EXTERNAL LEADERSHIP

HEAF is governed by a board of directors comprised of 27 executives and leaders from across industries and disciplines who set the strategic direction, provide oversight and counsel to the HEAF management team and staff. In addition, HEAF benefits from volunteer leadership through our Advisory Council, Leadership Council and Associate Board.

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

John Jacobsson

Chair

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Brett McCollough

Vice Chair

Bloomberg LP

Benjamin K Semel

Secretary

Pryor Cashman LLP

Karla Maloof

Treasurer

Barclays Capital

BOARD MEMBERS

Alexandra Alger

Fred Alger Management

Allison Allen

Lincoln Center

Cecil K Brooks, Jr

Mott Haven Capital Partners

John K Collins

Morgan Stanley

Joseph DiMondi

Deutsche Bank Securities

Justina Foggie

Teach for America

Henry Louis Gates, Jr, PhD

Harvard University

Giri Gururaja

Metropolitan Life

Elan Keller

Legal Search

Fern Khan

Bank Street College of Education (Retired)

Jonathan Knipe

Cozen O’Connor

Deirdre Guice Minor

T. Rowe Price

Claudine Naughton

Activision Blizzard

Eric Rahe

JC Flowers & Co

Maria Rodriguez

Consolidated Edison

Joanna S Rose

Daniel & Joanna S Rose Foundation

Calvin Sims

Executive Vice President for News Standards & Practices, CNN

Colette Smith

HBO

Michael W Smith

Chubb

Neil deGrasse Tyson, PhD

American Museum of Natural History

Thomas Veripapa

Sodexo

Dave Wildman

Bloomberg LP

Advisory Council

Sheri Berman, PhD

Professor of Political Science, Barnard College

Marta Cotton

Matarin Capital 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

JP Morgan

Paul Trussell

Nike

Julian Garrett

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.