Our Board

Tonio Burgos

Chairman

Mr. Burgos is the founder of Tonio Burgos & Associates Inc., a consulting firm which serves a wide range of clients in both the public and private sector across the tristate area.
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Marie Salerno

President/CEO & Co-Founder

Ms. Salerno has held leadership roles at New York City’s cultural, literary, and educational institutions for over four decades. She has created strategic development, marketing and fundraising campaigns and produced major celebrations.
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Michael Greenspon

Treasurer

Mr. Greenspon is the Global Head of NYT Licensing & Print Innovation for The New York Times. He is responsible for The Times’ global licensing strategy and businesses. He leads a division with a large portfolio of revenue-generating products and services, as well as the editorial and business staff that support those businesses.
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David J. Callard

Secretary

Mr. Callard is a senior family advisor at the Eaton Vance Investment Counsel. Previously, Mr. Callard was a co-founder of Pelican Investment Management which was acquired by the Eaton Vance Corporation.
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John Calvelli

John F. Calvelli is the Executive Vice President of Public Affairs for the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), a global conservation organization headquartered at the Bronx Zoo dedicated to saving wildlife and wild places.
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Jonathan Capehart

Award-winning journalist Jonathan Capehart is anchor of The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart on MSNBC and also an opinion writer and member of the editorial board of The Washington Post, where he hosts the podcast, Cape Up.
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Ed Cox

Mr. Cox is a lawyer with a distinguished record of service in the domestic and international policy arenas. He has served three U.S. Presidents, four Governors and the Republican Party at the state and national levels.
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Steve Israel

Steve Israel was a Member of Congress for 16 years. He left Congress in 2017 and now heads the non-partisan Cornell University Institute of Politics and Global Affairs in New York.
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Mark Josephson

Mr. Josephson has 25 years of experience helping build innovative technology companies in New York City. He is currently the CEO at Bitly, the world’s largest link shortening platform with millions of users worldwide.
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Leslie Mattingly

Ms. Mattingly is an attorney, mediator, advocate for environmental and historic preservation, and musician. Throughout her career, she has been active in a large variety of civic and charitable issues, including civil rights and child abuse prevention.
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Elsie McCabe Thompson

Mrs. McCabe Thompson is president of the New York City Mission Society, an organization that helps children, youth and families in the city’s poorest neighborhoods transcend poverty and create a cycle of success.
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Michael Mulgrew

Mr. Mulgrew became the fifth president of the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) in August 2009 and was elected to a full term by the UFT membership in April 2010.
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Travis Noyes

Mr. Noyes is the chief marketing officer for the New York Wheel and Empire Outlets— a $1 billion redevelopment of the North Shore of Staten Island, which will include the world‘s largest observation wheel, New York City’s first premium outlet center, a hotel and a five-acre green roof.
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Charles John O’Byrne

Mr. O’Byrne is executive vice president for Policy at Related Companies where he serves in a leadership role on a wide range of assignments involving government affairs on the federal, state and local levels; labor issues, litigation matters, and questions of strategy on multiple projects within the Related portfolio.
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Armand Pohan

Mr. Pohan has been the chairman of NY Waterway since 2002 and is actively involved in the management of the business, which operates over 30 ferryboats on New York Harbor… See full bio

George Samoladas

George Samoladas is a director at BlackRock. He is responsible for relationship and product management services with a focus on alternative investments, business integrations and risk management.
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Ellyn Toscano

Ms. Toscano is the senior director of programming, partnerships and community engagement for NYU Brooklyn at New York University. Working at the intersections of art, technology and science, NYU joins Brooklyn’s vibrant creative communities, industry and government in the Brooklyn Tech Triangle.
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Marian Heiskell

Marian S. Heiskell
(1918-2019)

Founding Chair