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