Staff & Boards
Left to right: Michael Toise, John J. Mancuso, Jr., Margaret Aylward, Judy Horvay, Sam Hussey, Mark Testa
CDI Staff
John J. Mancuso, Jr., LCSW
Executive Director
Margaret Aylward, LMSW
Assistant Executive Director
Anna Bennett
College Advisor/AVODAH Intern
Adee Braun
Development Associate
Mercedes Brazier-Thurman
Internship Coordinator
Carl Burnett
Mediation Specialist
Brianna Carp
Student Advocate/Legal
Arlae Castellanos
Program Associate
Pankie Chan
Tutoring Coordinator
Victor Crispin
Administrative Assistant
Abdoul Manan Deen
Tutor
Lena Eberhart
Site Director, HPHS
Suzette Ferguson
Data Management Coordinator
Gladys Franceschi
Sr. Internship Coordinator
Alexis Gnall
College Advisor, HPHS
Bobbie Hernandez
Director of Student Support Services
Luna Lin
Administrative Assistant
Andrée Lockwood
Director of Development
Clifford Lyons
Tutor
Lindsay Mahl
Student Advocate
Ji-Myung Nam
Tutor
Beth Novick
Director of College & Academic Services
Jonathan Pereira
Director of Special Projects
Michael Powers
Controller
Marina Royo
College Advisor, HPHS
Joan F. Springs
Executive Assistant
Jia Yu
College Advisor
CDI Board of Directors
Dean Backer
Partner, Goldman Sachs & Co.
Michael L. Bittle
COO & Co-Founder, Attend LLC
Pamela Craig, Vice Chair
Chief Financial Officer, Accenture
Chad Dillard
Associate, Deutsche Bank
Tim M. Ettenheim, Chair
Chief Financial Officer, The Education Alliance
Howard A. Friedman
Founder and Principal Emeritus
Manhattan Comprehensive Night & Day High School
Michael Koester, Vice Chair
Partner, Goldman, Sachs & Co.
John J. Mancuso, Jr.
Executive Director, Comprehensive Development, Inc.
Michael F. Melcher
Partner, Next Step Partners, LLC
Gail O. Mellow, Ph.D.
President, LaGuardia Community College
Margareta Nordin, Dr. Med. Sci.
Clinical Director, Occupational & Industrial Orthopedic Center, NYU Langone Medical Center
Justin C. Orlando
Director, Employee Benefits, AIG International
Imke Oster
Co-founder, License Logix
Carolyn Risoli
President, Marc by Marc Jacobs
Ali Sheikhzadeh, Ph.D.
Associate Director of Research, Occupational & Industrial Orthopedic Center, NYU Langone Medical Center
Ellen Taus, Treasurer
Chief Financial Officer, The Rockefeller Foundation
Board of Advisors
David Bolotsky
Chief Executive Officer, Uncommon Goods
Gregory P. Cohen
Founding Executive Director, CDI; Senior Consultant, Cause Effective
Robert V. Delaney, Sr.
Retired, Group Senior VP, Brooklyn Union Gas
Meryl Greenfield
Retired, Education Consultant
Lari Stanton
Retired, Chief Operating Officer, Aris-Isotoner Gloves
Kevin E. Walker, Chair
Chief Operating Officer, Iberdrola, USA
Honorary Board
Robert Catell
Chairman, Advanced Energy Center, Stony Brook University
Annette Lauer, Chair
Matt Lauer
Morning Anchor, NBC Today Show
Pedro Noguera, Ph.D.
Peter L Agnew Professor of Education, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Development/Exec. Director, Metropolitan Center for Urban Education
Manhattan Comprehensive Cabinet Members
Michael Toise
Principal
John J. Mancuso, Jr.
Executive Director/CDI
Margaret Aylward
Assistant Executive Director/CDI
Judy Horvay
Assistant Principal, ELA/ESL
Sam Hussey
Assistant Principal, Guidance
Mark Testa
Assistant Principal, Math/Science
Jeff Zerowin
Education Consultant
