BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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Dr. Wendy Rothman
Board President – Organizational Psychologist, Business Entrepreneur, Author, President of Psychology at Work
Tanya LeMelle
Board Vice President – Government Banking Professional and Inclusion & Diversity Leader at TD Bank, Co-Lead of the TD Bank Metro New York Black Employee Network Business Resource Group, Philanthropist
Joe Fortunato
Board Secretary – Business Manager, Music Producer, Project Manager at Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson
Becca Pulliam
Board Treasurer – Director of WBGO Archives, Writer
Evelin Collado
Manhattan Borough Director at the Office of the New York City Comptroller
Kathy Gordon
Psychoanalyst, EMDR Certified Therapist
Jeff “The Jedi Master” Jones
Director, Producer, Grammy Award winner
Michael Potenza
Vice President and Intellectual Property Counsel, National Basketball Association
Eli Yamin
Pianist, Composer, Singer, Educator, Founding Board President and Managing Artistic Director
ARTISTIC COUNCIL
Bob Stewart
Musician, Educator
Steven Oquendo
Musician, Educator, 2024 Community Artist-In-Residence
Eli Yamin
Musician, Educator
ADVISORY COUNCIL
Jim Anderson
Recording Engineer, Producer
Kenny Barron
Pianist and Composer
Robin Bell-Stevens
Director/Executive Producer at Jazzmobile
Phil Bertelsen
Filmaker
Tom Dempsey
Guitarist, Author, Professor of Music, LaGuardia Community College
Shireen Dickson
Managing Director Slippage Lab, Northwestern University, Director, Okra Dance Co.
Dena Engelhardt
Visual Artist, Founding Board Member
Fred Hersch
Pianist and Composer
John Hollwitz, PhD
Fordham Graduate School of Business Professor
James McBride
Author and Musician
Catherine Russell
Singer and Bandleader