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EMERGE STRONG: 100 Years of Impact →

Our Leadership

Board of Directors

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Mindy Stern

Board President

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Robert Hirshland, MBA

Vice President

Lucy T. Zepp

Vice President

Shelly Suh, MBA

Secretary

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Navid Moshtaghi, MBA

Treasurer

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Lisa Carloss, MBA

Board Member

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Edward A. Dreyfus, PhD

Board Member

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Bianca L. Guzmán, PhD (Ella, she/her)

Board Member

Michelle Harris, MBA

Board Member

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Trish Lopez, MBA

Board Member

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Sam Merchant

Board Member

Meredith Messer Fried, MBA

Board Member

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Carlos Rosales 

Board Member

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Fred Samulon, PhD

Board Member

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Jesse Shapiro, Esq.

Board Member

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Alex Sigolof, Esq.

Board Member

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Laurie P. Spivak

Board Member

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Eliza Howard Thorne

Board Member

Advisory Board

Patricia Alba, LCSW

Luz Avila-Kyncl, LCSW

Mavis Bortey-Fio

Steven Canup

John Coleman, MBA

Jay R. de Miranda

Loraine Despres

George Di Salvo, MBA

Paul Doucette, MBA

David Dreyfus, PhD

Michelle Hawley, PhD

Janice P. Kern

Mindy Lamont

Sylvia Lopez, MPH

Scott Matula-Beltch

Gina Nagel

Kathy Perez

Steven Poretzky

Mike Still

Jeff Thomas, CPA

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