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Board of Directors

BOARD CHAIR
Jill E. Braufman

CHAIR EMERITUS
Laurie M. Tisch

BOARD VICE CHAIR
Jody Gottfried Arnhold

SECRETARY/TREASURER
Christina Mason, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP


Richard Anderman
Lawrence B. Benenson, Partner, Benenson Capital Partners, LLC
Aidan Connolly
Cyrus E. Driver, Deputy Director, Education, Sexuality, Religion, Ford  Foundation
Frederick J. Frelow, EdD, Program Officer, Ford Foundation
Arthur Greenberg, EdD
Michael Lofton
David J. Pollak, Senior Strategic Advisor and Independent Consultant, McKenna Long & Aldridge
David Sherman, American Federation of Teachers
David Shookhoff, Director of Education, Manhattan Theatre Club
Bruce Silverstein, Owner/Founder, Bruce Silverstein Gallery
Jennifer Sucov, Vice President of Everyday Health, Waterfront Media
Charles Traub, Photographer; Chair, Photography and Related Media Dept., School of Visual Arts
Venk Varadan
Diane Volk

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Eric G. Pryor

EMERITUS
Richard A. Barasch, Chairman and CEO, Universal American Financial Corporation
Blair Effron, Partner, Centerview Partners

NEW YORK CITY EX OFFICIO
Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor
Dennis M. Walcott, Chancellor, Chancellor, Department of Education
Kate D. Levin, Commissioner, Department of Cultural Affairs

IN MEMORIAM
Kitty Carlisle-Hart
Schuyler Chapin, Former Commissioner, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs