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Board of Directors

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