aria founded and became President of TMI, a subsidiary agency that uses DoSomething.org’s 20+ years of experience to help clients reach young people and fuel positive impact in the world. She graduated magna cum laude in economics and political science from Washington University in St. Louis and completed the Executive Program for Nonprofit Leaders at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. Aria currently serves on the board of the New York City-based nonprofit Care for the Homeless, was one of the first ten World Economic Forum Global Shapers and is an adjunct professor at New York University. She has been highlighted in the New York Times and Fast Company and was featured on the cover of Crain’s New York Business list of “40 Under Forty” in 2012.

When she is not running DoSomething.org or desperately trying to improve her Spanish, Aria can be found reading “The New Jim Crow” for the thousandth time or relearning her ABC’s with the newest addition to the DoSomething.org family, her adorable son Luke.

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Elizabeth Galati is Director of Strategic Partnerships and Resource Development at Federation of Organizations. Long dedicated to the human service industry, Galati develops innovative services on behalf of the agency that incorporate technology and utilize data analysis management. She works closely with Federation’s leadership teams, developing quality management, case management, care coordination, clinical programs and overall program services. Among her wide-ranging responsibilities, she sustains strategic alliances and industry relationships to enhance Federation’s resource development operations. Having begun her career at TVR Communications where she developed and directed the Human Resources Department, Galati has more than 15 years of management experience in the healthcare industry. She earned an M.A. in General Experimental Psychology from St. John’s University.

Elizabeth Galati, MA Director of Strategic Partnerships & Resource Development Federation of Organizations

Coro New York Leadership Center congratulates our colleague Laura Gale for all she does to build the leadership community of our city, along with Coro alumni Tara Colton and Emily Miles.

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Laura Gale Senior Director of Training and Consulting Coro New York Leadership Center

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Laura Gale has spent her career designing transformative learning experiences for a wide range of communities in New York City, including artists and audiences, students and educators, executives and early career professionals.

As Senior Director of Training and Consulting at Coro New York Leadership Center, Laura brings Coro's training and expertise into organizations across the city in order to help teams tackle complex leadership challenges and collaborate across differences to build capacity, culture, self-awareness and effectiveness. She also oversees the Coro Fellows Program in Public Affairs, a rigorous and experiential leadership training program for exceptionally talented early-career professionals, which she led as Program Director for four years. Previously, Laura served as Executive Artistic Director of New York Theatre Experiment for eight years and worked extensively in urban schools, using creativity as a vehicle for change-making to support the development of hundreds of New York City students and teachers. She holds a master’s degree in Nonprofit Management and a post-master's certificate in Organizational Development from The New School, as well as undergraduate degrees in Theatre and Sociology.

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Lis Goris

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Lis Goris is currently the Chief Financial Officer for The Arc of Orange County. From The Arc’s headquarters in Newburgh, New York, Lis manages a budget of $34 million to provide services to more than 2,000 children and adults with developmental disabilities throughout Orange County. Goris began her career in finance with MBD Community Housing Corp, redesigning the accounts receivable and accounts payable functions. From there she became the Assistant Controller at the Federation of Multi-Cultural Programs, New York, and was then promoted to fiscal director, helping to lead that organization to financial stability. She moved on to remediating problems with regulatory requirements at FMCP-NJ before joining The Arc of Orange in 2012. Goris received her B.A. in Accounting from the City University and is currently enrolled in the M.P.A. program at Baruch College. She has been awarded CFO of the Year

by NJBIZ and resides in Westchester with her daughter.

Chief Financial Officer The Arc of Orange County

Congratulations Lis Goris Thank you for all you do for our organization

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Sally Greenspan Program Director Enterprise Community Partners

Sally Greenspan is a Program Director for Vulnerable Populations at Enterprise Community Partners, where she leads the New York programs on homelessness and senior housing. Her work involves coordinating with the field to identify challenges and support best practices in preventing and addressing homelessness, encouraging the strategic use of existing funding sources, advocating for necessary funding and innovative policies, developing new models to combine housing with supportive services and identifying and creating new financing sources to provide permanent housing for vulnerable households. Prior to her work on the Vulnerable Populations initiative, Sally was a project manager on one of Enterprise’s production programs, where she worked with community developers to manage construction, oversaw development budgets, administered loans and arranged permanent financing closings. Sally came to Enterprise in 2009 from the private real estate investment sector, where she did market research, project due diligence, investment closings and construction project management for a variety of residential development projects. Her background also includes positions in architecture, urban planning and public policy and research. She holds an undergraduate degree in Urban Studies from Stanford and a master’s in Urban Planning from NYU Wagner.

