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OUR TEAM

The Girls Inc. of New York City mission is to inspire all girls to be strong, smart, and bold through direct service and advocacy. 

STAFF LEADERSHIP

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

CHAIR

Joyce Phillips

Founder & CEO

EqualFuture Corp

VICE CHAIR

Deneen Donnley

Senior Vice President & General Counsel,

Consolidated Edison

SECRETARY

TREASURER

Stacy Gordon

Chief Operating Officer,

Alloy Women's Health

Emily Kulback

Head of Product, Americas

Credite Suisse / UBS

CHAIR EMERITA

Carolyn Cole

Chairman and Founder,

The Cole Group and

The Institute of Economics and Finance

Susan Axelrod

Chief Supervisory Officer,

Merrill Lynch Wealth Management

Lexie Bartlett

Principal

General Atlantic

Janice Ellig

CEO,

Ellig Group

Amy Ferris

Chief Growth Officer,

Varo Bank

Allison Harden

Senior Vice President of Private Capital Markets,
Macquarie Group

Maria S. Jelescu

CEO & Founder,

Ardinall Investment Management, LP

Cate Luzio

Founder and CEO,

Luminary & The Glass Ceiling 

Pamela Maraldo, Ph.D.

CEO,

Girls Inc. of New York City 

Meredith Meyer

Chief Operating Officer,

DSM Capital Partners 

Eji Okorafor

Partner,

Deloitte

Stephanie Ruhle

Journalist, News Anchor,

NBCUniversal, MSNBC Live

Charmaine L Slack, Esq

Partner,

formerly of Jones Day

Kimberly Slate

EVP, Technology Risk Management Officer,

Mastercard

JUNIOR BOARD

CHAIR

Katherine Johnson

American Express

VICE CHAIR

Sarah Hynds

Sika Health

TREASURERS

Lily Puff-Heffernan

AlphaSights

Emilie Fidock

The Helmsley Charitable Trust

NOMINATING & GOVERNANCE CHAIR

Ally Hartenstein

Equinox

MARKETING CHAIRS

Raiven Bell

Saks Fifth Avenue

Jessie Nichols

Conde Nast - Vogue

DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION CHAIRS

Doria Josma

Concussion Legacy Foundation

Izoduwa Igiehon

EVENTS CHAIRS

Nancy Nugent

JPMorgan Chase

Rhea Somaiya

Prophet

DEVELOPMENT CHAIRS

Addie Bodell

BCG

Sabrina Murphy

Advent International

Kendall Woods

Citi

Raphaella Baek

Citi

Alison Baier

Oscar Health

Alexandra Bhagat

Warner Bros. Discovery

Marie Bogenez

Ropes & Gray LLP

Jeanine Botwe

NBCUniversal

Katherine Burek

LVMH

Jenny Cheng

Fidelity Investments

Laura Colaitis

American Express

Michelle Creighton

Meredith Dooley

Accion Opportunity Fund

Serena Editoiu

Lightbank

Reilly Folsom

Cori Futrovsky

Cinetic Media

Gabby Hunter

PJT Partners

Sarah Kollef

Christian Dior

Kailyn Lynch

Ogilvy

Rachel Lyons

The Carlyle Group

Alicia Cross

Coppin State University

Selah Hampton

Kquika Inc.

Joy Madubuonwu

Manatt Health

Ashley McCurry

Oikos Holdings

Bianca Phillip

Zeal Capital Partners

Sarah Quasarano

Spence-Chapin

Riley Rhodes

Universal Music Group

Bri Scrivens

Debmar-Mercury

Cara Straus

Rakuten / Collective Voice

Juhee Thakkar

Ernst & Young

Caroline Weisstuch

Cushman & Wakefield

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