Our Board
Shara Perlman Borus
Board Chair
Affiliations:
Americorps NCCC
YM & YWHA of Washington Heights & Inwood
JCC Association of North America
Kirsh Bakery and Kitchen
Henry Kaufman Campgrounds
Insurgo Project
Touro College School of Social Work
Prenatal Yoga Center
Brandy Cochrane
Board Treasurer
Affiliations:
Bronx Community Board 8 Resident
Founder and Program Director, Friends of the Woods
Founder and Director of Sustainable Initiatives
Sustainable Initiatives
Jeanie Bird Foundation
The Bronx News Network
The West Bronx Community Coalition
The Bronx Community Coalition
Girls Empowerment Movement
Karolyn Chamberlin
Board Secretary
Affiliations:
International Economic Development Consultant
Friends of Rosemary’s Playground
Aileen Reynolds
Affiliations:
Executive Director of Housing Opportunity, New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development
Fordham University
Christine Whelan, Ph.D.
Affiliations:
Clinical Professor, School of Human Ecology, University of Wisconsin
Director, MORE: Money, Relationships, and Equality
University of Wisconsin
University of Oxford
University of Pittsburgh
University of Iowa
Princeton University
AARP
SEEKSafely
Advisory Board
Keith Cruise, Ph.D.
Affiliations:
Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology and Adjunct Professor of Law, Fordham University
Co-Director of the Center for Trauma Recovery and Juvenile Justice
Apart of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN)
Dominican Academy — Board of Trustees Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
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Rhonda James
Affiliations:
E218 Events Management, LLC — Founder and President Community Board 4 Resident Sustainable South Bronx The HOPE Program The Jerome A. Greene Democratic Club Promiseland Church Outreach Food Pantry Joshua and Caleb Ministries Columbia Secondary School — School Leadership Team (SLT)
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Susan Lally
Affiliations:
Director of CSM Program — Montefiore Medical Center Montefiore Hospital’s Department of Psychiatry Associate Executive Director, the New York State Office of Mental Health
Residential Services and Housing Development Program Specialist
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Barbara Stronczer
Affiliations:
Bedford Mosholu Community Association — President
Bronx Community Board 7 — Parks Committee Chairperson
Community Board 7 Resident Friends of Mosholu Parkway
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Dart Westphal
Affiliations:
Bronx Community Board 8 Resident
Organizational Development Consultant, The Support Center for Nonprofit Management
Bronx River Alliance
Harlem River Working Group
West Harlem Environmental Action
Riverdale Nature Preservancy
Bartow Pell Mansion Museum
Bronx Council for Environmental Quality
Transportation Alternatives
Manhattan College
Columbia School of Social Work
Lehman College
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