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

Arielina Almanzar
Public Allies Apprentice/College & Career Advisor, HPHS

Anna Bennett
Internship Coordinator/Advocate, MC

Adee Braun
Communications and Development Associate

Mercedes Brazier-Thurman
Senior Career Advisor, HPHS

Forrest Buckman
Data Manager

Brianna Carp
Student Advocate/Legal

Arlae Castellanos
Program Associate, MC

Devon Cayenne
Public Allies Apprentice/College & Career Advisor, HPHS

Pankie Chan
Tutoring Coordinator, MC

Abdoul Manan Deen
Tutor, MC

Kenneth Dougherty
Tutor, MC

Lena Eberhart
Site Director, HPHS

Suzette Ferguson
Data Management Coordinator

Gladys Franceschi
Senior Internship Coordinator, MC

Alexis Gnall
College Advisor, HPHS

Jarrel Harrison
College and Career Advocate, CAS

Bobbie Hernandez
Director of Student Support Services, MC

Andrée Lockwood
Director of Development

Clifford Lyons
Tutor, MC

Beth Novick
Director of College & Academic Services, MC

Azeen Nafisi
College Advisor/Avodah Intern, MC

Marina Royo
College Advisor, HPHS

Gina Samson
Director of Finance

Jonathan Saul
Career and College Advisor, CAS

Joan F. Springs
Executive Assistant

Jordan Wesley
Career Advisor/Partnership Coordinator, HPHS

Jia Yu
College Advisor, MC

CDI Board of Directors

Dean Backer
Partner, Goldman Sachs & Co.

Michael L. Bittle
COO & Co-Founder, Attend LLC

Pamela Craig, Chair
Chief Financial Officer, Accenture

Tim M. Ettenheim

Susan R. Fellner
Director, COO Financial Institutions Group and Technology, Media and Telecom, Credit Suisse

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

Justin C. Orlando
Director, Employee Benefits, AIG

Imke Oster
Co-Founder, License Logix

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

Andrew Wang
Finance Manager, American Express

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

Carolyn Risoli
LVMH, Special Projects

Lari Stanton
Retired, Chief Executive 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