Board of Directors

Erika Irish Brown

Vice Chairperson

Former Head of Diversity Lateral Recruiting, Lehman Brothers

Marisha L. Clinton

CPA

Director, Equity Research, Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.

Kevin Chavers

Treasurer

Managing Director, Morgan Stanley

Brian Cosgrove

Retired

Sherman Edmiston III

Managing Director, Corporate Consulting, Huron Group

Ben Esner

Vice Chairperson & Secretary

Deputy Director, Independence Community Foundation

Benjamin A. Glascoe

Retired

Colvin W. Grannum, Esq.

President

Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Esq.

Natural Resources Defense Council, Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic

Depelsha Thomas McGruder

Senior Vice President

Business Operations & Strategy- MTV 360, MTV Networks

Lesia Bates Moss

President, Seedco Financial

David G. Offensend

Vice Chairperson

Senior Vice President, Chief Financial & Administrative Officer, The New York Public Library

Glenn Edward Sharpe

Retired

Timothy Simons

Board Member

Vice President of Legislative and Regulatory Outreach & Compliance, Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco

Joseph J. Sitt

Founder/Chairman & CEO, Thor Equities, LLC

Joseph G. Sponholz

Retired

Kevin Stein

Managing Director , Friedman Billings & Ramsey

Hon. William C. Thompson

Associate, Ross & Hill

Kira P. Watson, Esq.

Partner, New York Bryan Cave

Peter M. Williams

Chief Executive Officer, MBD Community Housing Corporation

Wayne C. Winborne

Chairman

Vice President, Business Diversity Outreach, Prudential Financial

Albert C. Witshire

Chief of Staff, US Congreeman Edolphus Towns

Lester W. Young, Jr., Ed.D

Member, New York State Board of Regents

Antonia Yuille-Williams

First Vice Chairperson

Director of Public Affairs, Brooklyn Division, Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc.