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

 

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