Jason Grosso joined the The Jewish Board in 2006 as an accountant handling the agency's city and state funded contracts. Throughout his nine years there, Jason has revamped the contract billing procedures ensuring that every contract is maximized. Jason is also in charge of the agency's New York State Consolidated Fiscal Report, which is one of the biggest in the state, as well as the New York State Statewide Standards of Payment and A-133 audit report. Before joining The Jewish Board, Jason worked his way through college at First Union Bank, where he was awarded the number one ranked bank teller for six straight months. He then was employed at Independent Financial Marketing Group before graduating from Mercy College with a B.S. in Accounting.

In his free time, Jason enjoys spending time with his wife and three children. He also enjoys coaching his children's soccer teams.

Jason Grosso Senior Director Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services

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Rachel Herman

Rachel Herman is the Founder/Executive Director of Pets Are Wonderful Support (PAWS NY), a nonprofit that helps New York City’s most vulnerable residents to remain with their pets. The organization’s dual approach to improving human and animal welfare is unique; it is the only nonprofit exclusively dedicated to keeping families with pets together by providing services throughout the five boroughs. Since its founding, PAWS NY has facilitated approximately 20,000 volunteer hours on 31,000 visits to help its clients and pets stay together. Prior to PAWS NY, Ms. Herman spent several years in Development at the ASPCA, and she served on the Board of Directors for Young Nonprofit Professionals Network. Ms. Herman received her B.A. in Political Science from The University of Michigan and her M.P.A. from NYU’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, where she specialized in Public and Nonprofit Management and Policy.

Founder/Executive Director PAWS NY

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NYN 40 under 40 - Rising Stars David B. Howard, MSW, Ph.D.

As part of Covenant House International's executive team, David B. Howard, M.S.W., Ph.D., leads the organization’s strategic efforts to achieve positive outcomes for homeless youth. In collaboration with leadership across Covenant House’s federation, Dr. Howard's team is helping to build on the agency’s four decades of experience and grow the movement into a data-driven, learning organization that employs high-quality, evidence-informed practices to effectively achieve – and continually strengthen – results for the youth they serve. Covenant House is the largest privately funded agency in the Americas providing housing, vital services and loving care to homeless, abandoned, abused, trafficked and exploited youth. Prior to coming to Covenant House, David served as Director of Research and Innovation at The Doe Fund, one of the country’s most successful nonprofit housing and workforce development providers working with homeless and formerly incarcerated individuals. Dr. Howard is also an adjunct lecturer at NYU's Silver School of Social Work.

Senior Vice President, Research, Evaluation & Learning Covenant House

David Howard, on behalf of the staff, volunteers, and the over 50,000 homeless youth who will find hope at Covenant House this year, congratulations on this very deserving honor!

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Michelle Jackson joined HSC in 2008 and has led revolutionary policy changes to improve the nonprofit sector’s ability to maximize social impact in communities; most recently by securing a 2.5 percent Cost-of-Living Adjustment increase for 35,000 of our sector’s workers – the first since 2008. Her work streamlines relationships between nonprofits and government, allowing nonprofits to spend less time on paperwork and more time serving communities. She advises City Hall, the Governor’s office, City and State Comptrollers, the Attorney General and legislators on policy related to the human services delivery system.

Michelle holds a J.D. with a concentration in International Law from Suffolk University Law School. She interned for the International Consortium for Law and Development, researching and drafting legislation for developing countries, including the 2005 Iraq Constitution. She received her B.A. in Politics from Saint Mary’s College of California, where she was an AmeriCorps Bonner Leader.

