The New York Common Pantry Board of Directors includes leaders across the business, beauty, and culinary industries.
BOARD OFFICERS
Elaine Clark (Board Chair)*
Community Volunteer
Sherrell Andrews (Nominations and Governance Chair)
Attorney at Law
Representing Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church
Thad Davis (Secretary and Development Co-Chair)
Senior Managing Director
SVB Leerink
Paul Emery (Finance Chair)
Principal
Hellman & Friedman
Annie Huneke (Board Vice Chair)
Community Volunteer
Camille Kelleher (Investment Chair)
Representing Church of St. Thomas More
Susan L. Merrill (Board Vice Chair)
Community Volunteer
Sara Moss (Board Vice Chair)
Vice Chair
The Estée Lauder Companies, Inc.
Michael Nachman (Personnel Chair)
Former President
Mantex Fabrics Corporation
Brian Rose (Treasurer)
Private/Liquids Investor
Viking Global Investors
Wendy A. Stein (Program Chair)
Researcher of Medieval Manuscripts
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Matias Stitch (Board Vice Chair)
Managing Director
Oaktree Capital Management
Margie Sung (Development Co-Chair)
Community Volunteer
BOARD MEMBERS
Brad Beckstrom
Senior Director, Government and Community Affairs
Mt. Sinai Health System
Hartley Bernstein
Attorney/Partner
Bernstein Cherney LLP
Dick Cattani
Former CEO
Restaurant Associates
Scott Crawford
Chief Merchandising Officer
Fresh Direct
Didi Fenton-Schafer
Community Volunteer
Cristina R. Fernandez
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Columbia University Medical Center
Jim Fishman
Professor of Law Emeritus
Haub School of Law at Pace University
Candice K. Frawley
Community Volunteer
Charlie Higgins
Managing Director
JP Morgan
Dominique R. Jones
Executive Director
Global Kids
Christina Li
Special Situations Group/Managing Director
Goldman, Sachs & Co
David McInerney
Co-Founder and Former CEO
FreshDirect
Doreen S. Morales
Representing Park Avenue Methodist Church
Alan Pardee
Managing Director
Valor Equity Partners
Cathy Taub
Senior Global Real Estate Advisor and Associate Broker
Sotheby’s International Realty
Lara Thyagarajan
Partner
Sidley Austin
ADVISORY COUNCIL
Shannon Tyree Brown
Consultant
Michael Fitzsimons
Chairman and CEO,
DeskNet
Edward Gallagher
President/CEO,
American Scandinavian Foundation
Katherina Grunfeld
Community Volunteer
Representing Park Avenue Synagogue
Robert Hetu
Head of US Private Department, Fixed Income
CDPQ U.S. Inc.
Jamie Hirsh
Community Volunteer
Linda E. Holt
Community Volunteer
Stephen Jury
Managing Director, Global Head Currencies and Commodities
JP Morgan
Kathy L. Nalywajko
Managing Director and Head of Client Development
ETHIC, A Wealth Bank
Neda Navab
Community Volunteer
Madeleine Rice
Community Volunteer
Rebecca Robertson
President
Park Avenue Armory
Lite Sabin
Community Volunteer
Andrew Skobe
Founder: Strategic and Financial Consultant
Hudson Charles Consulting
Elaine Weiss
Community Volunteer
JUNIOR BOARD
Chelsea Aharon
Tommaso Auerbach
Oxeon Partners
Seferina Berch
WilmerHale
Alyssa Blochlinger
Deloitte
Corey Costella
Karisha Ewell
Bronx Bridges High School
Katie Frohlinger
Accenture
Aaron Kim
Oxeon
Michelle Loh
NYCP Volunteer
Kathy McTigue
Citi Bank
Ruth Mauldin
Ivan Mendezabal
Angelo, Gordon, & Company
Florencia Moers
Aterian, Inc.
Rebecca Milian
Boston Consulting Group
Austin Nalen
Charlotte Newell
Sidley Austin
Aisana Nurusheva
Citi Bank
Ike Nwokike, Jr.
Alex Palma
Talent Inc.
Blake Petitclair
The Supply House
Lillian Poloner
Birch Wathen Lenox School
Joshunda Sanders
Writer
Katie Sheridan
Kantor and Fitzgerald
Constance Su
W Capital Partners
Patrick Sullivan
Oxeon Partners
Nikkita Thompson
Independent Production Coordinator
Michael Verrier
PURE Insurance
Frank Walter
UBS
Members and Officers as of January 1, 2022. All Board members are independent, voting members.