National Staff

Deborah Bial, Ed.D., President + Founder
Rosalie Aponte, Employee Benefits Coordinator
Joe Austin, Administrative Assistant
Rosanna Aybar, Chief Financial Officer/Chief Administrative Officer
Regina Bain, Director of Training + Evaluation
Wagner L. Bichotte, National Officer of Alumni Relations
Rico Blancaflor, National Director of Training + Site Development
Jasmine A. Burems, Accounting Associate
Susan E. Dalelio, Regional Vice President
Vy Deal, Grants Accountant
Matthew Fasciano, Chief Operating Officer
Brian Fox, Posse Institute Director
Melanie Gisin, Development Database Manager
Shanita Naya Gopie, Assistant to the Vice President of Development
Tsihai Hanson, Public Relations Associate
Hal Hilliard, Design + Publications Manager
Helen Katz, Vice President of Development
Katherine Kinsman, Associate Director of Development
Chastity Lord, Regional Vice President
Ruthzee Louijeune, Assistant to the Chief Operating Officer
Natia McKnight, Receptionist
Micia Mosely, Senior Training Specialist
Maxwell Peters, Accounting Manager
Richard Porter, Senior Training Specialist
Alba Rodriguez, Senior Research Associate
Dax-Devlon Ross, Senior Training Specialist
Rassan Salandy, Vice President of External Affairs
Damian Washington, Assistant to the President

Posse Atlanta

Charisse Williams, Director
Jacquie Forbes, Program Director
Joshua Jefferies, Trainer
Atira Henderson, Program Coordinator
Shireen Millicans, Trainer
Alison Wong, Development Officer

Posse Boston

Lamont Gordon, Director
Charles Allen, Career Program Manager
Ileana Casellas-Katz, Trainer
Nora Frias, Program Coordinator
Larry Mahl, Trainer
Lauren Morrill-Ragusea, Trainer
Alethea Raybeck, Program Director
Yinnette Sano, Senior Trainer
Rita Tran, Assistant to the Director
Barrie Tysko, Senior Development Officer

Posse Chicago

Dominique Jordan-Turner, Director
Rudy Ash, Development Officer
Jamilyn Bailey, Program Director
Tangela Y. Blakely, Career Program Manager
Dominique Davis, Program Coordinator
Crystal Gonzales, Career Program Manager
Jessica Harless, Senior Trainer
Kelley James Johnston, Senior Trainer
Hareem Khan, Program Coordinator
Jennifer Leet, Senior Trainer
Mareko Prior, Senior Trainer
Maya Shastri, Senior Trainer
Daniel Sílva-Alvarez, Trainer
Jody M. Schostak, Assistant to the Director
Thomas Witherspoon, Program Director

Posse D.C.

S. Paloma Garcia-Lopez, Director
Josh Christianson, Career Program Manager
Alexis Krivian, Senior Trainer
Robyn Lingo, Program Director
May C. Naldo, Assistant to the Director
Nina Otchere-Oduro, Trainer
Joseph Peralta, Trainer
Dave Salge, Trainer
Latrice N. Willis, Program Coordinator

Posse Los Angeles

Tamara Y. Craver, Director
Lester Alemán, Senior Trainer
Jena Brown, Assistant to the Director
Stephanie Champion, Trainer
Halbe Dougherty-Wood, Senior Development Officer
Rachel Lederman, Trainer
Maya Ramos, Program Director
Fred Joseph Sanchez, Senior Trainer
Ricardo Sanchez Jr., Career Program Manager
Silvestre Vallejo, Program Director
Devin Walker, Trainer

Posse Miami

Larissa Ramos, Director
Stephanie Alvarez, Program Coordinator
Gabe Gaskin, Trainer
George Okrah, Program Director

Posse New York

Sasha A. McDowell, Director
Olufunmilayo Adeyeye, Program Coordinator, Site 1
Ellen W. Adnopoz, Assistant to the Director
Priscilla Araya, Program Director, Site 3
Brandon Delesline, Trainer, Site 1
Lance Dronkers, Senior Trainer, Site 2
Jenny Estevez, Program Coordinator, Site 2
Merete Fields, Trainer, Site 2
Patrick Garrity, Trainer, Site 1
Antonio Mendez, Senior Trainer, Site 3
Leslyn T. Moore, Trainer, Site 1
Corinne Morahan, Program Director, Site 1
Sara Nolfo, Career Program Manager
Sandra X. Pradas Martin, Program Director, Site 2
Samantha Sculnick, Senior Trainer, Site 2
Philip Taylor, Trainer, Site 1
Tynesha Wright, Trainer, Site 2
Susie Zavala, Career Program Manager

National Board of Directors

Chair

Jeffrey Ubben, Founder and Managing Partner, ValueAct Capital

President + Founder

Deborah Bial, The Posse Foundation

Vice Chair

Anthony J. de Nicola, Co-President, Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe

Secretary

Philip M. Pead, President & CEO, Eclipsys Corporation; Chair, Posse Atlanta Advisory Board

Treasurer

Susie Scher, Managing Director, Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Michael Ainslie, Posse Chair Emeritus; Trustee, Vanderbilt University
Anson M. Beard, Jr., Advisory Director, Morgan Stanley
Eric Beckman, Ares Management LLC; Chair, Posse Los Angeles Advisory Board
Robbie Oxnard Bent, Private Sector
Ronald Crutcher, President, Wheaton College
Hon. David N. Dinkins, Professor, School of International & Public Affairs, Columbia University; 106th Mayor, City of New York
Martin Frederic Evans, Presiding Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Michele Ganeless, President, Comedy Central
James S. Hoyte, Fellow, Harvard University W.E.B. DuBois Institute for African and African American Research; Chair, Posse Boston Advisory Board
Barbara Janulis, Private Sector
Steven M. Lefkowitz, President, CI Capital Partners
Eric N. Macey, Founder and Partner, Novack and Macey LLP; Chair, Posse Chicago Advisory Board
Bruce Macleod, CEO, Antares Real Estate
Garrett Moran, Senior Managing Director, The Blackstone Group
Diane B. Patrick, Esq., Partner, Ropes & Gray LLP; First Lady of Massachusetts
Frank Sesno, Professor of Media and Public Affairs and Director of Public Policy and Media Institute, George Washington University; Special Correspondent, CNN; Chair, Posse D.C. Advisory Board
Eugene B. Shanks, Jr., Corporate Director, Private Sector; Trustee, Vanderbilt University
Brad Singer, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Discovery Communications
David A. Thomas, Professor, Harvard Business School
Timothy H. Ubben, Founding Chairman, Posse Chicago; Retired Founder and Chairman, Lincoln Capital Management; Trustee, DePauw University
John D. Wiley, Chancellor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Life Directors

Patricia Arnold, Trustee Emerita, Wheaton College
Anthony J. Collerton, Private Sector
Wade Fetzer, Retired Partner, Goldman, Sachs & Co.; Past Chairman and Current Member, University of Wisconsin Foundation Board of Directors