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Jarrett Lucas Executive Director Stonewall Community Foundation

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Jarrett Lucas is Executive Director of Stonewall Community Foundation in New York City, one of the nation’s leading philanthropies by and for the LGBTQ community. Prior to joining Stonewall in 2010, Jarrett ran a consulting practice where he developed progressive programs, policy, and governance strategies for clients like the International LGBTI Association and the European Commission Against Racism and Intolerance. Over the past 15 years, Jarrett has worked with a diverse roster of U.S.-based groups doing LGBTQ advocacy, including Soulforce, GLAAD, People for the American Way and the National Black Justice Coalition. He currently serves as board Vice Chair at the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice, the only grantmaking organization working exclusively to advance intersex human rights around the globe.

His activism has garnered three Congressional tributes and has been profiled in the award-winning documentaries “Equality U” and “Generation Next 2.0,” as well as in numerous publications, including Newsweek, the New York Times, The Advocate, Mother Jones and American Crisis, Southern Solutions.

Jarrett, a Philadelphia native, holds degrees in architectural and computer engineering from Drexel University.

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Joshua Mandelbaum

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Joshua Mandelbaum joined 826NYC in July 2013. He formerly served as executive director of Words without Borders and the advertising director of Poets & Writers Magazine. He was the co-editor and publisher of the now defunct literary magazine Ballyhoo Stories and has published fiction in other now defunct literary magazines. His work supports the organization’s mission, which is dedicated to aiding students ages 6-18 with their creative and expository writing skills, and to helping teachers inspire their students to write. 826NYC's services are structured around the belief that great leaps in learning can happen with one-on-one attention and that strong writing skills are fundamental to future success.

Executive Director 826NYC

Johanna Miller is a nationally recognized policy expert on civil rights issues including education, police reform and privacy. As advocacy director at the New York Civil Liberties Union, she has co-authored groundbreaking civil rights legislation in New York City, including the Community Safety Act, which created an enforceable ban on NYPD profiling, and the Student Safety Act, which exposed how thousands of children are pushed out of New York City schools through arrests and suspensions. Miller is a leading policy advisor on school safety and equity, serving on both Mayor de Blasio’s School Safety Working Group and the State Education Department’s Dignity for All Students Task Force. She is a graduate of the University of Florida and New York Law School, where she teaches a clinic on legislative advocacy and organizing.

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NYN 40 under 40 - Rising Stars Dr. Micaela Mercado

Dr. Micaela Mercado is a Senior Research Associate at the McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research at New York University Silver School of Social Work. She oversees the Research and Evaluation team, which uses rigorous research and practice expertise to help agencies in New York and internationally improve outcomes for the populations they serve.

Previously, Dr. Mercado served as Director of Research and Evaluation for Zone 126, one of 15 Promise Neighborhood programs in the country. Dr. Mercado earned her M.S.W. from Washington University in Saint Louis, and her doctoral degree in Social Work from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

As a first generation American, Dr. Mercado’s research examines health disparities closely linked with social, economic and environmental disadvantage among poverty-impacted immigrant populations. She is particularly inspired and passionate to work with organizations in the areas of youth development, college access and health equity.

Senior Research Associate McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research at New York University Silver School of Social Work

Emily Miles

Emily Miles is the Director of Policy, Advocacy and Research at the Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies (FPWA), an anti-poverty, policy and advocacy nonprofit with a membership network of nearly 200 human service and faith-based organizations. At FPWA, Ms. Miles oversees the development and implementation of a policy agenda that seeks to reduce poverty and promote upward economic mobility for underserved New Yorkers. Most recently, she led FPWA’s Career Ladder Project, a campaign that secured the first-ever wage floor for the lowest-paid contracted nonprofit employees in New York City.

Prior to joining FPWA, Ms. Miles worked in the Obama Administration in the Office of the Vice President and in the U.S. Department of Education, managing gender-based violence initiatives. She started her career as a public middle school teacher, working in both Georgia and Maine. Emily has an M.S.W. from Columbia University and a B.S. in Education from the University of Georgia.

Director of Policy, Advocacy and Research Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies

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THANK YOU The McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research at NYU Silver School of Social Work congratulates all of this year’s Nonprofit Rising Stars and especially our very own Dr. Micaela Mercado.

