Board of Directors
Mark A. Hemenetz, Chairman
Schroders (Retired)
Robert S. Brown, Vice President
Sorenson Impact Institute
Michael Lubowitz, Secretary
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Jason Teeters, Treasurer
Siebert Williams Shank
Debjani Bagchi
Fiduciary Trust International
Adam Baxter
HMC Capital
Kate Brown
S&P Global
Marcia Y. Cantarella, Ph.D.
Consultant in Higher Education &
Author, I CAN Finish College
Mariana De la Vega
The Blackstone Group
David Foster
Jenna Goudreau
CNBC
Samuel A. Gradess
New York Livery Leasing
Katy Knight+
Siegel Family Endowment
Mark H. Moore
Reavis Page Jump LLP
Zoe Mountroukas
Customers Bank
Peter O. Nkongho
JP Morgan Chase
Patrick Ramsey
Global Mergers & Acquisitions, Bank of America
Richard H. Robinson
Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.
Julie Sterling
Google Inc.
Christopher Volpe
United Legwear & Apparel Co.
Directors Emeriti
Vincent Alfieri
Retired
Alain Lebec^
Brock Capital Group LLC
Thomas Regan
Retired
Alfred C. Sikes^
Consultant
^ indicates founding board member
+ indicates former teen leader
Advisory Council
Marcia Y. Cantarella, Ph.D., Co-Chair*
Consultant in Higher Education &
Author, I CAN Finish College
Sonia Bhuta Sisodia
South Asian Youth Action
Dia Bryant
Thom Christensen
Risa Dubow
Grad Team Collective
Abelardo (Abe) Fernández
Children’s Aid
Kim Flores, Ph.D.
Algorhythm
Paul Forbes
Expanded Success Initiative, NYC DOE
Elizabeth Gil
Fordham University Graduate School of Education
Doug Knecht
Bank Street Education Center at Bank Street College
Katy Knight*+
Siegel Family Endowment
Tom Liam Lynch
United Way of NYC
Betsy McKenna
Exponential Returns, LLC
Susan Neuman
Steinhardt School of Education, NYU
Robin Newman
Author
Pat Priolet
Stuart Post
Philanthropy Consultant
Fretta Reitzes
Consultant in Early Childhood Education & Author, Teaching Kindergarten: Learner Centered Classrooms for the 21st Century
Kenney Robinson
Hunter College School of Education
Amanda Rosenblum
Donald M. Ruff, Jr.
Eagle Academy
Jasmine Thomas
Microsoft
Rosemarie Truglio, Ph.D.
Sesame Workshop
Read Alliance Staff
Danielle Guindo
Executive Director
Yvette Russell
Chief Strategy Officer
Marcos Clander
Senior Director of Program & Partnerships
Patricia MacLean
Director of Development & Strategic Initiatives
* indicates board member
+ indicates former teen leader
Associate Board
Ariana Sadoughi, Co-Chair
Morgan Stanley
Caroline Eckert, Co-Chair
PineBridge Investments
Taara Advani
Galvanize Climate Solutions
Arielle Altman
PHI
Godwin Anaeto
Ares Management
Sophie Andreassi
MacMillan Family Foundation
Andy Chen+
NYC Department of Education
William Chism
Barclays
Christina De Vuono
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Kunal Dharmadhikari
Yahoo
Derek Disla
Schroders
Will Eisenberg
Bloomberg
Caroline Engel
CMW Strategies
Caroline Fatemi
United States Senate
Ashley Fischer-Kennedy
RBC
Isabella Gao
Rock Mountain Capital
Ann Guzzetta
Veritas Capital
Reid Harris
CNA Insurance
Jacquelene Herbold
NYU University
Maya Houser
Blue Meridian Partners
Trevor Hutson+
Hampton University Graduate
Arthur Ji
Evercore
Mia Lazarus
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Xavier Lebec
Demiurge Studios LLC
Carly Lynch
Abhik Mahakul
iCapital
Alexander Matthys
Quantedge
Kyle Matthys
Turtle
Danny Mitchell
Matrix Private Capital Group
Maneill Parekh
Ally Financial
Kimberly Pennington
KeyBank
Mara Petersen
Goldman Sachs
Emma Rafter
LinkIt!
