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YPIE Boards

Board of Directors

David Westin

YPIE Board Chairman; Bloomberg TV Anchor

Carl E. Petrillo

YPIE Board Vice Chairman; Chairman, Yonkers Contracting

Ramesh Shah

YPIE Board of Directors Treasurer; Retired Chairman WNS Global

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Shari Turell

YPIE Board of Directors Secretary; Manager of Community Outreach, The Criterion Collection

Hon. Karen T. Beltran

Judge, NY Courts

Charlyn Brea

Montefiore Speech Pathologist

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Michelle Coleman

Bud Kroll

Joe McCoy

Divisional Head - Commercial Lending, Valley National Bank

Walter Rodriguez

Manager of Technical Services, ASR Group/Domino Sugar

Judy Seiff

Scott Semel

Partner, Park City Partners and Test Me LLC

Marc Sheinbaum

Retired Financial Services Executive

Stuart Silverman

President, Bluespring Wealth Partners

Thomas Smith, Esq.

Partner, Smith, Buss, and Jacobs LLC

Dan Spies

Partner, Sidley Austin LLP

Ferenc Tshibangu

Vice President, Loyalty & Engagement
Mastercard Inc.

Thomas Wong

Partner and Portfolio Manager, Oak Hill Advisors

Beth Zadek

Associate Board

The YPIE Associate Board is a group of professionals - including many YPIE alums - from the greater NY area who care about educational equity, provide ongoing feedback to enhance YPIE programs, and represent a pipeline of future nonprofit leaders.

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Cheyenne Darcy Amaya

Associate Producer,
NBC News

Ryan Arrigo

Associate, Audax Private Debt

Josh De Los Santos

Geometry Teacher, KIPP NJ

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Veronica Garzon

Manager of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at O’Melveny & Myers LLP

Brenda Leal

Account Manager, Alliant Insurance Services

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Chidinma Matthew

Campaign Assistant, Shatika Parker

Taijah Pink

Innovative and Inclusive Planning Specialist, The Center for Family Support, Inc.

Sr. Manager, Strategy & Business Planning, American Express

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Data Analyst, Arthur J. Gallagher

Associate Real Estate, Broker, Julia B. Fee Sotheby's International Realty

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Scott Schechter

Senior Director, Commercial Activation, Analytics, The Trade Desk, Inc.

Volunteer Advisory Board

The YPIE Volunteer Advisory Board represents YPIE’s network of 200+ volunteers and assists in meaningfully engaging YPIE volunteers, recruiting new volunteers, and enhancing the YPIE volunteer experience.

Ed Condon

Anne Curran

Linda Forman

Abby Hirsch

Nilesh Jain

Lisa Kunstadter

Nori Lustig

Mary Mackintosh

Anita Nordal

Daisy Ortiz

Melissa Rothberg

Sharmi Sobhan

Gerry Stoughton

Marsha Williams

Allison Wohl

We also thank the former YPIE Board of Director Members for their commitment to making a lasting impact on the lives of students in Yonkers.

T. Richard Fitzgerald, Chairman Emeritus

Richard P. Alvarez

Alison Lohrfink Blood

Mark Carbone

Joseph Curto

James D’Arcangelo

Rosalba Del Vecchio

Susan Delaney

Karen Edmonson

Kenneth Engel

Ed Fergus

Matt Finkle

Anthony Gallinari

Jeff Greenfield

Marion Greenup

Susan Guma

Robert Jandovitz

Mondaire Jones

Curtis Kendrick

Robert Leggio

Alan Litt

Olga Luz Tirado

Anish Nanavaty

Bruno Pietrosanti

David Pope

Marie Rama

Nancy Shenker

Nick Sprayregen, In Memoriam

Potoula Stavropoulos

James J. Veneruso, Esq.

Michael Yazurlo, In Memoriam

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