Meet the
LINC board
We are so thankful for the brilliant and passionate advocates on our board who help to inspire the vision and fuel the mission of LINC.
OUR 
BOARD
Mimi Levin Lieber
(In Memoriam)
Founder, Literacy in Community
Carlos Rodriguez
(Co-Chair)
Retired Partner, Sidley Austin, LLP
Stephanie Young
(Co-Chair)
Retired Attorney and Community Advocate
Robert E. Spierer, CPA (Co-Vice Chair)
Partner, Perelson Weiner LLP
Kosha Udani
(Treasurer)
Managing Director of State & Local Tax, PWC
William Estilo
(Assistant Treasurer)
Partner, Deloitte
Victor Pichardo Jr.
(Secretary)
VP of Government & Community Affairs, SBH Health System
John Galiski (Chair, Audit Committee)
Director of Risk Advisory, Alix Partners
Glenn Autorino
Head of U.S. Leveraged Finance, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
Carl D. Folta
Senior Counselor, Abernathy MacGregor
Emily Giacoman
VP, Head of Global Merchant Services Pricing, Americas, American Express Company
Jordan Halpern-Leistner
Director, Silver Lake
Tova Katzir
Partner, McKinsey & Company
Dan Lee
Managing Director, PJT Partners
James E. Lieber
Founder and President, Lieber Strategies
Patricia Mitchell
Former Principal of PS 48Q
Andrea Newborn
General Counsel, ABM Industries
John Pantalena
Partner and Co-Founder, Phalanx Impact Partners
Ann Short
Former Director of Finance, Green City Force
Andrew Spring
Managing Director & CFO, MidOcean Partners
John Urban
Director, Treasury Funding and Investments, Barclays
Associate Board
LINCs Associate Board is a group of passionate professionals that play a vital role in furthering LINC’s strategic mission by raising awareness and funds for LINC through networking and fundraising events, volunteer opportunities, and social media.
Scott Cara (Co-Chair)
Founder, Elevate
Marianna Kakrida (Co-Chair)
Assistant VP, KKR
Alison Shim (Treasurer)
Private Equity Investing, Blackstone
Ashley Giannetti (Co-Secretary)
FSO Business Consulting Senior, EY
Nafisa Saha (Co-Secretary)
Associate, Advent International
Alberto Tardio (Programs Liaison)
VP, ING
Laura Amico
CPA, Innovation Operations Lead, EY-Parthenon
Tasha Brown
Associate, Restructuring, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Ralph Cheng
VP, Corporate & Investment Banking, Citibank
Kate Hodgson
Segment Producer, ABC / Good Morning America
Tyler Lee
Biopharma Investment Associate, Ashler Capital
Rhea Lieber
Graduate Student, Columbia Teachers College
Jennifer Lu
Investment Executive, CVC Capital Partners
Dean Miller
Associate, JP Morgan
Megan Murphy
Associate Attorney, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Kaitlyn Noe
Strategic Advisory, 3C Ventures
Connor Prior
Junior Operations and Trade Support Analyst, Kirkoswald
Amy Rahn
Director of the Center for Executive Leadership – CFO Program, EY
Laura Strothmann Williams
Associate Director, EY
Ethan Susser
Graduate Student, Columbia Business School
Hayley Walker
Booking Producer, NBC Universal
Kate Walner
Associate, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Tim Wojcik
Foreign Rights Director, David Black Literary Agency
For more information about our Associate Board, or to see if membership is right for you, please inquire here.
National Advisory
Council
Deborah Breznay
Exec. Dir., Edith Glick Shoolman Foundation (CLOSED)
Rudy Crew
Former New York City Schools Chancellor; Former President of Medgar Evers College
Ray Horton
Retired Columbia Business School Faculty – Nonprofit programs
Deborah Meier
Public Education Advocate and Reformer; Author; Former Principal and Teacher
Alan Mendelsohn
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Population Health, New York University School of Medicine, and Bellevue Hospital Center
Michael Rebell
Professor of Law and Educational Practice; Executive director of the Center for Educational Equity at Teachers College, Columbia University
Max Van Gilder
NY State Coordinator at Start School Later;
Retired Pediatrician
Doug Whiteman
Founder, The Whiteman Agency
Sonia Ortiz-Gulardo
Beginning with Children Foundation
