Our members create jobs and connect underserved New Yorkers — primarily New Yorkers of color, New Yorkers with low- or moderate-incomes, New Yorkers with multiple barriers to employment, and New Yorkers who have been left out of the growing economy due to systemic and historic marginalization — to opportunities so they can support their families and give back to their communities.
Team Members
Staff
Gregory J Morris
Chief Executive Officer
Stephanie Birmingham
Director of Community and Operations
Board of Directors
Officers + Executive Committee
Kathleen Culhane (Chair), President, Nontraditional Employment for Women
Jennifer Mitchell (Vice-Chair), Executive Director, The Doe Fund
David Garza (Secretary), President and CEO, Henry Street Settlement
Valerie Payne (Treasurer), Executive Director, Rebuilding Together NYC
Aaron Shiffman, Executive Director, Brooklyn Workforce Innovations
Directors
Ben Thomases, Executive Director, Queens Community House
Christopher Watler, Executive Vice President, Center for Employment Opportunities
Dr. Darlene Williams, President and CEO, Union Settlement
Darren Bloch, CEO, Greenwich House
David Meade*, Executive Director, Building Skills NY
David Nidus, Executive Director, Andromeda Community Initiative
Debbie Roman, Managing Director, Per Scholas
Faith Wiggins, Director, Homecare Education Fund, 1199SEIU Training & Employment Funds
Hannah Weinstock, Senior Director of Workforce Development, LaGuardia Community College
Helen Kogan, Executive Director, Metro, NPower
Janelle Farris, President and Executive Director, Brooklyn Community Services
Eileen F Reilly, Consultant
Jerelyn Rodriguez, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, The Knowledge House
Katy Gaul-Stigge, CEO, Goodwill Industries of New York and Northern New Jersey
Keith Rasmussen, Executive Director, Seedco
Kilsys Payamps-Roure, Executive Director, Braven in New York City
Lakythia Ferby, Executive Vice President of Programs & Impact, STRIVE NY
Leslie Abbey, CEO, Hot Bread Kitchen
Mike Dunne, Northeast Director, Equus Workforce Solutions
Paula Bailey*, Executive Vice President, Grant Associates
Shari Krull, Executive Director, StreetWise Partners
Wayne Ho*, President and Chief Executive Officer, Chinese-American Planning Council
*Chair of a Board Committee
Past Board Chairs
Julie Shapiro, The Door
Kelly Richardson, Per Scholas
Phil Weinberg, Strive
Randy Peers, Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow
Workforce Policy and Strategy Council
Anh-Thu Nguyen, Democracy at Work Institute
Betty Ann Tamaisar, BronxWorks, Inc.
Gisele Castro, exalt
Joseph McDonald, Institute for Career Development (ICD)
Kelly Washburn, Fedcap Inc.
Marco Damiani, AHRC New York City
Michael Conway, Stacks and Joules
Michael Roberts, Comprehensive Youth Development
Nadia Sadloski, The Doe Fund
Pablo Torres, Friends of The High Line
Rebecca Lurie, CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies; Community and Worker Ownership Project
Stacy Bliagos, HANAC, Inc.
Tonya Gayle, Green City Force
Partners
Investors
Funders
Ford Foundation
Ira W. De Camp Foundation
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
NYC Workforce Funders
Robin Hood Foundation
Event Sponsors
America Works of New York
BronxWorks
Brooklyn Community Services
Brooklyn Workforce Innovations
Building Skills NY
CAMBA
Center for Employment Opportunities
Chinese-American Planning Council, Inc.
Commonpoint Queens
CWE
Fedcap Inc
General Assembly
Goodwill Industries of NYNJ
Grant Associates
Henry Street Settlement
Hot Bread Kitchen
JP Morgan Chase
LaGuardia Community College
Lester Fund
Mosholu Montefiore Community Center
NEW
NPower
NYC Kids RISE
NYC Mayor’s Office of Talent and Workforce Development
NYCEDC
Per Scholas
Public Works Partners
Rebuilding Together NYC
Seedco
StreetWise Partners
STRIVE
The Data School powered by The Information Lab
The HOPE Program
The Knowledge House
Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Development Corporation
Workforce Development Institute
Workforce Professionals Training Institute
Business Partners
Accenture
Association for a Better New York
Amazon
Bloomberg LP
Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce
Bronx Chamber of Commerce
Civic Hall
Cognizant
Company
Company Ventures
HR&A Advisors
L&M Development Partners
Long Island City Partnership
Manhattan Chamber of Commerce
Queens Chamber of Commerce
Regional Plan Association
Staten Island Chamber of Commerce
Tech:NYC
The Thinkubator
Verizon
Workforce Partners
Center for NYC Affairs at The New School (CNYCA)
Center for an Urban Future (CUF)
City University of New York (CUNY)
Consortium for Worker Education (CWE)
Invest in Skills NY/C
JobsFirstNYC
Literacy Assistance Center (LAC)
New York Association for Training and Employment Professionals (NYATEP)
Workforce Professionals Training Institute (WPTI)
Inclusive Growth Partners
Association for Neighborhood Housing and Development (ANHD)
NYC Inclusive Growth Initiative (IGI)
Regional Plan Association (RPA)
Human Services Partners
Asian American Federation
Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies (FPWA)
Hispanic Federation
Human Services Council (HSC)
National Urban League
New York Immigration Coalition
New York Urban League
Nonprofit New York
United Neighborhood Houses (UNH)