Board of Directors
Diana Taylor, Chairperson
Vice Chair
Mary McCaffrey, Vice-Chairperson and Treasurer
Managing Director: Golden Seeds
Emily Susskind, Vice-Chairperson
Principal: E H Susskind LLC
Deb Bronston-Culp
Managing Partner/Co-Founder: Samothrace Partners, LLC
Melissa Brown
Managing Director, Applied Research: SimCorp
Ilene Eng
Vice President, Software Engineering: Capital One
Anamita Guha
Product Lead, Security: Meta
Tracy Joshua
Vice President, External Supply Chain: Kellogg Company
Sandra Nudelman
Margarita Sawhney, Trustee
Sacred Heart Greenwich, POTS (Part of the Solution)
Gail Simmons
Special Project Manager, Food & Wine Magazine: Judge, Top Chef Host, Top Chef
Jennie Sparandara
Head of Programs, Philanthropy: J.P. Morgan Chase
Chaeri Kim Tornay, Secretary
Assistant General Counsel: Amplify
Courtney Willis​
Vice President of DEIB & Culture: Restaurant Associates at Citigroup
Jaffer Zaidi
Vice President, Global News Partnerships: Google
Amanda Wiltshire Craine
Co-Founder: Mr. Hudson’s Cleaning Service
Matthew Reich
Nonprofit Advisor; Former VP: City Harvest
Catherine Chen
Managing Director: Apollo Global Management
HBK Proof Partners
Courtney Willis
Vice President of DEIB & Culture: RA Associates
Karen Bornarth
Executive Director: The Bread Bakers Guild of America
Adrienne Cheatham
Founder: Sunday Best
Alice Cheng
Founder & CEO: Culinary Agents
Melanie Chow
Vice President, Mission and Sustainability: Danone
Fany Gerson
Founder: La Newyorkina, Fan-Fan Doughnuts
Deb Bronston-Culp
Managing Partner/Co-Founder: Samothrace Partners, LLC
Meredith Phillips Almeida
Director, NYC Small Business Resource Network: Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce
Kobla Asamoah
Senior Director, Accelerator Operations: Caminus Ventures
Stephen Cornick
Managing Director: o3 Partners
Dianna Daoheung
Co-Founder & Culinary Director: Black Seed Bagels
Eric Demby
Co-Founder: Smorgasburg, Brooklyn Flea, Chelsea Flea
Ellen Itskovitz
The Catalytic Impact Foundation
Julia Levy
Principal: Stripes
Brooke Lewy
Executive Director: Lewy Family Foundation
Erik Murnighan
Former President: International Culinary Center
Kutina Ruhumbika
Chief People Officer: Levain Bakery; Secretary: Women in Hospitality United
Juliana Stone
Vice President: The Elliot Group
Emily Susskind
Principal: E H Susskind LLC
Andrew Jacobson
Co-Founder: Dig
Manal Kahi
Co-Founder & CEO: Eat Off Beat
David Kraut
General Counsel : Lafayette Square
Brooke Lewy
Executive Director: Lewy Family Foundation
Debbie Mullen
Founder & CEO: Copper Cow Coffee
Karen Ratchford
Laura Romano
Director of Operations : Graza
Rachel Simon
Co-Founder & CEO: Seed + Mill
Emily Susskind
Principal: E H Susskind LLC
Young Professionals Committee
Hannah Hasseler
Committee Co-Chair
Maria Bergenhem
Committee Program Chair
Gabe Fish
Committee Fundraising Chair
Grace Amandes
Stephanie Chen
Ioana Economos
Emily Godward
Alden Hallak
Christina Han
Ilun Hsu
Tyler Joyce
Anjali Kapadia
Andrew Noorani
Committee Co-Chair
Kira Newmark
Committee Event Chair
Lucy Shanker
Committee Social Chair
Caitlin Kearns
Brenae Leary
Sophia Liao
Eeshma Narula
Ishana Nigam
Caroline Ryan
Zach Siegel
Jenna Watson
Hannah Yazdani
Jonathan Zhang