We are grateful for the amazing work she does to improve the lives of povertyimpacted children and families, and we are privileged to have her on our team.

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Wes Moe has dedicated his career to managing and implementing volunteer projects as a volunteer with AmeriCorps, the Red Cross post-9/11, Peace Corps and most recently, as a New York Cares staff member. As the Senior Director, Programs, Wes leads the team that engages 62,000 volunteers to tackle projects with New York Cares’s 1,400 partners. These volunteers serve more than 400,000 New Yorkers annually in projects that range from tutoring and tax services to holiday gifts and meal services. Previously, as Director of Volunteer Relations, Wes managed the training of 17,000 new volunteers each year and the recognition and development of more than 1,200 highly trained volunteer leaders. His team also collects and distributes more than 75,000 coats each winter as part of the New York Cares Coat Drive. Wes earned a B.A. in Sociology and History from Loyola College in Maryland, and an M.P.A. from Baruch College of CUNY.

Wes Moe Senior Director, Programs New York Cares

Congratulations, Wes! The Board of Directors and Staff of New York Cares extend their heartfelt congratulations to Wes Moe for this honor and for all his efforts to promote volunteerism in NYC.

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Annie E. Minguez

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Annie Miguez joined Good Shepherd Services in 2014 to oversee its government and community relations. Annie brings a wealth of experience in government to Good Shepherd, having served as a Congressional staffer to the House Ways and Means Committee and as a Legislative Aide to Representative Charles B. Rangel (NY-15). Her prior work includes positions at the Accion U.S. Network, FHI 360, the Clinton Global Initiative, the U.S. Department of Labor and Alianza Dominicana. Annie is a dynamic, charismatic, mission-driven professional who channels enormous energy and tremendous talent into making the communities in which Good Shepherd works – and our city overall – a better place for everyone.

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STATES AND COUNTRIES REPRESENTED Minnesota Our honorees grew up in fifteen states, on both coasts and three continents.

Their diverse perspectives add immeasurable value to the work they do.

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Vice President of Communications YMCA of Greater New York

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Ellen Murphy

Ellen Murphy is responsible for communications, public relations, publishing, social media and web execution for New York City’s YMCA. Ellen began her career with the YMCA in 2008 as Senior Director of Communications & Public Relations. During her tenure, Ellen pioneered the YMCA of Greater New York’s social media presence and designed and implemented aggressive, proactive PR campaigns in traditional media.

Prior to joining the YMCA, Ellen was employed as a Director with Robinson, Lerer & Montgomery where she developed and executed media outreach programs for various clients. In addition, Ellen worked with the Chamberlain Communications Group as an Account Executive, Barnes & Noble College Bookstores as Project Manager of Communications and with Sapient Corporation as an Associate Project Manager at their offices in New York and Germany.

Ellen holds a B.A. in International Affairs from The George Washington University and an M.A. in Strategic Communications from Columbia University.

She is currently pursuing a certificate in Big Data Marketing from eCornell.

From all of us at New York City’s YMCA, congratulations to our friend and colleague

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Protecting and Nurturing Children and Youth Feeding the Hungry and Sheltering the Homeless Strengthening Families and Resolving Crises Supporting the Physically and Emotionally Challenged Welcoming and Integrating Immigrants and Refugees

The Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York Proudly Supports

New York Nonprofit Media & CONGRATULATES THE 2015 HONOREES AND OUR VERY OWN

Julianne Pannelli YOUR DEDICATION AND PROFESSIONALISM IS AN INSPIRATION TO US ALL YOUR PROUD COLLEAGUES Catholic Charities helps solve the problems of New Yorkers in need – non-Catholics and Catholics alike. The neglected child, the homeless family and the hungry senior are among those for whom we provide help and create hope. We rebuild lives and touch almost every human need promptly, locally, day in and day out, and always with compassion and dignity. We help your neighbors, as you would like to be helped if your family were in need.

