Our team

MEET OUR TEAM

BUILD NYC is powered by a community of business leaders, mentors, advisors, volunteers and dedicated staff who share the common goal of helping underserved high school students learn, grow and build successful lives. We are grateful to everyone who shares their time, expertise or support tot help further our mission.

Miranda Bellizia

Director of Community Partnerships

Rose Cherubin

College and Career Access Coach

Roger Du

Student Experience Program Manager (E2)

Kenya George

Program Director

Decota Letman

Community Engagement Manager

Pamela Minetti

Director of Philanthropy

Jazmin Moreno

Program Coordinator

Chymeka Olfonse

Regional Executive Director

Maria Raftelis

Grant Writer

Carolina Torres

Development Associate

Advisory Board Members

Gaurav Ahuja

Tech Investor, Thrive Capital

Andrea Atwell BOARD CHAIR

VP eCommerce, L’Oreal USA

Roger Barton

Founder and Managing Partner, Barton LLP

Kevin Beauparlant

Senior Vice President, Bank OZK

Carlton J. Charles

Treasurer, Hearst

Brian Cohen

Founder & President Good Cause Communications;Founding Partner, New York Venture Partners;

Crissi Cole

Vice President, Goldman Sachs

Erica Culpepper

General Manager, Multi-Cultural Beauty, L'Oréal

Chris Cunningham

Investor and founder, C2 Ventures

Mona Dessouki

Executive Director, J.P. Morgan Chase

Tom Doctoroff

Global Senior Insights Advisor, Prophet; Adjunct Professor, Baruch College

Matthew Doherty

Founder, ResoluteAI

Nicole Fourgoux

Senior Vice President, L'Oreal

Shai Goldman

Managing Director, Silicon Valley Bank

Ike Kier

Co-founder and CEO, KG Funds Management

Ira Levy

IP Litigation Partner, Goodwin Procter LLP

Nicolas Lirette

Advisor

Amy Pan

Founder and Product Partner, The Combination Rule

Laura J. Patel

Strategic Accounts, Density Inc.

Mike Portegello BOARD CHAIR

Partner, Northeast Region Growth Markets Leader, Ernst & Young LLP

Dakotah Rice

Investor, Coatue Management

Bruce Sandys

Entrepeneur

Naveen Shahani

Principal, Apollo Global Management

Michael Springer

Founder and Principal Attorney, Springer Law PLLC

Dan Vallimarescu

Founder, Sawtooth Mountain Partners LLC

Ram Vijayanathan

Head of Internal Audit, Pinterest

Ron J Williams

Founder &Managing Partner, ProofLabs; SVP and Head of Program Strategy, Citi Ventures

Michael Wirth

Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer, Cape Advisors, Inc

Associate Board Members

Katie Ambrose

Reddit

Kiani Brown

Great Jones

Michael Cianciotta

Michael Cleary

Huemor

Trace Cohen

New York Venture Partners

Nicholas Felice

Organic

Sandra Fong

Ennovae & Co.

Mike Fragna

WeWork

Martin Hui

BMO Capital Markets

Andrew Jasen

American Securities

Hannah Kim

Kepler Group

Cristen Koufakis

Freelance Consultant

Osker Lu

CVC Growth Partners

Ian Mabie

Medallia

Ben Mangum

LaunchDarkly

Brian McMahon, Board Co-Chair

The Blackstone Group

Sean Merriweather

Publicis Media

Greg Minetti

Togetherwork LLC

Alex Paul

Enhanced Healthcare Partners

Mary Prager

Gunderson Dettmer

Tiffany Reaves

The Madison Square Garden Company

Brian Russell

Gunderson Dettmer

Sami Soma

Google

Michael Stern

Brown Brothers Harriman

Michael Stimmel

Citi

Divya Talla

Croissant

Wickel Titalom

Grailed

Pete Van Oot, Board Co-Chair

Caviar

Alvin Wei

Goldman Sachs

Jake Wieseneck

Maniv Mobility

Jason Yen

Citi