Alex Rivkin
Bain & Company
Kristina Rodriguez
PwC
Kelly Tierney
Apollo Global Management
Ara Varma
HAX
Sophia Yang
PwC
Read Alliance Staff
Shea Copeland
Senior Coordinator of Development & Communications
Amanda Srere
Senior Development Coordinator
+ indicates former Teen Leader
Associate Board members dedicate their time, talents, networks and resources to serve as committed supporters and thoughtful advocates for Read Alliance's work.
Senior Staff
Danielle Guindo
Executive Director • Dguindo@readalliance.org
Danielle Guindo brings almost twenty years of senior non‐profit experience to her role as Executive Director. Danielle has a diverse and effective background in managing education-based initiatives for children from infancy through college and has successfully leveraged private and public support to elevate the quality and efficacy of programs. Before joining Read Alliance, Danielle served as Chief Program Officer at YWCA Brooklyn, where she oversaw and led the expansion of programs serving women and girls through college access and leadership development, economic empowerment for low-income women survivors of domestic violence, and social justice advocacy and organizing. Prior to working at YWCA Brooklyn, Ms. Guindo served as Vice President for Programs and Policy at The Committee for Hispanic Children and Families, Inc. where she was responsible for expanding and implementing youth programs and education initiatives across the five boroughs. Ms. Guindo has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Maryland, College Park and a Master in Social Work Research from Fordham University.
Yvette Russell
Chief Strategy Officer • yrussell@readalliance.org
Yvette Russell joined Read Alliance in February 2015. Prior to joining Read Alliance in 2015, Yvette worked in Special Projects and Alumni Relations at Harlem Children’s Zone where she also served as Director of the Truce Media Literacy and Arts Program until 2012. In addition to having over 10 years of non-profit management and program experience, Yvette has worked in publishing. Yvette received the “Coming Up Taller” Award from The President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities in 2005 and participated as a panelist in the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum National Conference, “Thinking Like an Artist: Creativity and Problem Solving in the Classroom,” in 2010. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism and African American History from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
marcos Clander
Senior Director of Program & Partnerships • mclander@readalliance.org
Marcos Clander, Senior Director of Program and Partnerships, has 10 years of experience at Read Alliance, since joining the team in January of 2014. Marcos has held several positions with increasing responsibility within the Program department as a Tutor Manager, Program Manager, Senior Program Manager and most recently Youth Development Director. Before joining Read Alliance, Marcos was a counselor with Literacy Partners, Incorporated, an organization dedicated to adult literacy and GED attainment. Marcos graduated from Stony Brook University in 2007 with a degree in Sociology, and received a Master’s in Public Policy from Rutgers University.
Patricia maclean
Director of Development • pmaclean@readalliance.org
Patricia MacLean, Senior Manager of Development & Strategic Initiatives, has more than 25 years of experience in both non-profit and corporate settings. She brings a varied background in developing partnerships for organizations striving to create inspiring and impactful programming in her role at Read Alliance. Prior to her current role, Patricia spent several years leading Corporate Sponsorship at Jazz at Lincoln Center as well as managing the NBC Olympic marketing effort of the NBC and Telemundo owned-and-operated stations. Additionally, Patricia has served in fundraising and event management roles for Kean University and the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, was a teacher in Bolivia and served as a job coach to assist young adults with intellectual disabilities integrating into the workforce. Patricia has a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Michigan.
Digant BaHl
Outsourced Chief Financial officer • dbahl@asnyinc.com
Digant Bahl, CPA, has over twenty years of experience in not-for-profit Accounting and Finance. Prior to joining Read Alliance in 2010, Digant was CFO at various charter schools. Digant also worked as a Senior Auditor for McGladrey & Pullen LLP, now RSM, and Director of Finance for Synergos Institute Inc. Digant holds an MBA in Finance from New York Institute of Technology. Digant is a licensed CPA in the State of New York and is an active member of the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants (NYSSCPA). Digant has served as President of the Board of Directors for the Manhattan Bronx Chapter of NYSSCPA and also serves as a community member on Citizen's Advisory Committee of Syosset Central School District.