Contact Our Legal, Donor, or Investment Teams
Office of the General Counsel
Jane Wilton, General Counsel
To contact Jane Wilton, please call (212) 686-2563 or e-mail her at janewilton@nyct-cfi.org.
Jane works with prospective donors and their professional advisors in connection with gifts and bequests. She is also responsible for a broad range of legal issues, including charitable contributions, donor-advised funds, board governance issues, unrelated business income tax, foreign grantmaking, commercial co-ventures, lobbying, and fiduciary duties of trusts and charitable corporations.
Prior to joining The Trust in 1992, she was in private tax practice at a New York City law firm. Jane lectures on various subjects involving charities and planned giving. She received a B.A. from Michigan State University, a J.D. from the University of Michigan School of Law, and an LL.M in taxation from the New York University School of Law.
Donor Relations
Robert V. Edgar, Vice President of Donor Relations
Gay Young, Vice President of Donor Services
To speak with Bob Edgar, please call (212) 686-0010 x373, or call Gay Young at x377.
Bob Edgar has been at The Trust for twenty-four years, and is the principal contact for donors, helping them identify and achieve their charitable objectives. He is also involved in The Trust's new business initiatives. He is a board member of the Memton Fund, the Clinton Hall Association, King Manor Museum, and the Kingsborough Community College Foundation, and is a trustee of the Board of Foreign Parishes, an Episcopal foundation that supports several churches in Europe. Bob was also a founding trustee of the Berkshire-Taconic Community Foundation.
Gay Young helps donors manage their funds and make the most of their giving. She received her J.D. from the New York University School of Law and her B.A. from Wellesley College. Prior to joining The New York Community Trust, she worked as a literary agent for six years and before that as corporate counsel at various financial services companies, including Merrill Lynch. She is currently a member of the AdNet Steering Committee (an organization of community foundation development officers) and is on the board of the West Village Houses Tenants Association.
Investment Department
Mary Greenebaum, Chief Investment Officer
To contact Mary Greenebaum, please call (212) 686-0010 x464 or e-mail her at mzg@nyct-cfi.org.
Mary works with The Trust's Investment Committee to implement strategies for the approximately $750 million held in The Trust's nonprofit corporate affiliate, and she monitors an equivalent amount of assets held by our trustee banks. Before joining The Trust in 2001, she spent 12 years as investment manager for the family that owns Continental Grain Company. Prior to that she worked as an investment analyst at C.J. Lawrence Management and Brown Brothers Harriman and wrote about investments for Fortune for several years. Mary holds an M.B.A. from Columbia University and a B.A. from Harvard College.