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Julianne Pannelli, MSW Program Manager, New York State Disaster Case Management Program for Hurricane Sandy Catholic Charities Community Services, Archdiocese of New York

Eugena Oh

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Julianne Pannelli has worked in the field of Disaster Human Services for nearly 13 years and got her start working as a Salvation Army Case Manager for 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina programs. For the past eight years, Ms. Pannelli has worked for Catholic Charities Community Services of the Archdiocese of New York in several capacities. Most recently, Ms. Pannelli served as Program Manager and Training and Resource Coordinator for the New York State Disaster Case Management Program for Hurricane Sandy, a program spanning 13 counties with 18 subcontracted agencies at its peak. She has personally oriented and trained more than 200 Disaster Case Managers, has taken the lead in understanding and explaining the complex web of resources available, and has played an essential role in working with government and nonprofit partners to advocate for the most vulnerable disaster-affected clients.

In addition, she is currently serving a two-year term as the Vice Chair of New York City Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD) and has Co-Chaired the New York City VOAD subcommittee related to Disaster Case Management since 2008. She also sits on the New York City Sandy Unmet Needs Roundtable Advisory Board.

Ms. Pannelli holds an M.S.W. from Hunter College School of Social Work, with a concentration in Community Organization, Planning and Development.

Eugena Oh is the Chief Governance Officer at the “I Have A Dream” Foundation. She is responsible for overseeing the governance and operations of IHDF affiliate sites, as well as supporting the development of a national policy agenda and serving as the organization's legal counsel.

Prior to IHDF, Eugena practiced commercial law and served in development, strategy and operations roles within several nonprofit organizations, including Teach For America – New York City, Rock The Vote and Washington State Court Appointed Special Advocates.

Eugena received her B.A. in Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania, her J.D. from Temple University and recently completed an executive education course for nonprofit leaders at Columbia Business School.

She serves on the University of Pennsylvania Alumni Board of Directors, the Board of the Korean American League for Civic Action (KALCA) and the Board of Advisors for University of Pennsylvania’s Pan-Asian American Community House (PAACH).

Chief Governance Officer "I Have A Dream" Foundation

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NYN 40 under 40 - Rising Stars Louis Pelino New Business Director Catholic Guardian Services

Louis Pelino joined Catholic Guardian Services in April 2015 in the newly created New Business Director position. With over 10 years of service in the field, Mr. Pelino brings with him a passion for providing services and support to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) that extends well beyond his career into his personal life. He serves as a guide to a marathon runner with a physical disability through Achilles International; he organizes regular adaptive sports events through Metro Blaze Sports NYC and started an inclusive softball team for an annual memorial softball tournament, established this year. In his short time at CGS, Mr. Pelino has successfully launched an employment services program designed to assist IDD individuals find and retain employment, developed proposals that have been accepted to expand residential services to reintegrate individuals in developmental centers and out-of-state schools into the community and he has laid the groundwork for the agency to assist individuals who wish to self-direct services. All of these services are in line with the Transformation Agenda of the New York State Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD).

Mr. Pelino is a proud resident of Brooklyn.

Congratulations and Best Wishes on your recognition as one of the Congratulations40 and Best 40 Wishes on Stars! your recognition as one of the under Rising 40 under 40 Rising Stars!

Louis Pelino, LouisDirector, Pelino, New Business New Business Director, Developmental Disabilities Services Program Developmental Disabilities Services Program Catholic Guardian Services Catholic Guardian Services

Your dedication to support individuals withwith developmental disabilities inin living Your dedication to support individuals developmental disabilities living their their lives lives to the fullest is an inspiration to us all. to the fullest is an inspiration to us all.

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Jessica Rosati is currently pursuing her Doctorate of Social and Community Service. Jessica has an M.P.S. in Human Relations and Clinical Counseling, and has spent the past fourteen years devoted to underserved populations in a continued effort to reduce stigma and improve the lives of others. Throughout her tenure in the field of Health and Human Services, Jessica has exhibited strong expertise in a multitude of areas, including the coordination and delivery of community services while implementing best practices in program management, the creation and evaluation of new programs and policy writing. Jessica currently serves as the Chief Program Office at Long Island Cares, Inc. – The Harry Chapin Food Bank.

Jessica Rosati, M.P.S. Chief Program Officer Long Island Cares, Inc. – The Harry Chapin Food Bank

LONG ISLAND CARES, INC. — THE HARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK

Congratulates our own Jessica Rosati Chief Programs Officer On being named as one of New York Nonprofit Media’s 40 Under 40 Honorees.

