Executive Director Traci Lester


Board of Directors

    Officers
  • Maria Gotsch, M.B.A., New York City Investment Fund - Chairperson 
  • Kathleen Collins, L.C.S.W.- Vice Chair
  • Gary Tannenbaum, C.P.A., Miltan Management Corporation - Treasurer

  • Members
  • Karine Apollon, Scholastic Education
  • Keith Dawkins, Nicktoons Network
  • Katinka Domotorffy, M.B.A., Goldman, Sachs & Co.
  • Eileen Fitzpatrick, M.S., New York Presbyterian, Cornell
  • Shawna Holzer
  • Susan Kaufman, Time Inc.’s People StyleWatch
  • Mehmet L. Kirdar, J.P. Morgan
  • Judith Levine, M.S.W.
  • Sabrina Martin, M.D., North General Hospital
  • Leora Mogilner, M.D., Mount Sinai Hospital
  • Linda Moody
  • Jack E. Pace III, J.D., White & Case LLP
  • Ann Sand, M.S.W., Literacy Inc.



  • Andrea A. DuBois, M.B.A. - Co-chair
  • Linda van Schaick, M.S. Ed., Bellevue Hospital Center - Co-chair
  • Elyse Barbell, Literacy Assistance Center
  • Lisa Bernstein, The What To Expect Foundation
  • Lloyd Bishop, Greater New York Hospital Association
  • Norma Gindes
  • Susan Huppe, ROR of Upstate New York
  • Diana Killip, MD
  • Perri Klass, M.D., Reach Out and Read National Center and Professor of Journalism and Pediatrics at New York University
  • Danielle LaRaque, M.D., Mount Sinai School of Medicine
  • Katherine Lobach, M.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center
  • Alan Mendelsohn, M.D., NYU School of Medicine and Bellevue Hospital Center
  • State Senator Suzi Oppenheimer, New York State Legislature
  • Sheila Palevsky, MD, MPH
  • Rachel Payne, The Brooklyn Public Library
  • Carmen Ramos-Bonoan, MD, MPH
  • Anthony Tassi, Office of the Mayor





Traci Lester, Executive Director
Monique Hardin-Cordero, Program Director
Karen Preuss, Development Manager
Asari Beale, Administrative Manager
Ra'Chaun Rogers, Intern


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