The Board is responsible for the general management of the affairs and property of the Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City. In addition, the Board of Directors has the power to employ personnel, authorize expenditures, and take all necessary and proper steps to carry out the purposes of the Mayor's Fund and to promote its best interests.
Board of Directors:
Chair, Board of Directors - Elle Bisgaard-Church, Chief of Staff to the Mayor
Directors:
Julie Chen, Institutional Giving Manager, CAAAV: Organizing Asian Communities
Christina Cover, English Language Arts Teacher and Literacy Coordinator
Shawn Morehead, Executive Vice President and Chief Program Officer, The New York Community Trust
Rickke Mananzala, President, New York Foundation
Javier H. Valdés, Director - Civic Engagement and Government, Ford Foundation
Tony Perlstein, Director - Organizing, United Auto Workers
Officers:
President - Kate R. Smith, Executive Director, Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City
Vice President - Claudia Cereceda, Deputy Chief of Staff to the Mayor
Treasurer - Wendy Li, Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer, Ivy Invest
Board of Directors Meetings
Recordings of meetings are posted on the Mayor's Fund's YouTube
Board Meeting Minutes
- March 25, 2026
- October 9, 2025
- June 10, 2025
- April 8, 2025
- November 6, 2024
- February 2, 2024
- January 26, 2024
- October 17, 2023
- June 6, 2023
- March 23, 2023
- July 28, 2022
- June 9, 2022
- May 18, 2022
- February 24, 2022
- June 23, 2021
- February 5, 2021
- November 4, 2020
- June 11, 2020
- February 27, 2020
Audit & Finance Committee Meeting Minutes
- October 22, 2024
- October 5, 2023
- February 24, 2022
- August 16, 2021
- July 27, 2021
- October 14, 2020
- June 26, 2020
- May 5, 2016
- December 9, 2015
- June 23, 2015
- March 25, 2015