New York Needs You | Board Members
Robert Reffkin (Founder and President)
Robert Reffkin is a Vice President in the Principal Investment Area of Goldman Sachs. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, he worked at Lazard Frères where he was an Associate in the Mergers & Acquisitions group and at McKinsey &...
Janelle Alexander (Vice President)

Janelle Alexander is a Principal and founding partner at Alprion Capital Management, a New York-based hedge fund sponsor focused on the municipal sector. Prior to Alprion, Janelle was a Vice President in Municipal Investment Banking at Goldman, Sachs & Co....

Sebnem Giorgio (Treasurer)
Sebnem Giorgio is CFO / COO at New York Cares, a nonprofit organization that meets pressing community needs by mobilizing caring New Yorkers in volunteer service. Sebnem oversees the infrastructure that supports organizational...
Kimberly Harris (Secretary)
Kimberly A. Harris is an Associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, where she represents some of the leading Fortune 500 Companies in a variety of industries, including healthcare, insurance, automotive, entertainment...
Shawn Anderson
Shawn is a Vice President within the Investment Banking Division at Goldman, Sachs & Co.. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, Shawn worked for Wellington Management Company, LLP. Shawn earned an A.B. in Economics...
Sebastian Arango
Sebastian Arango is a Vice President in the Restructuring & Reorganization Advisory group at the Blackstone Group. Since joining Blackstone in 2006, Mr. Arango has advised various companies and creditors on a variety of restructuring...
Cindy Helen Brea
Cindy Helen Brea is a Vice President in the Emerging Markets Fixed Income Sales group at Credit Suisse covering institutional clients in Central America and the Caribbean. Her focus to date has been financial institutions, providing...
Marvet Britto
Maverick, Visionary, Charismatic, Dynamic -- are just a few of the attributes that embody PR and brand strategist, Marvet Britto. As Founder and President of The Britto Agency, an internationally embraced public relations and brand architecture firm, Britto has become an unparalleled presence...
Howard W. Buffett
Howard W. Buffett serves as Special Assistant in the Office of the Secretary at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In this role, Mr. Buffett is charged with identifying strategic partners to advance the mission areas of Research...
Shawn Golhar
Shawn M. Golhar is a Vice President in the Washington Business and Policy Group with Barclays Capital. Based in the New York office, he provides capital markets solutions for the US federal government and multilateral institutions...
Daron Greene
Daron Greene is a Director and member of BlackRock's Fixed Income Portfolio Management Group. His primary responsibility is managing agency mortgage backed securities across BlackRockç—´ multiple fixed income mandates...
Hilary Ley Jager
Hilary Ley Jager is an attorney in the public sector. She has previously worked for the ACLU Immigrant's Rights Project. She received her B.A. from Williams College and her J.D. from Stanford Law School in 2007...
Yusef Kassim
Yusef Kassim works in the Investor Relations group at Eton Park Capital Management, a $12 billion multi-disciplinary investment firm. Prior to joining Eton Park, he was a Partner and Head of Marketing & Investor Relations...
Andre Kelleners
Andre Kelleners is a Vice President in the Investment Banking Division of Goldman Sachs where he currently focuses on the execution of mergers & acquisitions and financing transactions for clients in the consumer/retail industry...
Mary-Catherine Lader
Mary-Catherine Lader is a renewable energy analyst in Goldman Sachs' Special Situations Group. Previously, she worked in media relations for the World Economic Forum in Davos, production for CNN International...
Andrew Marks
Andrew Marks is an Analyst at Blue Ridge Capital, LLC, a New York-based hedge fund. Prior to joining Blue Ridge, he was an Analyst at GSO Capital Partners, the credit investing arm of The Blackstone Group...
Maybel Marte
Maybel Marte recently joined FBR Capital Markets as a Vice President in High Yield/Distressed Institutional Sales Group, focused primarily on credit hedge funds. Prior to joining FBRCM, Maybel had been at Goldman Sachs for over...
Roland Merchant
Roland Merchant is a Senior Vice President of Eastdil Secured, LLC, a wholly owned Real Estate Investment Bank of Wells Fargo, and is responsible for the marketing and valuation of secondary commercial mortgage whole loans...
Pearl O’Rourke
Pearl O'Rourke is a Vice President in the Investment Banking division of J.P. Morgan, where she is responsible for providing mergers and acquisitions and capital markets advice to Retail and Apparel clients. In addition...
Daniel Smith
Dan Smith is Managing Director and SVP of Operations with the NYC-based executive search firm Raines International Inc., where he is responsible for new business development efforts as well as the firm's internal hiring, ...
Josh Wolfe
Josh is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Lux Capital, focusing on investments in physical and life sciences. Josh manages Lux Capital's investments in Nanosys, Cambrios, Silicon Clocks, Crystal IS, Kurion, Siluria and...