You Go Girl!

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NYN 40 under 40 - Rising Stars Lia Taylor Schwartz Senior Communications Officer, The Children’s Village

Lia Schwartz manages communications and community relations at The Children's Village. She has been instrumental in keeping this $80 million organization in the forefront of significant issues in child welfare and juvenile justice and has significantly expanded its presence on digital and social media.

She serves on the Collaborative for Children and Families Health Home Network Relations Committee and the Inwood House Culture Transition Committee. Schwartz also serves as a liaison to the Iraqi Children Foundation, a role that brought her to Dubai and Baghdad in 2015.

In her spare time, Schwartz volunteers as a mentor for a Children's Village teen and supervises the Ossining Youth Community Advisory Board, which she founded. She is a certified assistance dog trainer and managed the assistance dog training program on the Children's Village campus for two years.

She also volunteers with her dog doing pet therapy at The Ronald McDonald House, YAI, and Dobbs Ferry and Ossining libraries.

Schwartz has an M.P.H. in Social Science Research from Columbia University and a B.A. in Biological Anthropology from George Washington University.

Mohan Sivaloganathan is a troublemaker for the status quo. His leadership in social innovation has led to powerful results for social impact, corporate and political organizations across the country. Mohan is currently the Chief Development Officer for Sheltering Arms, one of New York’s largest agencies for high-need children and families. In the past three years, Mohan has launched and scaled innovations in early childhood education, juvenile justice, mental health and youth development programming, in addition to rebranding the organization and driving significant fundraising growth. Prior to Sheltering Arms, Mohan held leadership positions at Citizen Schools, Teach For America and Procter & Gamble. He is a sought-out writer and speaker on leadership, social innovation and external relations. Mohan is a graduate of Penn State University, where he received an M.B.A. and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering.

Mohan Sivaloganathan Chief Development Officer and Senior Vice President Sheltering Arms

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Sebastian Solomon

Sebastian Solomon began his career at the Legal Action Center as a Research Associate, working on syringe access issues and reforming Rockefeller Drug Laws. Next, Sebastian became a paralegal, providing advice and advocacy to hundreds of clients working to overcome barriers caused by their HIV status, criminal record and/or history of addiction. Sebastian later became a Policy Associate, researching and writing reports and position papers and advocating with policymakers on New York City and State policy issues. In 2015, Sebastian was named Director of State Policy. Sebastian is also currently one of the cochairs of the Coalition of Reentry Advocates, a coalition that brings together organizations from around the state working to change laws and policies that limit opportunities for those who have had interactions with the criminal justice system. Lastly, Sebastian contributes to the organization's communications needs, including speaking with reporters and contributing to social media and other communications efforts

Director of New York State Policy, Legal Action Center

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BronxWorks extends our congratulations to all of the 2015 New York Nonprofit 40 Under 40 Rising Stars and especially our very own

Betty Ann Tamaisar Assistant Department Director Workforce Development Betty Ann is one of 700 dedicated BronxWorks employees who fulfill our mission to feed, shelter, teach and support 40,000 of our neighbors each year. www.bronxworks.org

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Betty Ann TamaisarLaPilusa Assistant Department Director BronxWorks

Betty Ann Tamaisar is the Assistant Department Director of Workforce Development at BronxWorks. She oversees programs totaling $2.2 million in funding and serving over 2,000 clients annually. She obtained her B.A. in Political Science from New Jersey City University and an M.A. in Human Rights Studies at Columbia University. Throughout her career, Ms. Tamaisar has served as an Americorp VISTA for The NYC Coalition Against Hunger and as a Community Revitalization Associate and Relationship Manager for the East River Development Alliance (ERDA). In 2010, she was hired by BronxWorks to serve as Operations Coordinator for the company’s Workforce Development Department. After two years, the agency named her Program Coordinator of their Healthy Families and Housing Assistance Programs, and then as Director of their Navigator program. In the summer of 2014, she was asked to return to the Workforce location in her current capacity. When not at work, she enjoys gardening and family time with her husband, sons and dog.

