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

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

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

Ariana Sadoughi, Co-Chair
Morgan Stanley

Caroline Eckert, Co-Chair
PineBridge Investments

Taara Advani
Goldman Sachs

Arielle Altman
PHI

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 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

Mia Lazarus
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Xavier Lebec
Demiurge Studios LLC

Carly Lynch

Alexander Matthys
Quantedge

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

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.