EXTERNAL LEADERSHIP
Board of Directors
Advisory Council
Leadership Council
Associate Board
Board of Directors
HEAF’s Board of Directors includes senior-level executives from prominent corporations throughout NYC, adding tremendous value to the stature and credibility of our college access and college success programs.
OFFICERS

Daniel Rose
Founder & Chair Emeritus
Rose Associates

Karla Maloof
Chair
Barclays Capital

Brett McCollough
Vice Chair
Bloomberg LP

Dave Wildman
Secretary
Bloomberg LP

Joseph DiMondi
Treasurer
Deutsche Bank Securities
BOARD MEMBERS

Alexandra Alger
Fred Alger Management

Allison Allen

Cecil K. Brooks, Jr.
Mott Haven Capital Partners
HEAF Alum

John K. Collins
Morgan Stanley

Henry Louis Gates, Jr, PhD
Harvard University

Giri Gururaja
Bank of America

John Jacobsson
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Elan Keller
Endpoint Partners LLC

Fern Khan
Bank Street College of Education (Retired)

Jonathan Knipe
Cozen O’Connor

Deirdre Guice Minor
T. Rowe Price

Eric Rahe
JC Flowers & Co

Maria Rodriguez
Consolidated Edison

Benjamin K. Semel
Pryor Cashman LLP

Calvin Sims
CNN

Colette Smith
HBO

Michael W. Smith
Chubb

Neil deGrasse Tyson, PhD
American Museum of Natural History

Thomas Veripapa
Sodexo
Advisory Council

Sheri Berman, PhD
Professor of Political Science, Barnard College

Marta Cotton
Ranger Investment Management

Yann Geron
Geron Legal Advisors

Woody Heller
Savills Studley

Jeff Livingston
EdSolutions

Richard Neiman
Lending Club

Robin Panovka
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen, & Katz
Leadership Council
Leadership Council supports HEAF and its initiatives by volunteering as mentors to HEAF students, sharing HEAFs mission through networks of like-minded, service-oriented professionals, and providing philanthropic support.
OFFICERS

Robert Losquadro
Chair
Houlihan Lokey

Stephane Essama
Deputy Chair
Flexpoint Ford

Nare Tevanyan
Operations Chair
Elliott Management Corporation

Hannah Zale
Development Chair
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
LEADERSHIP COUNCIL MEMBERS

Kim Desmarais
Jones Day

Catherine Mahony
LimitFi

Paul Trussell
Nike

Julian Garratt
Perella Weinberg Partners

Akhil Mehta
Blackrock

Gianni Hallak
Lone Pine Capital

Alicia Price
Goldman Sachs

Aidan Lanigan
Santander

Michael Sacks
Palatine Capital Partners
Associate Board
HEAF’s Associate Board is a dynamic group of young professionals who serve in leadership positions, planning fundraising and awareness events, and cultivating community partnerships.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Earnestiena Cheng
Co-Chair
FTI Consulting

Caitlin Klein
Co-Chair
The LeveragED

Matthew Wynter
Deputy Co-Chair
Horizon Media

Petiri Reed
Nominating Chair
AllianceBernstein
ASSOCIATE BOARD MEMBERS

Brittany Armstead
Fordham University School of Law

Kiara Benn
For Freedoms

Garren Bryant
Hirsch Leatherwood

Emily Carrazana
Public Health Pipeline Plus

Conrad Harron
Madison International Realty

Jubreel Hason

Daniel Marrow
US House of Representatives

Nicole Minassian
Sia Partners

Rajvi Patel
Mizuho

Nick Pibl
Sandbrook Capital

Maxine Rhabb
Santander

Anthony Salas
AllianceBernstein
HEAF Alum

Aminata Sow
Marketing Consultant

Chelcie Taylor
CBS

Phillip Thomas
Prep for Prep

Martha Velasquez
Warner Media-HBO

Shondelle Weekes
Elloree Talent Strategies

Tyler Weiss
Deloitte

Lauren Weston
Thomvest Ventures