People
staff
Lynn Warshafsky
Founder and Executive Director
Karen Kiss
Director of Grants & Administration
Issa Sharp
Director of Education
Carly Short
Creative Pathways Coordinator | Lead Filmmaker
Virginia Wilcox
Development & Communications Associate
Trenton Lessett
Media & Program Assistant
Sam Sandoval
Administrative & Programming Assistant
Board of Directors
Ruth Seroussi, J.D.
President
NEWHOUSE | law group PC
Steven Oritt
Vice President
Producer, Director
Michael Cannone
Secretary / TreasurerSenior
Partner, Westmount Asset Management
Neal Baer, M.D.
Writer, Producer, Showrunner, Baer Bones Productions
Jodi Gusek
Consumer and Audience Research Consultant
J-T Ladt
Chief Content Officer, Fuse Media
Mike Newhouse, J.D.
Attorney-at-Law, NEWHOUSE | law group PC
Meredith Oritt
Catering Business Partner, Guckenheimer at Google
Iris Paulino
VP-Regional Manager, Mechanics Bank
Matt Ogens
Filmmaker, Commercial Director
Tristan Robinson, J.D.
Attorney-at-Law
Ashurst LLP
Sarah Sung
Marketing Consultant
Lynn Warshafsky
Founder and Executive Director
In memoriam
board member emeritus
V. Joy Simmons, M.D.
Member Emeritus
Mark Swope
May 14, 1953–December 19, 2016