Our Board
Seated from left: Lorie Slutsky, Charlynn Goins, Samuel Polk, and Roger Maldonado. Standing from left: Valerie Peltier, Anne Moore, Jamie Drake, Ann Unterberg, Ernest Collazo, William Evarts*, Carroll Wainwright*, Robert Kaufman*, Nicki Tanner, and Charlotte Fischman*. *Consulting Member
Not pictured: Barron (Buzz) Tenny, Jason Wright. Photo by Sean Sime.
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The governing body consists of 12 members who serve as the Distribution Committee of The New York Community Trust and as the Board of Directors of Community Funds, Inc. It is their responsibility to oversee our organization's operations and grantmaking.
Six members are nominated by civic authorities representing the public: one by the Mayor of the City of New York; one by the Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit; one by the Chairman of the New York City Partnership and Chamber of Commerce; one by the Chairman of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts; one by the President of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York; and one by the President of the New York Academy of Medicine. The Distribution Committee selects five members, and the President of The Trust is a member by reason of office.
Members serve without compensation. They are selected for their judgment, integrity, and understanding of philanthropic needs. The Committee meets every two months throughout the year; subcommittees meet on a regular basis.
The Finance and Audit Committee monitors the financial operations of The Trust. The Investment Committee establishes asset allocation guidelines, recommends investment advisors and vehicles, and monitors investment performance. The Fund Purposes and Suggestion Review Committees assure that the provisions and intent of each donor’s philanthropy are honored, and reviews grants suggested by donors to ensure that they meet our charitable guidelines.
Our Board
Charlynn Goins, Chairman
Director: AXA Financial, Fannie Mae, Gracie Mansion Conservancy; Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Former Senior Vice President, Prudential Securities.
Ernest J. Collazo
Managing Partner, Collazo Florentino & Keil LLP; Director: Federal Defenders of New York; Washington Office on Latin America; Member: Advisory Committee to the Rules Committee of the Second Circuit, City Bar Delegation to the NYS Bar Association House of Delegates, Departmental Disciplinary Committee of the Appellate Division First Judicial Department, Council on Foreign Relations; Former Member, Executive Committee of the City Bar.
Nominated by the Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Jamie Drake
Founder and Principal, Drake Design Associates; Chairman, Alpha Workshops; Member: American Society of Interior Designers, Directors’ Council Historic House Trust of New York, Interior Design Hall of Fame; Former Co-Chairman, Furnish-a- Future Industry Committee.
Nominated by the Mayor of the City of New York.
Roger J. Maldonado
Partner, Balber Pickard Maldonado & Van Der Tuin, PC; Member, Departmental Disciplinary Committee for the Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court; Chairman, New York City Bar Council on Judicial Administration; Referee, New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct; Vice President and Member, United Neighborhood Houses.
Nominated by the President of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
Anne Moore, M.D.
Professor of Clinical Medicine, Joan & Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University; Attending Physician, New York Presbyterian Hospital; Medical Director, Weill Cornell Breast Center; Former Director, American Board of Internal Medicine.
Nominated by the President of the New York Academy of Medicine.
Valerie Peltier
Managing Director, Tishman Speyer; Board Member: American Museum of Natural History, Visiting Nurse Service of New York.
Nominated by the Chairman of the Partnership for New York City.
Samuel S. Polk
Retired Partner, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy; Trustee: Hospital for Special Surgery, Westchester Land Trust; Former Trustee: Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science & Art, Frederick R. Koch Foundation, Mitsui Trust Company.
Lorie A. Slutsky
Director, The New York Community Trust; President: Community Funds, Inc., The James Foundation; Director: AllianceBernstein LP, AXA Financial, Independent Sector; Trustee Emerita: Colgate University, The New School; Former Director: Council on Foundations (Chairman), Foundation Center (Vice Chairman), BoardSource (Chairman), Hispanics in Philanthropy, United Way of New York City.
Member ex officio.
Estelle (Nicki) Newman Tanner
Trustee: WNYC Radio, Jewish Women’s Archive; Auburn Theological Seminary; Trustee Emerita: Wellesley College, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
Barron (Buzz) Tenny
Former Executive Vice President, Secretary, and General Counsel, Ford Foundation; Director, City Bar Fund; Trustee: International Fellowship Fund International Center for Transitional Justice, Foundation Center (Vice Chairman), Native Arts and Cultures Foundation, Youth Orchestra of the Americas; Member, Council on Foundation’s Ethics and Practices Committee.
Ann Unterberg
Chairman, Lincoln Center Institute; Vice Chairman, International Women’s Health Coalition; Trustee: Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Monmouth Medical Center and Health Care Foundation; former Senior Vice President, L.F. Rothschild, Unterberg, Towbin.
Nominated by the Chairman of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.
Jason H. Wright
Principal, Geer Mountain Holdings, LLC; Former President, Nabisco Foundation; Chairman of the building campaign of the Museum for African Art; Trustee, International Center for Journalists; Trustee and Treasurer, James Beard Foundation; Advisory Board Member, NYU Center for Global Affairs; Former Trustee: Cooper Union, Studio in a School Association, Madison Square Boys & Girls Club.
Consulting Members
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| From L to R: Lulu C. Wang, Barbara Block, Carroll Wainwright, Anne Sidamon-Eristoff, and William Evarts. |
Barbara H. Block
Board Member: Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (Executive Committee).
William M. Evarts
Senior Counsel, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP; Former Chairman,
The New York Community Trust Distribution Committee.
Charlotte Moses Fischman
Partner, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP.
Robert M. Kaufman
Partner,
Proskauer Rose LLP; Former Vice Chairman, The New York Community Trust Distribution Committee.
Anne P. Sidamon-Eristoff
Chairwoman Emerita, American Museum of Natural History; Former Chairman, The New York Community Trust Distribution Committee.
Carroll L. Wainwright, Jr.
Retired Partner, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy.
Lulu C. Wang
Chief Executive Officer, Tupelo Capital Management LLC.