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Katie Tynes

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Katie Tynes is the Director of Volunteer Services at Win, a New York City nonprofit working to break the cycle of homelessness for women and children.

As the largest provider of housing and services to homeless families in New York City, Win relies heavily on its 800 active and dedicated volunteers. Katie is responsible for engaging volunteers with Win families in fun, educational activities throughout all of Win's transitional residences in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens.

Since joining Win, Katie has developed an extensive campaign system that has streamlined the volunteer experience. Her efforts have led to stronger relationships with volunteers, Win staff and Win families and increasing volunteer group and individual commitments.

Prior to her nonprofit work, Katie was a television producer, working with celebrities like Meredith Vieira, Regis Philbin, Rosie O’Donnell and Betty White. Katie graduated from New York University with a B.A.

Director of Volunteer Services Win

Lauren Weybrew is the Assistant Public Relations Director at the U.S. Fund for UNICEF. In this position, she helps drive regional strategy through campaigns, media outreach, partnership support and events. She works to expand awareness and support of UNICEF's mission to put children first around the world.

Prior to joining the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, Lauren was an Associate at DG+CO. For almost four years, she helped nonprofits and foundations use strategic communications to move their missions and create change. Lauren started her career working in corporate and consumer public relations at G&S Business Communications. She holds a B.A. in History from Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire and spent a semester studying abroad at the Sorbonne in Paris.

Lauren Weybrew Assistant Public Relations Director U.S. Fund for UNICEF

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NYN 40 under 40 - Rising Stars Kimberly Williams

Kimberly A. Williams, L.M.S.W. is the Vice President of Integrated Policy and Program Services at The Mental Health Association of New York City (MHANYC). In this role she oversees MHA-NYC’s efforts to advocate for better behavioral health policies, to provide educational opportunities for providers and members of the public and to strategically maximize MHA’s direct service programs in the changing healthcare environment. Ms. Williams has also formed cross-system coalitions to advocate for improved care, including the Geriatric Mental Health Alliance of New York, which she directs.

Ms. Williams serves on a number of advisory and planning committees, including the New York State Interagency Geriatric Mental Health and Chemical Dependence Planning Council, the NYS Health Foundation Community Advisory Committee and the National Coalition on Mental Health and Aging, which she chairs. Ms. Williams is an adjunct lecturer at the Columbia University School of Social Work.

Vice President, Integrated Policy and Program Services MHA-NYC

Mon Yuck Yu Executive Vice President & Chief of Staff Academy of Medical & Public Health Services

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Social entrepreneur, consultant, teacher and immigrant health advocate – Mon Yuck does it all. As a child of immigrants, Mon Yuck grew up in a low-income household and graduated as a first-generation student with a degree in anthropology from Dartmouth College. The next logical step might have been heading to medical school, but much to her parent’s chagrin, Mon Yuck chose an entirely unconventional path.

At age 19, Mon Yuck co-founded the Academy of Medical & Public Health Services (AMPHS), a nonprofit organization based in Sunset Park, Brooklyn that aims to create a local system of making care more accessible to immigrant New Yorkers through culturally-sensitive intervention methods, de-institutionalized healthcare environments and grassroots outreach.

“My father passed away from cancer when I was a teenager. He was part of the marginalized segment of the population that had no health insurance or access to care. For the longest time, I thought I wanted to become a doctor, but realized that I would only be solving the exacerbated problem. I wanted to solve the problem at its root – and that only comes through prevention, community awareness and policy change.”

After graduation, Mon Yuck became a Richard D. Lombard Fellow, where she spent a year building up AMPHS’ capacity and was then appointed community liaison for New York State Assembly Assistant Speaker Felix W. Ortiz. She has been involved in organizing city-wide emergency planning efforts, localized disease outbreak response initiatives and grassroots outreach campaigns, as well as teaching emergency preparedness courses in CPR, First Aid and Psychological First Aid. Currently, Mon Yuck also runs a consultancy for nonprofit and social enterprises, where she assists with organizational capacity building, while also pursuing an M.P.A. at Columbia University.

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TOP PICKS FOR A SUPEROWER Along with their formidable executive and administrative talents, below are the top four additional super powers our rising stars would love to have:

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